OLD SUBURBAN INNS 



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AVould one take a glass, in that case, with Friar Tuck 

 or Maid Marian ? 



There is an old inn still standing in this same high- 

 road — most appropriately, by the way, situated next 

 door to the Police Station, which, in its time, has 

 extended hospitality to many a bold " road agent " 

 who found his livins on the Bath and Exeter Eoads. 



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THE " OLD WINDMILL. 



The " Old Windmill " is a shy, retiring house which 

 lies modestly some way back from the line of houses 

 fronting the road. It has an open gravelled space in 

 front, and a swinging sign on a post, which, together 

 with an immense sundial on the front of the house, 

 proclaims that the " Old Windmill " dates back to 

 1717. These are vestiges of the time when the 

 Chiswick High Road was bordered by hedges instead 

 of houses. The house, although it wears a certain 



