Chiddingfold, Surrey - Crown Inn - art postcard c.1970s
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- ID# : 122803485
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- Location : United Kingdom
- Seller : justthebook (+1648)
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- Start : Wed 04 Dec 2013 21:57:41 (NZST)
- Close : Run Until Sold
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- Picture / Image: Chiddingfold, Surrey - The Crown Inn est. 1282 - drawing
- Publisher: none given (the inn?)
- Postally used: no
- Stamp: n/a
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UK (incl. IOM, CI & BFPO): 99p
Europe: £1.60
Rest of world (inc. USA etc): £2.75
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NOTE: All postcards are sent in brand new stiffened envelopes which I have bought for the task. These are specially made to protect postcards and you may be able to re-use them. In addition there are other costs to sending so the above charge is not just for the stamp!
I will give a full refund if you are not fully satisfied with the postcard.
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not work) :
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Chiddingfold is a village and civil parish in the heart of The Weald in the Waverley district of Surrey, England. It lies on the A283 between Milford and Petworth. Chiddingfold Forest is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) lying nearby.
The name of Chiddingfold ""Chadynge's fold"", ""Chiddingefoulde"", is derived from the Saxon, probably meaning the fold (enclosure for animals) ""in the hollow"".[1]
Chiddingfold became famous for its glass-making - during the reign of Elizabeth I, there were no fewer than eleven glass works on the green. Chiddingfold glass was used in some of the finest buildings in the land, including St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster, and St George's Chapel, Windsor.
The Guy Fawkes festivities has an interesting past. In 1887 the village policeman had his house attacked by a mob, and was transferred, following suspicion he had set the bonfire alight early.[2] 1929 saw similar, with wider unrest, culminating a week later with a rumour of apprehending the innocent Sgt Brake and ducking him in the pond being met by 200 officers from all over Surrey in specially requisitioned buses; the village pubs were ordered to close and a JP was on hand to read the Riot Act should it have proved necessary.[3]
Chiddingfold has opened an archive which shows the history of Chiddingfold and the previous owners of Chiddingfold houses.
The French-born abstract artist François Lanzi lived in Chiddingfold from 1971 until his death in 1988.
The Crown is one of the oldest inns in England. Built as a rest house for Cistercian monks on their pilgrimage from Winchester to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury, it claims to have been established in 1285 with the earliest recorded reference to the present building dated 1383; probably when the alehouse (the Halle) expanded to include accommodation, thus becoming an inn. Subsequently it merged with the adjoining alehouse through common ownership. The Crown has seen many distinguished visitors down the years. On 21 ???? 1552, Edward VI, the ""boy king"", attended by high officials of state, courtiers, peers and some 4000 men encamped on the village green. It is reputed that in 1591 his elder sister, Queen Elizabeth I, ""sojourned there for refreshment"" en route from Loseley Park to Cowdray Park: her expense roll for the journey showing two sillings being paid for a tonne of wine to be transported to the village from Ripley.[4][2]
type=printed postcards
theme=topographical: british
sub-theme=england
county/ country=surrey
number of items=single
period=1945 - present
postage condition=unposted
Listing Information
Listing Type | Gallery Listing |
Listing ID# | 122803485 |
Start Time | Wed 04 Dec 2013 21:57:41 (NZST) |
Close Time | Run Until Sold |
Starting Bid | Fixed Price (no bidding) |
Item Condition | Used |
Bids | 0 |
Views | 672 |
Dispatch Time | 2 Days |
Quantity | 1 |
Location | United Kingdom |
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