About the Star

The Star Public House (formerly known as the Star Inn) has been a prominent feature of Church Leigh for three centuries and is one of the village's most recognisable historic buildings. It was established around 1715 and was listed in the 1841 census when John Turner (born in 1801) was the licensee as well as the 1846 Leigh Tithe Survey, which records that the former parish workhouse stood opposite the "Star Inn"

Like many Staffordshire village pubs, the Star served generations of local farming families, labourers, and residents. As the village evolved through the Victorian period and into the twentieth century, the pub remained one of the few communal spaces where local people could meet, celebrate, and exchange news. Its survival reflects the enduring importance of the public house in rural English life.

Architecturally, the building retains the character of a traditional country inn and remains a notable feature of Church Leigh's historic streetscape. The pub has long stood close to the parish church and other historic buildings that form the heart of the village.

Today, after a brief time as the renamed " Lord Nelson", the Star continues to represent an important part of the heritage of Church Leigh, linking the modern village with its agricultural and social history and maintaining a tradition of hospitality that can be traced back at least to the early nineteenth century.