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Blue plaque № 75021

Daventry, West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Grade II Listed, the Lion (formerly the Lion & Lamb) is a 17th Century coaching inn with 19th century façade. At the zenith of the coaching era in the 1830s, Daventry had become a major hub of the national network, with more than 250 coaches passing through the town every week, including services be

tween London, Warwick, Birmingham, Liverpool and Holyhead, and Birmingham and Cambridge.

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