Shepperton: The Crossroads public house
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Shepperton: The Crossroads public house
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 7 Dec 2008
Remove the modern single storey front extension and behind is one of the oldest buildings in this part of Shepperton, the former Railway Hotel, built shortly after the arrival of the railway in 1864 and certainly shown on the 1872 Edition of the Ordnance Survey mapping. At that time the railway station and the hotel were the only buildings in the area and it is evident that this part of Shepperton was subsequently developed solely because of the proximity of the railway route to London, the old village of Shepperton being some distance away to the south-west. At some stage the pub became the Crossroads and it does now occupy a prominent location at the junction of Laleham Road, Old Charlton Road, Green Lane and the High Street.
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Image Location
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51.396084
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