The Saracen's Head

The Saracen’s Head Public House is dated 1791. It takes its name from the crest of the Shirley family which is a Saracen’s head, as Sewallis, an ancestor of the Shirley’s died fighting against the Saracens during the Crusades.

Robert Goodall is known to have been the landlord between 1807 and 1855.
1857 – William Rix was the landlord and farmer when the pub was sold in 1858. It consisted of about 9¼ acres.
1863 – 1882 Willam Twigg who had a "riot" in 1877 and had to intervene in a fight in 1882.
1892 – 1918 The Mellors: Thomas (who died being run over by a tramcar) and Elizabeth followed by their son Thomas William with Isabella.
1914 – The Mellors quit farming and sold that side of the business.
1918 – Pub closed and used as a farmhouse. It opened again the following year.
1922 – Mrs A Coxon advertised for a mother's help.
1924 – Mrs. Hill was offering rooms for rent at a "quiet village inn".
1927 – sold as a farm by the Executors of D Rushton.
1947 – J Brown (uncited).
1960s – 1974 Bob Cox.
1991 – Harald Engl leaves and Gail Young and Karen Boyle take over.

The pub was "refurbished" by Ind Coope in 1971 and an extension was built in 2008.

Kevin Lloyd (Tosh Lines of the TV series The Bill) was a regular as was Lionel Pickering, owner of Derby County, until he bought the Yew Tree at Ednaston.

It is mentioned in Pigot's Directory in 1835 and 1842 and White's in 1857.