The historic Saltersgate Inn, on the A169 Pickering/Whitby road, is currently derelict and for sale.
It was built as a farmhouse in 1648 and converted into a pub in the early 1700's. Legend has it that a customs man met a grisly end at the hands of smugglers. His corpse was buried under the pub's fireplace. For years the fire was kept lit to hide the evidence.
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