I remember this village with very bad cheer,
Ere the Ladies, God bless them, set this inn here;
But the traveller now is sure of good fare,
Let him stay at this inn, or go to that ’ere;
But all who can read will sure understand
How vastly superior’s the Head to the Hand.
The sign of the “King’s Head” was changed to the “Royal” after the visit of the Duchess of Kent with the Princess Victoria in 1832.
VALLE CRUCIS ABBEY. After J. M. W. Turner, R. A.