IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Market Place, ROMSEY, SO51 8ZJ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Market Place, SO51 8ZJ by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (695 Images Found)
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Romsey - The White Horse
Historic former coaching inn on Romsey's marketplace.
Image: © Colin Smith
Taken: 17 Jul 2021
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The White Horse, 19 Market Place, Romsey
Late 15th or early 16th century Grade II Listed inn built on site of earlier medieval inn of which stone cellars survive. Of significant historical importance The White Horse has been Romsey's principal inn since the medieval period, and may have been a guest house for the Abbey, founded in the 9th century. Some timbers are thought to date from 1450 and written records date the inn back to the 1500s. By 1920 the inn was part of Trust Houses Ltd. and in the 1970s part of Trust House Forte. In the hands of Macdonald Hotels at the turn of the 21st century it is now (2019) part of Silks Hotels. Directory entries include; 1784 Charles Sibley (Poft Chaife) - post-chaise is a fast carriage for passengers and/or post; 1792 John Quinton; 1828 Joseph Phillips (& posting house); 1844 Samual & Robert Cocks (& posting); 1851-1859 Mrs Sarah Cocks (posting) - spelt Cox in 1852; 1865 no victualler given; 1875 Charles Robert Prangnell; 1889-1898 James Bignal (& posting house); 1911 Richard Bowen.
Image: © Jo and Steve Turner
Taken: 24 Feb 2019
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The White Horse Hotel, Romsey
According to its website, The White Horse has been a Coaching Inn for over 600 years.
Image: © David Martin
Taken: 3 Nov 2023
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Sign for the Conservative Club, Romsey
In the year 1642 two soldiers of Cromwell's Army were hanged from this wrought iron sign bracket on the wall of the club.
Image: © Maigheach-gheal
Taken: 16 Jan 2009
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Buildings on Market Place, Romsey
The building on the right is the Romsey Working Men's Conservative Club. The plaque on the wall informs that it is on the site of the Old Swan Inn and it is recorded that in 1642 two of Cromwell's soldiers were hanged from a wrought iron sign bracket.
Image: © Philip Halling
Taken: 19 Feb 2010
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Romsey - Conservative Club
This club is built on the site of the Swan Inn and it is said that in 1642, during the Civil War, two soldiers from Cromwell's army were hung from the pub sign.
Image: © Chris Talbot
Taken: 8 May 2011
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Romsey - The Hundred
Shopping street in the central business district of the market town of Romsey. The abbey church looms over the marketplace.
Image: © Colin Smith
Taken: 17 Jul 2021
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Working Men's Conservative Club, Romsey
These premises stand on the site of the Old Swan Inn.
Image: © Maigheach-gheal
Taken: 16 Jan 2009
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Coronation crowd in Market Place, Romsey
Despite the heavy rain, people were still out in Romsey in Market Place to watch King Charles III's coronation on the 6th of May, 2023. Lots of waterproof jackets and umbrellas!
The festivities included face painting, several food vans and a few stalls, and the main event televised on a large screen in the centre of the square. The statue of Lord Palmerston was decorated with a crown, and the square was adorned with bunting and flags.
Image: © Oscar Taylor
Taken: 6 May 2023
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