The Lion's Head, The Common
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The Lion's Head, The Common
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 15 Jul 2017
The pub reputedly owes its name to an incident in 1816 when the Exeter to London mail coach was attacked by a lioness which had escaped from the Ballard's travelling menagerie which had stopped for the night on the nearby Salisbury Plain. As the attack happened, the terrified postal workers fled to the pub and barricaded themselves inside (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2115758/Day-Exeter-mail-coach-held-LION-200-years-ago.html The Mail on line).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.092367
Longitude
-1.65011