tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post227611481505245219..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Bishop's Stortford, HertfordshirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-68782390729276372152012-07-22T12:07:22.884+01:002012-07-22T12:07:22.884+01:00Frozenink: Thanks for your comment. Inn names some...Frozenink: Thanks for your comment. Inn names sometimes stayed the same for hundreds of years, sometimes changed. Or there could be a slight change: a while back I did a post about one in <a href="http://englishbuildings.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/market-harborough-leicestershire.html" rel="nofollow">Market Harborough</a>, which was known as The Swan in the 16th century and is now the Three Swans.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-32433874063133611762012-07-22T09:56:40.533+01:002012-07-22T09:56:40.533+01:00Bishop's Stortford was a staging post from Lon...Bishop's Stortford was a staging post from London. John Evelyn dined here and changed horses here en route to Audley End, and the carters delivered mail to outlying manors in Essex etc.. Sadly, he does not mentioned the name of any hostelry, though I imagine the names were changed with changes of ownership from time to time.<br />Your blog is now on my list. thank you.frozenink@blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-24557592133657470562012-07-17T08:55:44.908+01:002012-07-17T08:55:44.908+01:00Worm: True. The step between the genuine and the &...Worm: True. The step between the genuine and the "mock" is a short one. We are just the right side of the divide here, although even mock Tudor has its interest...Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-2895896391676427142012-07-17T08:54:57.504+01:002012-07-17T08:54:57.504+01:00Hels: Yes: you are so right about pubs. (Laundryma...Hels: Yes: you are so right about pubs. (Laundrymats seem to be closing now, too.)Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-75112927018654139172012-07-17T08:40:20.918+01:002012-07-17T08:40:20.918+01:00I like it, although it is but a short hop to mock ...I like it, although it is but a short hop to mock tudor and thence pebble dash!wormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802335627720182532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-39425006106786521752012-07-14T16:20:28.470+01:002012-07-14T16:20:28.470+01:00Even though I don't drink beer, pubs were the ...Even though I don't drink beer, pubs were the centre of our social life during the London and Herts years - bad food, good wine and great company. Everyone was poor back then (early 1970s)!<br /><br />So I grieve whenever a pub is closed, or changed into a laundrymat. There is something tragic about the closing of these lovely old institutions.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com