Oxford. Located down a Medieval passageway off the High Street, it was originally built in 1654 and was recorded in 1662 as The Hen and Chickens. It became The Wheatsheaf in 1761 and the current building dates to 1897. It has a history as a performance venue that goes back centuries. A large open space (with a couple of nice little nooks also) surround the bar on the ground floor, and the performance space is upstairs. I was delighted to find Old Hooky from Hook Norton Brewery on tap. I visited the brewery back in 2019 - it is one of the last breweries using the Victorian tower brewing system, and they still use a horse drawn dray to deliver beer to the village. They also have a brewery in Banbury and I had a lovely chat with a gentleman named Bill who was from there.