Est. 1911 · Family Butchers · Farm Shop Closed Sundays · 00000 000 000

Ludbury · Established 1911 · Three Generations

Marsh & Sons

Butchers and farm shop. Whole animals, bought from six farms inside twenty miles, broken down on the block here at the back of the shop.

3 Market Square, Ludbury SY28 1AP

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Family Butchers · Market Square · Ludbury · 1911

The Price Board

Priced per pound & per kilo · cut to order, no charge

Everything on this board was walking about within twenty miles of the square. We know the farm, the field and usually the farmer’s dog.

Prices hold for the week and change on a Tuesday when the beef comes down off the hooks. Ask for it thick or thin, boned, rolled or left on the bone. Ted does the block Tuesday to Saturday and he doesn’t mind being asked.

Beef Longhorn & Hereford from Wrenditch Farm at Sallowmoor, hung on the bone 28 days

  1. 01Sirloin on the boneCut to the thickness you ask for$16.95per lb$37.50per kg
  2. 02Ribeye steakMarbled, 28 days, trimmed on the day$18.95per lb$42.00per kg
  3. 03Fore rib, three boneOrder Thursday for the weekend$13.95per lb$31.00per kg
  4. 04Rump steakThe best value steak in the shop$14.95per lb$33.00per kg
  5. 05Braising steakChuck and blade, diced free$7.95per lb$17.50per kg
  6. 06Beef mince, coarseMinced twice daily, nothing added$5.50per lb$12.00per kg
  7. 07Ox cheekSix hours in the oven and it falls apart$6.50per lb$14.50per kg
  8. 08Marrow bones, sawnFree with any order over $40$2.75per lb$6.00per kg

Pork Gloucestershire Old Spot, outdoor reared at Fennstone Green

  1. 09Loin chops, bone inCut thick, two to a pound$7.25per lb$16.00per kg
  2. 10Belly, bone inScored for crackling$5.75per lb$12.50per kg
  3. 11Shoulder, boned & rolledSlow roast, five hours$6.50per lb$14.50per kg
  4. 12Dry-cured back baconCured here in salt and black treacle, ten days$9.50per lb$21.00per kg
  5. 13Gammon joint, smokedReady Friday, ask at the counter$8.25per lb$18.00per kg

Lamb Off the hill at Sedgeknoll: Shropshire and Kerry Hill

  1. 14Leg, whole or halfBone in, chined and trimmed$9.75per lb$21.50per kg
  2. 15Loin chopsThree a person, on the bone$12.75per lb$28.00per kg
  3. 16Shoulder, bone inThe sweeter joint. Cook it long.$7.75per lb$17.00per kg
  4. 17Neck filletFor the pot, or quick in a pan$9.25per lb$20.50per kg

Made Out The Back Sausages, pies and puddings, all made on the premises

  1. 18Pork & leek sausagesEighty percent pork, natural skins$6.75per lb$15.00per kg
  2. 19Beef sausages, plainTed’s grandfather’s recipe, unchanged$6.95per lb$15.50per kg
  3. 20Black pudding ringMade Wednesdays, gone by Friday$5.75per lb$12.50per kg
  4. 21Steak & ale pieHand raised, serves one properly$6.95each$37.50six
  5. 22Faggots in gravyFour in a foil tray, ready for the oven$8.95tray of four

Farm Shop The shelf by the window: eggs, dairy and the neighbors’ work

  1. 23Eggs, half dozenFree range, Wrenditch Farm, laid this week$3.25six$5.95dozen
  2. 24Salted butter, 8 ozChurned at Tallowbrook Dairy$4.75each
  3. 25Farmhouse cheddarTwelve months, cut off the truckle$13.95per lb$31.00per kg
  4. 26Dripping, beefRendered from our own trim$3.75tub

Ordering Call the shop for anything large: a rib, a whole leg, a box for the freezer. Two days’ notice and it will be ready with your name on it. We take cash and card. No delivery and no website orders. You come to the square.

Why the shop smells of nothing much

Hung 28 Days

Beef goes up on the hooks in the cold room the day it comes in, and it stays there four weeks. It loses about a fifth of its weight doing nothing at all, which is why it costs what it costs. What you get back is a piece of meat that tastes of something and doesn’t sit in a puddle in the pan.

We buy whole animals, so we sell the whole animal. That means we will always have shin and cheek and belly as well as sirloin, and we will always tell you the cheap cut is the better dinner if it is.

Alan Marsh and his son Ted, the third and fourth on the block.

Wrenditch Farm
Longhorn beef & free range eggs, Sallowmoor. 4 miles.
Fennstone Green
Old Spot pigs, outdoors year round. 9 miles.
Sedgeknoll
Hill lamb, Shropshire & Kerry Hill. 11 miles.
Tallowbrook Dairy
Butter, cream and the cheddar truckle. 16 miles.
Yarrowfold
Chickens on Fridays, order ahead. 18 miles.

Open & Found

Closed all day Sunday · Monday mornings only

  • Monday7:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • Tuesday7:00 am – 5:30 pm
  • Wednesday7:00 am – 5:30 pm
  • Thursday7:00 am – 5:30 pm
  • Friday7:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • Saturday6:30 am – 4:00 pm
  • SundayClosed

Market day is Wednesday and the square fills up early, so we open the side hatch at 6:30 am for the stallholders.

Ordering ahead, or after something big? 00000 000 000

Call between 7:00 am and 5:00 pm and one of us will pick up, unless we are on the block.

Marsh & Sons3 Market SquareLudbury SY28 1AP

Bottom corner of the square, under the green and gold shopfront, two doors down from the Corn Cross. If you have driven in, the square itself is free for an hour after 9:00 am; the long-stay parking lot on Malthouse Lane is a two minute walk uphill.

Corn Cross Broad Street Malthouse Lane Church Walk Market Square M & S No. 3 (us) P
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