The former George & Dragon (2) - Morland plaque, Cheapside, Bampton, Oxon
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The former George & Dragon (2) - Morland plaque, Cheapside, Bampton, Oxon
Image: © P L Chadwick Taken: 5 May 2018
This plaque is on a former public house, now a private residence, which for many years was a Morland house. The Morland Brewery could trace its origins back to 1711. In 2000 the company and its assets were sold to the Greene King brewery in Suffolk. Greene King lost no time in closing the Morland brewery at Abingdon the same year. Production of Morland beers was then transferred to Suffolk. However the George & Dragon had already closed by the time of the sale so it never was a Greene King house. The plaque, still in place to the left of the entrance door, commemorated George Morland who was a noted artist and painter. He holds his palette in one hand and a pint of beer in the other. Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.727272
Longitude
-1.546347