The Olde Bell, High Street, Hurley, Maidenhead, Berkshire
The Olde Bell, High Street, Hurley, nr. Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. The Olde Bell first opened its doors in 1135 AD as a guest house for visitors to the nearby Benedictine Priory. For hundreds of years, the ringing of the Sanctus Bell signalled to the monks that an important visitor had arrived in the village and was on his way to call at their monastic retreat beside the River Thames. The Sanctus Bell still hangs over the door of The Olde Bell
Picture No
14113593
Media ID
46835413
Size
5586px x 4375px
(2.6MB)
Credit
© The J Salmon Image Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph taken for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon Ltd., and reproduced as a local view postcard. Digitised from an original colour negative
Date
1960s
