This field map of 1840 shows the position of Peter's Finger on the five ways junction at the Finger and marked on the map as P.H. The Queen's Arms is the next building above, but is not marked as a public house.

Haughmond Villa is the short row of three houses on the right facing the road.

The photograph above is of a couple of houses called Haughmond Villa, built in 1906 on the site of an old pub called Peter’s Finger. The Finger is a field by a junction of five roads; recorded as Peter’s Finger in 1833, it refers to the signpost, with five fingers, which once stood here. From there came the name of Finger Road. Another anecdote for the name of the area is that the original pub sign was a picture of St. Peter, with his arm and finger raised, giving a blessing. It is also claimed that back in the time of the Hundred Years War, and particularly, the Battle of Agincourt, a previous inn on the site had been kept by an English longbow man from that battle, named Peter. It is believed that the French were in the habit of cutting off the arrow shooting fingers of captured English and as a gesture of defiance, the bowmen gave the two fingered salute. Landlord Peter was long after, still in the habit of using this gesture.

The pub is not named in 1841, but from its position to the Queen’s Arms, we can safely assume it was there and William Smallman was the landlord. In 1851, George Pritchard had taken over and in 1861 & 1871, Francis Ketley was landlord who was the father of Francis William Ketley; a landlord from the Queen’s Arms.

It was not listed in a census after the 1881, when Samuel Vowels was landlord.

Embedded in the chimney of Haughmond Villa is this stone on which is carved the initials W.T.A. and the date 1752. This is believed to come from the original Peter’s Finger public house and the date is possible the date it was built.