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Scholards Lane, MARLBOROUGH, SN8 2PL

The range adjacent to the road of The Cedars in Scholard's Lane is 18th century, the rear range is circa 1800. Some original internal features remain. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1365478 Ramsbury lies in fertile farming land in the valley of the River Kennet. The site has been occupied since at least the Iron Age and there are several Roman villas. There was a bishopric of Ramsbury, established by 909 and ended in 1075 when it was included in the bishopric of Salisbury. Until 1744 when the present A4 road was turnpiked, the road through the village was part of the main route from London to Bristol.

The early evening sun catches the inn sign and the whitewashed wall of an outbuilding of The Bell public house in this view looking, as the fine old pre-Worboys Committee sign says, towards Hungerford.

Fine old inn at the main crossroads in Ramsbury (undergoing some refurbishment at time of photograph). The inn stands on the old road from London to Bath and Bristol. www.ramsbury.org

A very old sign, pre the standardisation designed by Worboys in the 1960s, a follow-up sign to Image a short distance west.

The Bell has looked out over the Square for several centuries and at one time was a coach stop on the Marlborough to London route which once passed through the village. In 1830 it was also a stop for the Swindon to Newbury coach.

The Bell, formerly the Bell Hotel, occupies the east side of The Square between Oxford Street to the left and Scholard's Lane to the right. It has an excellent attractive website, where you can book a table in the restaurant online, here http://www.thebellramsbury.com/

The Coach House in Scholard's Lane now offers holiday accommodation. Ramsbury lies in fertile farming land in the valley of the River Kennet. The site has been occupied since at least the Iron Age and there are several Roman villas. There was a bishopric of Ramsbury, established by 909 and ended in 1075 when it was included in the bishopric of Salisbury. Until 1744 when the present A4 road was turnpiked, the road through the village was part of the main route from London to Bristol.

The Boot was, for many years, an alehouse. During the Second World War it was a favourite of the American servicemen from the airfield on Spring's Hill. Originally two cottages, now a single house, timber framed and thatched. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1300364 Ramsbury lies in fertile farming land in the valley of the River Kennet. The site has been occupied since at least the Iron Age and there are several Roman villas. There was a bishopric of Ramsbury, established by 909 and ended in 1075 when it was included in the bishopric of Salisbury. Until 1744 when the present A4 road was turnpiked, the road through the village was part of the main route from London to Bristol.

Dating from the 16th or 17th C two cottages which became an alehouse but now are Grade II listed with English Heritage Building ID: 310688. See also: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-310688-the-boot-ramsbury

Looking north-eastwards from The Square up Oxford Street, there is a fine old yellow and black AA & MU road sign on the wall of the house on the left. It reads: Aldbourne 3 RAMSBURY. Marlborough 7 London 68 Erected by the A.A. & M.U. The M.U. was the Motor Union and amalgamated with the Automobile Association around 1910, which gives a clue to the sign's age. Curiously, and possibly because it is in a different county to Ramsbury, Hungerford in Berkshire, which is only 5 miles away, did not warrant a mention on the sign.