Dorking, High Street 1900
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This is said to be the oldest inn in the town. Charles Dickens is reputed to have penned 'The Pickwick Papers' on one of his many visits to Dorking. The inn has changed little in its appearance over the last two centuries. A glass of ale can still be comfortably supped in front of the log fire, and the oak beams and carved staircase stand as they did in Dickens's time. A pleasant hour or two can still be spent in the cobbled courtyard on a sunny day. The inn enhances one of the most pleasant-looking town centres in the area. It stands on the old Stane Street, and has been known as a resting-place for travellers for perhaps nearly a thousand years. Early evidence of a building on this site dates from 1278. Some of the earliest parts of the old building can still be found under the foundations of the present site.
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