Inn sign: The King's Arms, Godalming
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Inn sign: The King's Arms, Godalming
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 1 Sep 2016
An old, faded sign - unrepainted, I suppose, as evidence of the antiquity of the establishment. But whose arms are they? The arms of England (the lions) are quartered with the Fleur-de-Lys, so the monarch in question was laying claim to France, too - which, these days, might seem to be going a bit too far . . .
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Image Location
Latitude
51.185811
Longitude
-0.611187