Crown Hotel, c.1906. John Cobbing was the proprietor at this time. The carriageway through to Fore Street harks back to the days of coach travel, and was not enclosed until 1952.
Crown Hotel
Note the horse-drawn cart.
Four vehicles are evident on the Market Hill, with no concerns over parking, and with a convenient gas lamp at night.
On a market day with market stalls filling the square
Fram Pageant?
Rear view of the hotel, at some time prior to the enclosure of the coachway in 1952.
Rear of the Crown Hotel. The former passageway for horses now closed in.
Ford Mk. 1 Zodiac outside the Crown Hotel, late 1950s. Note the remains of ornate gas lamps to the frontage of Stevens, Garrards and the Crown Hotel
Market Hill. Little has changed since the 1950s, except for the tables for outside the Crown and the cafe (to the left of the pharmacy)