The Bridge At The Bottom Of Bridge Street
This is Leatherhead Town Bridge at the bottom of Bridge Street and is part of the Leatherhead Heritage Trail . Just off shot to the left is the Running Horse pub , a very old pub indeed --
The story of The Running Horse dates back to 1403, when the pub was built on land belonging to the church.
Known once as Rummyings House, it served 'noppy ale' by the infamous Elynour Rummyng, who featured in a poem 'The Tunnying of Elynour Rummying' by John Skelton, Henry VIII's Poet Laureate. Verses are still displayed on the pub’s walls.
Legend has it that Elizabeth I once spent a night at The Running Horse when floods made it impossible to cross the River Mole.
For more historic information on The Running Horse, take a look at the pub's Wikipedia page .
Some info taken from Historic England's webpage on the details of the bridge -----
LEATHERHEAD BRIDGE STREET TQ 1656 SW 11/106 7.9.51 Leatherhead Bridge GV II
Public road bridge over River Mole. Probably later medieval, rebuilt and enlarged in 1782-3 by George Gwilt (the county surveyor), and dated 1784 on south side. Red brick in Flemish bond, with some dressings of Portland stone. It is a long low structure of 14 segmental arches on low piers with triangular cutwaters which have semi-pyramidal tops of dressed stone, a roundel in each spandrel, a moulded stone band, and a high brick parapet to the south side with flat stone coping secured by wrought-iron cramps, incorporating 4 semicircular refuges; and in the centre of the outer side a stone plaque lettered "BUILT 1784". Lighting now replaced with reproduction windsor lighting. Parapets rebuilt in 1988.
Listing NGR: TQ1631356299
The Bridge At The Bottom Of Bridge Street
This is Leatherhead Town Bridge at the bottom of Bridge Street and is part of the Leatherhead Heritage Trail . Just off shot to the left is the Running Horse pub , a very old pub indeed --
The story of The Running Horse dates back to 1403, when the pub was built on land belonging to the church.
Known once as Rummyings House, it served 'noppy ale' by the infamous Elynour Rummyng, who featured in a poem 'The Tunnying of Elynour Rummying' by John Skelton, Henry VIII's Poet Laureate. Verses are still displayed on the pub’s walls.
Legend has it that Elizabeth I once spent a night at The Running Horse when floods made it impossible to cross the River Mole.
For more historic information on The Running Horse, take a look at the pub's Wikipedia page .
Some info taken from Historic England's webpage on the details of the bridge -----
LEATHERHEAD BRIDGE STREET TQ 1656 SW 11/106 7.9.51 Leatherhead Bridge GV II
Public road bridge over River Mole. Probably later medieval, rebuilt and enlarged in 1782-3 by George Gwilt (the county surveyor), and dated 1784 on south side. Red brick in Flemish bond, with some dressings of Portland stone. It is a long low structure of 14 segmental arches on low piers with triangular cutwaters which have semi-pyramidal tops of dressed stone, a roundel in each spandrel, a moulded stone band, and a high brick parapet to the south side with flat stone coping secured by wrought-iron cramps, incorporating 4 semicircular refuges; and in the centre of the outer side a stone plaque lettered "BUILT 1784". Lighting now replaced with reproduction windsor lighting. Parapets rebuilt in 1988.
Listing NGR: TQ1631356299