A brief history of the Spread Eagle
"..that oldest and most revered of all the prime inns of this world ..." Hilaire Belloc
1430 The traditional date of the building that forms the oldest part of the hotel
1533 The building was bought by Sir William Fitzwilliam, Henry VIII's Lord High Admiral
1730 The Spread Eagle Inn is valued at £400 by the Sun Insurance Company, London
1791-1798 It is certain that Admiral Lord Nelson visited the hotel at this time
1832The town's principal stagecoach, The Earl of March, left the Spread Eagle for London every morning, except Sunday, at 10.00am
1907 A motor garage opened at the hotel
2007The hotel celebrates 50 years of ownership by the same family.
