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Frodsham: Main Street, The Bears Paw and Railway Hotel

Ref No:FDN2052
Date Period:1880 to 1889
Title:Frodsham: Main Street, The Bears Paw and Railway Hotel
Description:View of the frontage with an open carriage waiting outside.
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Parked is a Landau, a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with two folding hoods that meet over the middle of the passenger compartment. Possibly, Peter Snelson is holding the reins.

This old coaching inn built in 1631 was where mail was collected and despatched before the Post Office came into being. Its name derives from the Bears Paw in the coat of arms of the Savage family, Lords of the Manor of Frodsham from the early 17th Century. With the arrival of the railway, it became The Bears Paw and Railway Hotel until about 1905. The Youd Family had it for many years and a cattle market was held on Wednesdays in the yard at the rear. It is a Grade II Listed Building.

   
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