The ‘Crown and Thistle’ Hotel in Bugle Street was an old time coaching Inn of the 16th and 17th centuries situated near the Bridge over the Thames. It is entered by a passage through the building into a small courtyard, across which is the road to the stables. A ghostly coach and four horses is said to be heard and seen occasionally to enter and cross to the stables.
Some years ago, a Mrs. Usher, staying in the house, saw the coach and horses late one night in the courtyard. Four years later, an old lady stayed in the hotel and asked after the apparition, saying that fifty or sixty years ago her parents kept the hotel, but sold it because they were so troubled and frightened by the ghost... |
