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**Rurcextedutty** · 07-01-2007, 05:02 AM

The George Inn, Norton-St-Philip.

One of the oldest pubs in Britain, and unlike most of the other claimants to the title it's largely unchanged and has been continuously licensed (and in use as a pub) since 1270.

In 1688 it was commandeered by the Duke of Monmouth during the Pitchfork Rebellion, and used as his headquarters in the run-up to the Battle of Sedgemoor- the last pitched battle fought on English soil. You can stay in the room Monmouth lodged in, where he survived an assassination attempt (a sniper narrowly missed him as he shaved by the window).

07-01-2007, 05:02 AM	#5
Rurcextedutty Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 434 Senior Member	The George Inn, Norton-St-Philip. One of the oldest pubs in Britain, and unlike most of the other claimants to the title it's largely unchanged and has been continuously licensed (and in use as a pub) since 1270. In 1688 it was commandeered by the Duke of Monmouth during the Pitchfork Rebellion, and used as his headquarters in the run-up to the Battle of Sedgemoor- the last pitched battle fought on English soil. You can stay in the room Monmouth lodged in, where he survived an assassination attempt (a sniper narrowly missed him as he shaved by the window).
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