The Crown Hotel



"The Crown Hotel was originally built in the 16th century as a coaching inn and in 1649 it was the cause of a major fire and 14 apartments at the back of the Inn were destroyed. But the main damage was caused when the fire spread to the chandler's shop in Halls Lane and £200 worth of tallow exploded. The Inn was repaired and in 1680 it cost £35 to renew the lease for the Inn and some surrounding farmland. By 1729, Magdalen College was charging £127 for the lease but they had to drop the price to £95 in 1737. The Crown had by now become an important coaching inn. The Duke of Bridgewater stayed at the Inn in 1713 and Marshall Bloucher was a guest there in 1813. The Inn was also used as an excise office in the late 18th century."

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