In 1663, the landlord of
the pub was rewarded by Charles II for giving support to his
executed father and his royalist supporters - The
Cavaliers. During the Civil War, the pub had been used as a
mustering place by King Charles I, where his personal standard had
been raised to draw royalist supporters in
fightingfor his cause
against the Parliamentarians –The Roundheads. Charles
IIhonoured the landlord
by agreeing to change the name of the pub from The Ship to
“The Royal Standard of England ”, the only pub
in the country with the honour of the full title.
This small cache is located in Hogback Wood, on the
western edge of the Seeleys housing estate.
Developed between the late 1940's and early 1970's,
the land used to belong to Seeley's Farm. Earlier in the century
the cherry industry used to once flourish. Skilled fruit pickers
used to take time off from their regular jobs to harvest the tons
of cherries and up to sixty people were employed at Seeleys
Farm.
Please note this cache does not contain a pen so
you'll need to bring your own.