The Bell, Godstone.
The little grocers next door to the Bell used to be the Rose & Crown, where the grooms and the coachmen rested while the travellers stayed at the more luxurious Bell.
One night, in 1764, all the horses died from the poisoned water in the trough of the Bell; to this day it has not been discovered how the poison got there.
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Hare & Hounds, Godstone.
One previous landlord used to be an undertaker and perhaps thinking of his days of the "wooden box" he named his bars the "oak bar" and the "pine bar"; For a while he conducted both trades at the same time, but had to give up undertaking as it tended to frighten his "live" customers away! Apparently, he used to walk about in a butcher's striped apron.
The little grocers next door to the Bell used to be the Rose & Crown, where the grooms and the coachmen rested while the travellers stayed at the more luxurious Bell.
One night, in 1764, all the horses died from the poisoned water in the trough of the Bell; to this day it has not been discovered how the poison got there.
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Hare & Hounds, Godstone.
One previous landlord used to be an undertaker and perhaps thinking of his days of the "wooden box" he named his bars the "oak bar" and the "pine bar"; For a while he conducted both trades at the same time, but had to give up undertaking as it tended to frighten his "live" customers away! Apparently, he used to walk about in a butcher's striped apron.
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