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Staying in a glorious thirteenth-century inn

Leaving dear old London town, I ventured a little south for my next stop – an inn originally built in 1285…

Welcome to the Crown Inn that was not only build over 800 years ago, but in 1552 King Edward VI visited, and so too did his elder sister, Queen Elizabeth I in 1591.

 

It was apparently originally built as a Rest House for monks on the pilgrimage from Winchester to Canterbury.

The dog on the left only has three legs; the dog on the right is blind and deaf.

 

…then climbing this staircase, I head up to my room…

 

~ Bella

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