Inns Collection

In the Days of Dickens by Cecil Aldin
A coach and horses laden with jovial travellers looking very much like the Pickwick Club drive into a village to stop by a handsome looking coaching inn

The Prospect of Whitby
Painting of the famous old down river inn in Shadwell whose door opens onto Wapping Wall. Said to have a long history, it was claimed that pirates were hanged there. The pub still exists today

Barristers in the Rain
Barristers make their way through the rain along Carey Street from the Inns of Court to the London Law Courts, dressed in their traditional garb Date: 1886

Glenwood Mission Inn, Riverside, California, USA. Date: circa 1940

Eureka Inn, Eureka, Humboldt County, California, USA. Date: 1923

Nativity - Seeking Room
Joseph and Mary look for somewhere to stay in Bethlehem, and find that all the hotels are full

Mail coach on the High Street at Stony Stratford
A packed vintage four-horse mail coach on the High Street at Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire. Due to the juxtaposition of two hotels in the centre of town, The Cock and The Bull (pictured)

Fruits of Idleness - a young man has passed out from drinking too much alcohol. circa 1830s

Mermaid Inn, Rye
The Mermaid Inn, Rye, East Sussex. One of Englands oldest inns, with norman cellars dating from 1156

Fresh horses for a stagecoach
Bringing fresh horses out of the stable for a stagecoach at a posting inn

Main Street, Milford, Pennsylvania, USA
Main Street and Forest Hall, Milford, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1908

Carriage outside Star Hotel
A horse-drawn bus outside the Star Hotel in Matfield, Kent (now the Star Inn). The bus is from Tunbridge Wells, and serves the villages of Matfield, Brenchley and Paddock Wood

A Charles Wells Public House, in an unidentified location. This brewery company, based in Bedfordshire, is still in existence today, with over 200 pubs to its name

Coach at Red Lion 1868
A coach laden with hampers and hares, geese and other game halts at the Red Lion pub at Christmas time - and a white Christmas, too !

The Cocktail Bar at the Garter Club, 52 Grosvenor Street - decorated in mock-heraldic style. The Table tops represent the titles of well-known Inns. Date: 1933

Advertisement for the famous Ace of Spades road house, the progenitor of a number of road houses that attracted fun-seeking motorists during the inter-war years

Plough Pond and Inn, Old Malden, SW London (Surrey)
Plough Pond and Plough Inn, Old Malden, Worcester Park, SW London (Surrey). Date: circa 1910s

Plough Inn, Old Malden, Worcester Park, SW London (Surrey). circa 1910s

Ye Olde Tiger Tavern Tower Hill London Victorian period

The Who'd Have Thought It Pub Victorian period

The Kicking Donkey Hastings Victorian period

The Blind Beggar Bethnal Green London Victorian period

The Volunteer - Poplar London Victorian period

The Ship - Shadwell London Victorian period

Angel Inn, Guildford
An etching of the Angel Inn, one of Guildford's large coaching inns established in the middle ages, with Jacobean or Tudor timber framing

The Star Inn, Alfriston, Sussex Date: 1921

Undertakers regaling themselves at Death's Door, Battersea Rise, Surrey -- a satirical scene in the style of Hogarth, with lines from a serious long poem, The Grave

The yard at the Bull and Mouth Inn, in St Martins-le-Grand, London. Date: circa 1820

Halfway House, Kennsington 1850
Exterior of Halfway House, Kennsington

Old Inns in Southwark
Views of old inns in Southwark - Dog & Bear and Old Croyden House, Kings Head, Catherine Wheel, Queens Head, The George. Date: 1875

Grave monument to Coya Shawsware or Khwaja Shahsuwar
Muslim altar-style grave monument to Coya Shawsware, or Khwaja Shahsuwar (1582-1626), a merchant and secretary to Nogdi beg the Persian embassador, formerly in St Botolphs, Bishopsgate

London Stone in Cannon Street, London
London Stone in Cannon Street, supposed to be the milestone or Milliarium of the Romans. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of the Society of Antiquaries

New Buildings, Lincolns Inn, London, built in 16th century style, containing a large dining hall, a library and a drawing room. Date: 1843

Bath Road, Hounslow, West London, with The Windsor Castle public house on the right. Date: circa 1910

Royal Saracens Head Hotel, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. Date: circa 1920

Aylesbury Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, with The Royal Hotel on the right. Date: circa 1908

Huntsmans Hall Pub, Worcester Park, SW London (Surrey)
Huntsmans Hall Pub (Nalder & Collyer brewery), Worcester Park, SW London (Surrey). Date: circa 1905

Burford Bridge Hotel, Dorking, Surrey. Date: circa 1908

The Albion Hotel (public house), East Molesey, Surrey. Date: circa 1910s

Surrey Arms pub, East Street, Farnham, Surrey, with a pony and trap outside. Date: circa 1890

Ye Olde Chequers Inn, Tonbridge, Kent
Ye Olde Chequers Inn (left), Tonbridge, Kent, with Dances Umbrella Stores on the right. circa 1910s

View of the Swan Inn, Fittleworth, West Sussex
View of the Swan Inn, Fittleworth, near Chichester, West Sussex, popular with artists for its picturesque appearance. Date: 1922

Old Spread Eagle Tavern 1865
Old Spread Eagle Tavern, Gracechurch Street, London, about to be demolished in 1865. Date: 1865

Old Blue Bell Inn, Chester
The Old Blue Bell Inn, Chester, March 1936. 1936

The Old George Inn, Edgware, Middlesex. Date: circa 1910s

Longs Peak Inn, Estes Park, Colorado, USA
Part of sitting room, Longs Peak Inn, Estes Park, Colorado, USA. Date: circa 1920

The Bell Sauvage Inn or (or La Belle Sauvage) was a former public house in Ludgate Hill, London

ARRIVING AT AN INN
A stagecoach pulls into the yard of an inn - a waiter comes to welcome the passengers to his dining room, while additional travellers wait at the Coach Office. Date: circa 1830

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