The Iron Horse:: OS grid TQ2952 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ2952 : The Iron Horse

near to Merstham, Surrey, Great Britain

The Iron Horse

Built in the 1950s as the pub for the London overspill estate built here. The name may have been intended as a reference to the Croydon, Merstham & Godstone Iron Railway (an extension to the Surrey Iron Railway) which was built in 1805 (billed as the world's first public railway) and which (despite its name) ended at the quarries near here, rather than Godstone. If so, the pub name would be a misnomer, given that this was a horse (of the flesh and blood variety, not iron) drawn plateway.

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2008

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Grid Square: TQ2952, 16 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Ian Capper (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Sunday, 8 June, 2008 (more nearby)
Submitted: Monday, 7 July, 2008
Category: Public house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 294 528 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:15.6198N 0:8.7398W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 295 528
View Direction: Northwest (about 315 degrees)