Said to be the origin of the phrase “a cock and bull story”, The Cock and The Bull are two hotels on Stony Stratford High Street.

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The Cock is also said to be the source of the nursery rhyme line 'ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross', due to the fact that horses were hired at the Cock Inn by travellers going to nearby Banbury.

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