Dolphin Inn
Dolphin Inn, Petersfieldcounty:
coords:
Hampshire
SU7423
The place is described in text Cobbett 1830
Period - 19th century, early
... We have got in [to Petersfield] in very good time, and got, at the Dolphin, good stabling for our horses.
The waiters and people at inns look so hard at us to see us so liberal as to horse-feed, fire, candle, beds, and room, while we are so very very sparing in the article of drink! They seem to pity our taste. I hear people complain of the 'exorbitant charges' at inns; but, my wonder always is, how the people can live with charging so little. ...
