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Number 6 South Street, Horncastle, was the Coach and Horses Inn for around 30 years from 1860.
Publicans included Robert Langley, Eliza Langley, William Cheseldine and Jane Maddison Lingard.
By 1892 it had became a grocer's shop run by George Crowson.
In 2002 the premises came full circle and reopened as Harpars Bar with Rainer Barnes becoming licensee on July 16th.
Ambrose Langley
Ambrose Langley was born here at 6 South Street, Horncastle, on 10 March 1870. Six feet tall and 14 stone, he was an exceptional defending footballer.
After spells with Horncastle FC (including their historic 5-0 FA Cup loss to Aston Villa in 1887), Grimsby Town and Middlesborough Ironopolis, he signed for Sheffield Wednesday in 1893.
Langley made 317 appearances for Wednesday over 11 seasons, becoming penalty taker and skipper. He won the FA Cup (2-1 victory against Wolves in 1896), the league championship twice (1902/03 and 1903/04) and the second division championship (1899/00).
In 1905 he became manager of Hull City where he stayed until 1913. In 1909/10 they missed promotion to the top flight on goal difference alone, a league position that hasn't been bettered to this day.
Langley's final footballing post was as manager of Huddersfield Town from 1919 to 1921. In his first season they lost the FA Cup final to Aston Villa but won promotion to the top flight by finishing runners-up to Spurs.
He died in Sheffield on 29 January 1937 aged 66 years.
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