NEW INN .... but where?

[Karen McDonald]

Are a couple of the men in the group holding flags (or something attached to poles) or is it my imagination.

Chris

I thought that, too. (That there are flags on poles, not that it is your imagination.  )

Yes it's tacked on, but...

Thanks for clarifying that, Andy! Good point about the bricked-up window.

BUT!  Anyone know whether the person is the white garment is a vicar perhaps?

I wondered about it being a miller's smock, or a long butcher's coat.

[arthurk]

BUT!  Anyone know whether the person is the white garment is a vicar perhaps?

I wondered about it being a miller's smock, or a long butcher's coat.

I thought it might be a butcher, too. I think a vicar would normally only wear a surplice in church or in its immediate surroundings, eg for a burial in the churchyard.

I've just noticed that the main part of the pub's roof has slates (possibly fairly recent?) whereas the extension has stone. I'm not sure whether that gets us anywhere, but it's another reason for it not to be the one at Mount Tabor (see my reply #4), as the whole of that roof is stone. As I understand it, a stone roof might sometimes be replaced by slate, but I don't think the opposite is true.

[Nevthedigger]

Thanks for all the good points raised so far. I think the man in white is definitely a miller or baker, or something like that. I reckon they are all gathered because of the presence of the photographer - they often drew a curious assembly.
This is a close-up of the people in the photo.

[Nevthedigger]

Also here is a closer view of the sign.

[sugarbakers]

I think 'white smock' is a lady ... all the men wearing hats, she is not. Maybe her children playing.

They are standing in a cul-de-sac, the main thoroughfare going uphill across the picture, with the pub sign on that road.

[Nevthedigger]

Two good points there. On closer inspection it does look like a female.

On the floor just to the right of the policeman (or railway station master?) I can see a crossing, often put at road junctions when roads were less well made. That to me says the main road does cross from left to right, with the pub on this main street.

[Karen McDonald]

I agree - white-smock person looks like a lady. 

Not entirely sure about the way the road goes, though. The top-to-bottom road looks a lot wider than the left-to-right road, but it could be an optical illusion.

Also not sure about it being a dead end: There is a wall at the end (at the "back" of the photo), but it does look as thought the road might continue round to the left and possibly to the right.

The close-up of the pub name does indeed appear to show "THE NE...". The letter after "N" certainly appears to be an "E". And as Andy mentioned earlier, if the sign has been placed centrally, there are not too many other likely names.
Of course, if the village is called e.g. Nene, it could theoretically be something like "THE NENE ARMS".
But whatever the word beginning with "NE" is, it must be short.

Edit: I forgot something. 
What I thought looked a bit like flags actually appear to be either decorative bits on the front of the houses, or possibly supports (buttresses).

[hepburn]

has the pub bought the small house next door to extend?

[sugarbakers]

New Inn, Denby, Huddersfield, Yorks

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