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13. The Cock Hotel | ||||
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The Cock Hotel is the largest and arguably the most famous old coaching inn/hotel in Stony with a history going back centuries. A John Cok was the landlord in about 1480, and the hotel takes its name from him, not the bird depicted on the sign.
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In the 17th century, the Cock could sleep 20 men and provide stabling for their horses. By the next century this capacity had doubled.
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The second major reason for the hotel's growth was the rise of the coaching trade in the eighteenth century, and Stony's prominence as a stopover point for famous coaches such as the "Manchester Flyer".
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![]() However, the photo was taken in 1901, and even then the glory days of the coach trade were long gone. |
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![]() Part of the stabling facilities behind the Cock Hotel are still visible today though the yard area now serves a far more mundane purpose. Today's common form of personal transport needs no special facilities other than a hard standing area, and gets serviced elsewhere! |
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