White Horse Inn
Serving awsome Fish 'n Chips and mushy peas (which I like!). Is this the site of the beginning of the Reformation in the UK?
Have you ever sat in a building 589 years old and had fish ‘n chips? I can now say I have. We went with friends yesterday to the village of Shere and had lunch. Women – and those husbands who’ve been sucked into watching “The Holiday” – know the village from the movie. More significantly is the tavern: The White Horse Inn.
The White Horse was building in 1425 as a farm house and eventually converted to an inn located in what was then a wild and somewhat lawless area of Southern England. I listen to a podcast titled “The White Horse Inn” hosted by Dr. Michael Horton. Listen to the intro and you’ll understand the significance of the actual tavern. To be honest, I don’t know if this is the one to which Horton refers or is the tavern after which his program is named, but it very well could be. I’m open to more info if anybody has any.
A cousin, perhaps. But the W.H.I. you reference is in Cambridge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Horse_Tavern,_Cambridge — perhaps your next excursion?
Did you try a pint of ale at the pub? Hey, mind your P’s(peas)and Q’s.
Thanks Russ, that is good to know. I suspected this wasn’t the one, but there is just so darn much here 400-plus years old. Strange to be sitting there.
Carolina….didn’t have a pint but had mushy peas and loved ‘em!
Hey did you see Kate Winslett or Jude Law? Could the proprietor tell you weren’t a local? Get a proper English bowler hat and I’m sure you’ll blend right in.