Editing Pub (section)

===Country pub===
[[File:The Crown Inn Chiddingfold DSC 2319.jpg|thumb|The Crown Inn, [[Chiddingfold]]]]

A "country pub" is simply a rural drinking establishment, though the term has acquired a romantic image typically of thatched roofs and whitewashed stone walls.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1v_pDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT130|page=130|title=The Pub: A Cultural Institution|first=Pete |last=Brown|publisher=Jacqui Small LLP|date= 18 August 2016|isbn=9781911127017}}</ref> As with urban pubs, the country pub can function as a social and recreational centre, providing opportunities for people to meet, exchange news, and cooperate on local charitable events.<ref>House of Commons; Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (25 March 2010), {{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=euo1ZDgS-LAC&pg=PA7|page=7|title=Pub companies: follow-up, Government response to the Committee's fifth report of session 2009–10|author=|publisher=The Stationery Office|date= 25 March 2010|isbn=9780215545510}}</ref> However, that culture of functioning as a social centre for a village and rural community started to diminish in the latter part of the 20th century, as many country pubs either closed down, or were converted to restaurants or [[gastropub]]s.<ref>[http://www.curmudgeon.org.uk/misc/deathpub.html The more recent developments of the country pub] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120025621/http://www.curmudgeon.org.uk/misc/deathpub.html |date=20 November 2008 }}</ref> Those country pubs located on main routes may once have been coaching inns, providing accommodation or refreshment for travellers before the advent of motorised transport.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.southernlife.org.uk/country_pub.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081012055524/http://www.southernlife.org.uk/country_pub.htm |archive-date = 12 October 2008|url-status = unfit|title = The Country Pub |work = Southern Life (UK)}}</ref>