Talk:The George Inn, Norton St Philip

Ghost?
Is The George Inn, Norton St Philip, famous for having a ghost relating to events in the Bloody Assizes?

When I was young I remember reading an apocryphal tale about Judge Jeffreys and his trials of the Monmouth rebels being held at an inn. Is is this the right one, I wondered? Anyway the prisoners were all tried and given the death penalty. They were then locked in the cellar, when it came time to be executed they were all led outside through a big oak door.

However one of the patrons made the mistake of holding the door ajar as they were pushed outside by their guards. You can guess what happened next. The poor doorman was pushed outside too. Despite his protestations he was executed alongside the rebels. The story then went onto note his ghost was said to haunt the area.

But Jeffreys probably held many trials so I am only guessing if this is the right inn? Yet the mention of the executions being carried out on the green, is certainly a commonality to the story I read as a child. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.149.218.136 (talk) 13:03, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

No it was not the George Inn but the Fleur De Lys which stands opposite it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.8.224.243 (talk) 20:44, 10 October 2009 (UTC)