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Originally built as a cottage in the 16th century, for many years the building housed an antique shop specialising in the sale of Toby Jugs, providing an obvious choice of name when it was converted into a restaurant in 1979

The 1960s housing estate to the west of Ripley village.

showing the Anchor pub and the church beyond. The Anchor was a favourite destination for a cycle outing from London from the 1870s. Unlike most such establishments, the Dibble sisters, Annie and Harriet, positively welcomed cyclists and it wasn't unusual to see two or three hundred bikes piled up outside. On Whit Sunday 1894 it is said that 20,000 cyclists passed through Kingston on their way to Ripley! In the Anchor there is a book containing signatures of famous cyclists who passed through, including H G Wells. There is a memorial window to the Dibble sisters in the church, subscribed to by the cycling fraternity.

The name of the pub probably reflects, as with many others along this road, its location on the former main route to Portsmouth, but the building was originally a sixteenth century almshouse. Its fame derives from its history as the destination for daytripping London cyclists during Victorian times. They were catered for by the landladies, the Dibble sisters. A glimpse at the 1881 Census shows a snapshot of the inn and the following inhabitants at the time: Harriet DIBBLE, Head of the household, widow, age 55, born Wotton, Surrey, Occupation: Innkeeper Harriet DIBBLE, Daughter, unmarried, age 29, born Ripley, Surrey, Occupation: Innkeeper's Daughter Annie DIBBLE, Daughter, unmarried, age 24, born Ripley, Surrey, Occupation: Innkeeper's Daughter George DIBBLE, Son, unmarried, age 19, born Ripley, Surrey, Occupation: Grocer's Assistant Florence COLDMAN, Visitor, unmarried, age 16, born Wotton, Surrey Richard BINSTEAD, Visitor, married, age 28, born Epsom, Surrey, Occupation: Painter Rose BINSTEAD, Visitor, married, age 26, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Occupation: Painter's Wife Joseph MAGGS, Visitor, married, age 37, born Westminster, Middlesex, Occupation: Carman Sarah LEE, Servant, unmarried, age 18, born Send, Surrey, Occupation: Domestic Servant Frederick DAWS, Servant, unmarried, age 36, born Pyrford, Surrey, Occupation: Ostler Harry HOPKINS, Visitor, unmarried, age 45, born Ripley, Surrey, Occupation: Cooper According to another website Annie died in July 1956 and Harriet in October 1957, implying that they lived to the ages of about 100 and 107 respectively!

This Dutch-gabled house is on the west side of the High Street and dates from 1650. The 1881 Census return for the building lists two separate families, and it is evident that the occupiers by this stage were artisans rather than lords!: The first family was: William TICE, Head of the household, married, age 38, born Ripley, Surrey, Occupation: Carpenter & Undertaker Jane TICE, Wife, married, age 38, born Ripley, Surrey, Occupation: Carpenter's Wife William H. TICE, Son, age 14, born Ripley, Surrey, Occupation: Carpenter's Apprentice Emily TICE, Daughter, age 12, born Send, Surrey, Occupation: Scholar Sarah K. TICE, Daughter, age 7, born Send, Surrey, Occupation: Scholar George TICE, Son, age 4, born Ripley, Surrey, Occupation: Scholar Mary J. TICE, Daughter, age 2, born Ripley, Surrey Harriet LANGRISH, Wife's Mother, widowed, age 80, born East Meon, Hampshire and the second was: George LANGRISH, Head of the household, married, age 53, born Blendworth, Hampshire, Occupation: Carrier Mary LANGRISH, Wife, married, age 53, born Ockham, Surrey, Occupation: Carrier's Wife Thomas LANGRISH, Son, unmarried, age 24, born Ripley, Surrey, Occupation: Carrier's Assistant Harriet LANGRISH, Daughter, age 15, born Ripley, Surrey, Occupation: Domestic Servant John WHITE, Lodger, unmarried, age 30, born Billingshurst, Sussex, Occupation: Draper & Grocer's Assistant Given that Harriet Langrish was living next door and that George Langrish was born in Hampshire like Harriet, it is not unreasonable to assume that Harriet was George's mother.