It was built in 1854 specifically as a public house with the name Astley Arms and was opened in 1855. The Lord and Lady of the manor in those days were called Weatherall and they had an only daughter.Miss Weatherall met and married Colonel Ross who inherited the title when her father died. Colonel Ross changed the name of the pub to ‘Ross’s Arms’ and had the Ross’s coat of arms put over the front entrance. The Latin motto “Spem successus alit” translated means “faith nourishes hope”.

There was also once a stream that ran under the pub to a well at the rear which supplied water to the village.

The Ross's Arms circa the 1930's

The first landlord of the then Astley Arms in 1855 was John Grundy. John ran the pub for 30 years to 1885 and was succeeded by his son, David who was landlord until 1907.  Israel Parry then started his long tenancy and remained landlord until he died in 1951. Israel was so large that when he died his coffin had to be taken out through the front window. Israel was so attached to the pub that his ghost is still heard today in the cellar. Israel was followed by his son Hindley who was landlord from 1951 to 1960. In 1960 the long tenancy started of Stanley Spencer who retired in March 1988. The present licensee and chef is Eamon Gall who, since the summer of 2006 has developed his establishment into a traditional family run pub with quality home cooked fayre.

The Ross's Arms bowling team in 1933

Your doctors may boast of their lotions,
And ladies may talk of their tea;
I envy them none of their potions,
A glass of good beer for me,
The doctor may smile if he pleases,
But my recipe never will fail;
For the physic that cures all diseases
Is a bumper of OLDFIELD'S GOOD ALE.
(Old Lancashire Ballad)