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The Whalebone These licensed premises are a long-standing feature of Bridge Street. This grade II listed property is actually two buildings, combined in recent times. The taller one was originally a private residence, built in the early 18th century. The adjoining building is the original pub and was trading as The Whalebone as early as the 1740s. Its name reflects the whaling trade which once flourished in this area. Whalebones were used in ship-making and, on a smaller scale, in brush handles and cutlery. A late-19th-century sketch of these premises shows a whalebone placed upright against the front wall of the public house.
58 Bridge Street, Downham Market, United Kingdom
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The Bath Arms This Grade II listed former coaching inn dates back to at least 1732, when the Three Goats' Heads' stood on the site and was let on the condition that it was rebuilt. The new inn was called the King's Arms, but by 1769 was known as the Lords Arms or Weymouth Arms after the Marquesses of Bath. Their lordships were also the Viscounts Weymouth, owners of the nearby Longleat estate. By the early 1800s, the inn had become the Bath Arms Hotel.
41 Market Place, Warminster, United Kingdom
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The Narrows Free House These licensed premises are in that part of High Street once known as The Narrows, having been much narrower than it is today. Most of the buildings in The Narrows were destroyed in 1883, by fire. New buildings were erected in the early 1890s, including the town's main post office - the building in which you now find yourself. The post office served Abingdon for more than a century, closing in January 2009. These premises were refurbished by J D Wetherspoon in October 2013
The Narrows - JD Wetherspoon - 25 High Street, Abingdon, United Kingdom