The George Hotel, Amesbury
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The George Hotel, Amesbury
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 28 Jun 2008
There was a pilgrims hostel on this site in c900 and in the seventeenth century a coaching inn. It served as the headquarters of General Fairfax during the civil war and Charles Dickens based the Blue Dragon on it from his book Martin Chuzzlewit.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.172715
Longitude
-1.781386