The Bolney Stage, London Road, Bolney
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The Bolney Stage, London Road, Bolney
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 7 Sep 2014
A public house that has all the hallmarks of an old coaching inn but appearances can be deceptive. The building does indeed date back to around 1500 but as a farmhouse and long predated the London-Brighton road. It was built on the northern boundary of the former Bolney Common that was enclosed in the 1840s and was called Common Farm on the 1874 OS map becoming Ford's Farm by the following edition in 1897. It retained this name until the 1920s when it became Tudor House having been converted into a hotel and tearoom. The latter proved popular with motorists on the A23 and the Tudor Tearoom was eventually renamed the Bolney Stage in the 1960s
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Image Location
Latitude
51.000502
Longitude
-0.198429