The Bell Inn, Long Hanborough
51°49′30″N 1°23′10″W / 51.825°N 1.386°W
The Bell Inn, Long Hanborough is a well-established[1][clarification needed] Grade II listed[2]restaurant and public house in the village of Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire, England.[3]
The Bell borders the grounds of Blenheim Palace, Woodstock where Sir Winston Churchill was born. It is approximately 5 miles (8 km) from Witney. It was renovated in 2008, providing an open-plan interior with bar and restaurant. Outside, there are views over the Evenlode Valley.
The pub featured in a food riot by women at the turn of the 19th century.[4]
Parts of the building date from the seventeenth century, but it has been extended and modified subsequently.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ E. R. Kelly (editor), The Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire, London: Kelly & Co., 1869. Page 870.
- ^ BritishlistedBuildings retrieved 9 April 2021
- ^ The Bell Inn, Long Hanborough, Cotswolds OpenGuide Archived 18 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ John Bohstedt, The Myth of the Feminine Food Riot: Women as Proto-Citizens in English Community Politics, 1790–1810, page 26. In Harriet Branson Applewhite, Darline G. Levy, Women and Politics in the Age of the Democratic Revolution. The University of Michigan Press, 1990. ISBN 0-472-09413-0.
- ^ BritishlistedBuildings retrieved 9 April 2021
External links
[edit]- The Bell – Long Hanborough, (Facebook entry)
- West Oxfordshire Community Web listing