Fox Shaw
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Fox Shaw
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 18 Sep 2010
This 17th century cottage was formerly a pub, the Fox Inn, scene of a wager on 24 July 1805 between Edward Banks (contractor to the Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Railway), and local gentry as to the weight one horse could pull on the trial run of the railway, the route of which ran past the pub. It is grade II listed - for listing particulars see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1295170.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.278997
Longitude
-0.156885