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Inns of Warwickshire
The traditional English Inn - as opposed to the great British Pub - have always been around in some form, as public taverns or lodging houses that served food and drink to travellers. However, during during the mid-17th century, the stagecoach and mail coach network developed and coaching inns or staging inns became an essential part of the inland transport infrastructure and a vital part of the coaching tradition. As well as providing food, drink and accommodation for travellers they also supplied teams of fresh horses for the stagecoaches and mail coaches. Traditionally they were seven miles apart but this depended very much on the terrain. Some English towns had as many as ten such inns and rivalry between them was intense, not only for the income from the stagecoach operators but for the revenue for food and drink supplied to the wealthy passengers. We tend to think of coaching inns as we see them today but, in their day, establishments such as The Saracen's Head in Holborn kept over 2,000 horses to service the London routes and had a coach-builder's workshop on the premises. Being so central, many of the towns and villages in Warwickshire became important stopping places for stagecoaches and many of the coaching inns of Warwickshire still remain in operation.
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Inns in and around Alcester Roebuck Inn at Alcester The Lord Nelson at Alcester The Green Dragon Inn at Sambourne Duke Of Marlborough at Studley The Stag at Redhill Inns in and around Atherstone Red Lion at Pinwall The New Dolphin Inn at Atherstone The Old Red Lion Hotel at Atherstone Three Tuns at Atherstone The Boot at Grendon The Blue Boar Inn at Mancetter White Hart Inn at Oldbury Red Lion at Pinwall Inns in and around Baginton The Oak at Baginton Inns in and around Bedworth The Rule and Compass at Bulkington Inns in and around Berkswell The Brickmakers Arms at Berkswell Inns in and around Coleshill The Railway Inn & Guest House at Coleshill Inns in and around Coventry The Bull’s Head at Meriden Inns in and around Henley-in-Arden The White Swan Hotel at Henley-in-Arden Inns in and around Kenilworth The Cottage Inn at Kenilworth Inns in and around Leamington Spa The Three Horseshoes at Bubbenhall Inns in and around Nuneaton Ye Olde Red Lion Hotel at Market Bosworth Rugger Tavern at Nuneaton Inns in and around Rugby The Olde Coach House Inn at Ashby St Ledgers The Cocked Hat at Binley Woods The White Lion at Brinklow The Old Thatched Cottage at Dunchurch The Beechwood Inn at Keresley White Lion Inn at Pailton Three Horeseshoes at Princethorpe Chesters Public House at Rugby Olivers Inn at Rugby The Wheeltapper Inn at Rugby Three Horseshoes Hotel at Rugby White Swan Inn at Shawell Inns in and around Shipston on Stour The Fox & Hounds at Great Wolford The Howard Arms at Ilmington The Red Lion at Long Compton The White Bear Hotel at Shipston On Stour Black Horse Inn at Shipston On Stour The Norman Knight Inn at Whichford Inns in and around Southam The Holly Bush Inn at Southam Inns in and around Stratford-upon-Avon The Stag at Redhill The Bell at Alderminster at Alderminster The Fox & Goose Inn at Armscote The New Inn Hotel at Clifford Chambers The Houndshill Inn at Ettington Halford Bridge Inn at Halford The College Arms at Lower Quinton The Queens Head at Stratford-upon-Avon The Salmon Tail Inn at Stratford-upon-Avon The White Swan at Stratford-upon-Avon The Blue Boar Inn at Temple Grafton The Mary Arden Inn at Wilmcote Inns in and around Sutton Coldfield The Boat Inn at Minworth Inns in and around Tamworth The Globe Inn at Tamworth White Swan Hotel at Tamworth Inns in and around Tanworth-in-Arden The Bell Inn at Tanworth-in-Arden Inns in and around Warwick The Golden Pheasant at Barford Crown and Castle Inn at Warwick The Black Horse Inn at Warwick The Kings Head at Warwick The Rose & Crown at Warwick The Tilted Wig at Warwick Tudor House Inn at Warwick Inns of Warwickshire |
