The Olde Bell Inn was built in 1135 AD as a guest house in Hurley village close to the river Thames in Berkshire, Britain. The Inn was an important s

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Ye Olde Bell was built in 1135 AD as a guest house in Hurley village close to the river Thames in Berkshire, Britain. The Inn was an important staging point ( Stage Coach and pulled by horses) on the Oxford to London route, with the last recorded schedule in 1890. During World War Two, Sir Winston Churchill, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Colonel Elliot Roosevelt, son of the war-time President stayed at Ye Bell whilst visiting the secret intelligence ‘OSS Station Victor’ prior to the Normandy Landings in June 1944.

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Location: Hurley, Berkshire, Britain
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