The Eight Bells pub, Hatfield
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The Eight Bells pub, Hatfield
Image: © Bikeboy Taken: 7 Dec 2014
Probably built in C16. See http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-158458-the-eight-bells-public-house-hatfield-he for entry in British Listed Buildings. The building has been used as a pub since at least 1728. It was known as the Five Bells until around 1730 when the number of bells in St Etheldreda's church was increased to 8. Charles Dickens visited Hatfield in 1835 as a journalist to cover the death of the 1st Marchioness of Salisbury in a fire at Hatfield House. Later he included a scene in a Hatfield pub (widely believed to be the Eight Bells) in Oliver Twist.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.762319
Longitude
-0.213621