2014
TL2308 : The Eight Bells pub, Hatfield
taken 9 years ago, near to Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
The Eight Bells pub, Hatfield
Probably built in C16. See
Link for entry in British Listed Buildings. The building has been used as a pub since at least 1728. It was known as the Five Bells until around 1730 when the number of bells in St Etheldreda's church was increased to 8. Charles Dickens visited Hatfield in 1835 as a journalist to cover the death of the 1st Marchioness of Salisbury in a fire at Hatfield House. Later he included a scene in a Hatfield pub (widely believed to be the Eight Bells) in Oliver Twist.
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