A view showing pedestrians walking along Middle Street, with the front of the George Hotel in the foreground

Date:: 3 Jun 1910

Location:: The George Hotel, Middle Street, Yeovil, Somerset

Reference:: OP26820

Type:: Photograph (Printing Out Paper Print)

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Description

At the time this photograph was taken the George Hotel was owned by Woborn's Almshouse, as it had been since 1478. In 1920 the hotel was sold to a Salisbury brewing company and, in 1962, it was demolished as part of a road widening scheme.

Archival History

This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-2012 Red Box Project.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/36 Early Photographic Print Collection: Somerset; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Gotch, John Alfred

Keywords

Hotel, Medieval Timber Framed Building