The Farmers Boy

The pub is about 350 years old and used to be smaller with a cottage attached at one end . It has a wonderfully charismatic exterior and matching interior, which has been decorated in the traditional style. There are plenty of oak beams and horse brasses which lend themselves to the atmosphere and one doubts whether it has changed much over the years. The pub is situated in the small village which is in a very pretty location. It is a good place top stop and walk before enjoying a well earned refreshment. There is a selection of real ales from Greene King Food can be enjoyed in the evening and there is some hope that food will be served at every session in the near future.

The Farmers boy is a grade II listed building dating from the 18th century. At the late 18th and Early 19th Century the two Fox twins were regulars at the pub. They lived in a wooden hut in Norton Green and regularly poached game from around Langley.

The Farmers Boy is timber framed, roughcast with a clay tile roof. Before 1924 it was run by Sarah Hatton. Between 1924-57 it was run by George Giddens. George had two ploughing traction engines which he used to keep opposite the pub where the bungalows are now. The house opposite the pub was a bakers run by George's brother Arthur Giddens. He kept a goat in the front garden of the bakers which regularly got out and munched its way through people gardens. There was also a well opposite the pub which was the source of the villages water. Until the 1970s only half the current pub was in use. The rest was a private house. It had the appearance of a Victorian front room, none of the attractive wooden beams that are there now were exposed.

Directions:
Exit at junction 8 on the A1M and take the A602 to Hitchin. Before reaching Hitchin take a left turning 2.5 miles from the junction on the B656 to Codicote. Continue in this road and travel for 2 miles until a turning on the left to Langley village called Village Road. The pub is a the end of the road (400m).