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| CASTLE
NAME:
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Anchor
Inn |
| ITEM
NUMBER:
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ANCH |
| SIZE:
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4.5"
H x 6.0" W |
| PRICE:
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$445.00 with base |
| LIMITED
EDITION:
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300 |
| SERIES:
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Special
Commissions |
| STATUS:
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Current |
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Situated
next to the Lord Leycester Hospital, Anchor Inn proved a popular
place for many of the towns' inhabitants. It was also "ground
zero" for the Great Fire of Warwick.
On September 5, 1694 a young man (who has never been identified)
left the Anchor Inn with a burning stake lit from one of
the taverns' hearths, and crossed the street intending to
light a fire in a cottage. A southwesterly wind blew sparks
from the lit stake into tinder-dry thatched roofing and
began to smolder. The Great Fire had begun...
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