Gallery:Roadside Inn
Presumably an old coaching Inn?
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Jul 18, 2007 by leopard680
There is a build out here, to increase sightlines for a side turning. A local watching the fun, related how the King Arms Inn on the right, used to open at 5.30am on summer Saturdays for breakfasts and, would be full by 6am.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Sep 12, 2009 by SteveA30
Looking west by a dangerous location in bygone times, if the sign is true.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Aug 26, 2007 by SteveA30
On Front Street, Croxdale (B6288).
The road is Appledore Road, the principal road into the Isle of Oxney from the north. The watercourse is called the Reading Sewer. Originally it was much wider and part of the River Rother which flowed north of Oxney. However, according to this <a title='http://www.villagenet.co.uk/history/0000-romneymarsh.html' rel='nofollow' href='http://www.villagenet.co.uk/history/0000-romneymarsh.html'>Link</a><img style='padding-left:2px;' alt='External link' title='External link - shift click to open in new window' src='http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png' width='10' height='10'/> the Rother was flowing south of Oxney as early as 1750. The pub is called the Ferry Inn and outside it is a board headed 'Oxney Ferry, List of Tolls' and including 'Motor coach or Char-a-banc - 1s 6d' suggesting that it was still a ferry in the age of the motor car. Given the narrowness of the river why did nobody build a bridge sooner? Or was it in fact a toll bridge?
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I noticed your note about the Ferry. The Ferry is located at the last land spit on the Isle of Oxney, which used to be surrounded by sea and rivers, and much of the surrounding area became marshland in around 1650, when the sea level changed. The ferry used to carry people from the Isle of Oxney to the mainland at Appledore, a journey of over a mile.
The river Rother used to run past the pub, but was later diverted to the other side of the island. This was a major transport route for shipping, as it used to run from Newenden past Smallhythe (both major ship-building ports in Henry VIII's day) to the port at Rye. Currently, the waterway that runs past the Ferry is called Reading Sewer.
Situated in the centre o a roundabout just outside of stone.
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A good stop for a pint and a bite to eat <a title='http://grosvenor.im/location.php' rel='nofollow' href='http://grosvenor.im/location.php'>Link</a><img style='padding-left:2px;' alt='External link' title='External link - shift click to open in new window' src='http://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png' width='10' height='10'/> The road is the A17
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This building dates back to the 16th century.
This pic taken in the 1950s (not by me!) shows the dualling under construction at the far right of the pic. The building is the well known Ram Jam Inn.
from Webster.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Nov 17, 2007 by Lonewolf
Looking east through Victoria. On a motorbike ride from Fleet to Penzance in 1977, I met another biker at the Little Chef at Honiton and, we rode west together, stopping at this Inn for a lovely Cornish pasty and cold beverage. How many memories from countless journeys have passed into history, along with the road.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on May 21, 2007 by SteveA30
