Garstang High Street, Eagle and Child
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Garstang High Street, Eagle and Child
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 26 Jul 2011
In the early 1800s, Garstang was a main coach stop and drove centre on the route between London and Edinburgh and had fifteen public houses, testimony to its commercial importance. The Eagle and Child was one of Garstang's two Posting Inns, providing stabling and fodder for the travellers' horse(s) as well as food and lodging for the travellers themselves and fresh horses for the mail coaches. Built of stone and slate, it had 8 bedrooms and a brew house, with extensive stabling to the rear. The public house was enlarged in the late eighteenth century.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.900465
Longitude
-2.774461