Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #13: Ship Timbers by James Wright (triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com)
On visiting timber-framed public houses the story that the building’s timbers were re-used from a ship will frequently crop up. Such claims are made at the White Horse, Sibton (Suffolk) and the Green Man, Hurst (Berkshire). At the Ship Inn, Southfleet (Kent) the buil...

Rather interesting article on the myth of reused ship timbers: https://triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/mediaeval-mythbusting-blog-13-ship-timbers/

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