Inns of Barrow upon Soar - The King's Head

The King's Head

Now The Cottage, South Street

A public house in 1847. In 1940 it was the home of the Prestons (of Wilson's fruit merchants of Loughborough). The father and eldest son both contracted polio, Mr Preston died but the son survived. He was educated at Loughborough Grammar School and went on to become President of Oxford Students Union and editor of the Guardian newspaper.