The Ship Inn, Farnborough

The Ship Inn is about 400 years old.
It was originally called The Royal
Anne and was renamed The Royal George
after the launch of a larger ship. It
received its present name from its
present owners much later. Mrs Norbran,
who has worked there for 16 years, was
able to tell us that one room was
often used by Dick Turpin. A fight
was to take place in 1860 between Tom
Sayers and Hoonan. The ring was pitched
in a field at the brook behind the
inn by Princess Eugenie who lived at
the nearby abbey So popular was the
fight that the hayfield in which it
took place was completely ruined. The
fight took place on April 17th 1860
and was a draw.

The Ship Inn is about 400 years old.
It was originally called The Royal
Anne and was renamed The Royal George
after the launch of a larger ship. It
received its present name from its
present owners much later. Mrs Norbran,
who has worked there for 16 years, was
able to tell us that one room was
often used by Dick Turpin. A fight
was to take place in 1860 between Tom
Sayers and Hoonan. The ring was pitched
in a field at the brook behind the
inn by Princess Eugenie who lived at
the nearby abbey So popular was the
fight that the hayfield in which it
took place was completely ruined. The
fight took place on April 17th 1860
and was a draw.