Looking towards Bagshot village centre from the Three Mariners Pub

Image: © Roger Taken: 4 Oct 2008

The main coaching route from London to the south west went through the village of Bagshot and during the 18th century Bagshot was a well known stopping point on the main road. The many inns provided stabling and even horse swapping services to thousands of stage coaches, and numerous inns once catered for the needs of the thousands of travellers who passed through each year. Of the inns remaining in the village from medieval times, only the Three Mariners still retains some of the original features from when it was a coaching inn. Its name suggests a sea connection, and this might be because of the timber piles supporting the building. This timber is over 150 years old and was originally from a ship. This image was submitted on 10th Oct 2008 in an attempt to receive the id 1,000,000 from geograph - narrowly missing it by just 3 (everyone else was trying for the same second to submit!)

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