Broadway, Worcestershire - Old World Garden, Lygon Arms - RP postcard c.1920s

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• Picture / Image:  Old World Garden, Lygon Arms, Broadway [Worcestershire]
• Publisher: Valentines (211964)
• Postally used: no
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Broadway is a large village and civil parish within the Cotswolds, located in the county of Worcestershire, England. Its population was 2,540 in the 2011 census, a small increase on the 2,496 in the 2001 census. It is situated in the far southeast of Worcestershire and very close to the Gloucestershire border, midway between the towns of Evesham and Moreton-in-Marsh.[1] Often referred to as the "Jewel of the Cotswolds",[2]

Broadway village lies beneath Fish Hill on the western Cotswold escarpment. The "broad way" is the wide grass-fringed main street, centred on the Green, which is lined with red chestnut trees and honey-coloured Cotswold limestone buildings, many dating from the 16th century. It is known for its association with the Arts and Crafts movement, and is situated in an area of outstanding scenery and conservation. The wide High Street is lined with a wide variety of shops and cafes, many housed in listed buildings. The village also featured in the 2018 video game Forza Horizon 4.

The Lygon Arms is a Grade II* listed hotel in Broadway, Worcestershire, originally a coaching inn. The current building dates from the seventeenth century.[1]

The Lygon Arms was built in the 14th century and was a key connection between Wales, Worcester and London during the Elizabethan period. The earliest written record of the inn dates to 1377 and refers to the building as "The White Hart".[2][3] However, the listing dates the current structure to the early seventeenth century.[1]

The coaching inn played a role in the English Civil War in 1649, serving both sides. Oliver Cromwell stayed there before the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Charles I also used it as a place to meet his supporters during the unrest.[4]

The inn continued to be used as a staging post into the eighteenth century for mail coaches travelling between London and Wales.[5] By the 1900s, the Lygon Arms was owned by Sydney Bolton Russell, whose son, Gordon Russell, restored antique furniture for the hotel in a loft above the coach house. Gordon Russell would become one of England’s leading designers in the 1930s.[6]

King Edward VII visited the hotel between 1905 and 1910, as did his grandson, the future Edward VIII.[7] In 1963 Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor stayed at the hotel during the height of the scandal surrounding their affair.[7] The hotel has also been visited by Prince Philip, Evelyn Waugh, and Kylie Minogue.[3]