# Old Country Inns of England

Author: Maskell, Henry Parr; Gregory, Edward W. (Edward William), 1871-

Genre: Category: Travel Writing

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44382

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Old+Country+Inns+of+England+Maskell&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Which among the thousand of old inns to be met with on our country roads has a right to be called the oldest? There are many claimants. The title-deeds of the _Saracen’s Head_ at Newark refer back to 1341. Local antiquaries cite documentary evidence to prove that the _Seven Stars_ at Manchester existed before the year 1356. Symond Potyn, who founded St. Catherine’s Hospital for poor Pilgrims at Rochester in 1316, is described as “of the _Crown Inn_.” A Nottingham ballad relates the adventures of one Dame Rose who kept the _Ram_ in that town “in the days of good King Stephen.” Then we have the witness of the German Ambassador to the comfort and excellence of the _Fountain_ at Canterbury, w...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-country-inns-of-england-44382/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-country-inns-of-england-44382/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-country-inns-of-england-44382/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-country-inns-of-england-44382/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-country-inns-of-england-44382/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-country-inns-of-england-44382/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-country-inns-of-england-44382/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-country-inns-of-england-44382/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-country-inns-of-england-44382/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-country-inns-of-england-44382/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-country-inns-of-england-44382/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-country-inns-of-england-44382/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-country-inns-of-england-44382/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-country-inns-of-england-44382/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-country-inns-of-england-44382/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-country-inns-of-england-44382/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-country-inns-of-england-44382/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-country-inns-of-england-44382/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-country-inns-of-england-44382/chapters/5/index.md)