Take a seat on a picnic table or bench on the Parade, perhaps enjoy a pasty, a fish supper, or an ice cream, and try to help us with one final problem.
The existence of an inn called the London Inn is recorded in some printed sources, but we have been unable to find out where it might have been. The name was used by many inns that tried to identify themselves with the capital and from which they hoped to benefit through the coaches travelling from the City. It is recorded that in 1791 a W. Symons was the licensee of an inn in Lostwithiel called the London Inn. It is also known that Hooper’s coach from Torpoint to Falmouth in 1799 stopped at Andrew’s London Inn, Lostwithiel, and charged those who completed their journey here 12/- to travel inside and 6/- to travel outside. This would suggest that our London Inn was probably on Fore Street or North Street, but nothing more is known and we have been unable to fix a location.
If this pub trail has given you any ideas about the location of this last inn, please do let us know through the Contact page.