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In 1924 Siegfried Sassoon was living at 54, Tufton Street, London. On the 6th September he decided to drive to Malvern and visit his great friend, the Neurologist, Henry Head.
Below, I have listed the places at which Sassoon stopped overnight in brown, the others he passed through on his driving tour, or ‘Road Trip.’
September 6th
- Beaconsfield
- Oxford
- Cheltenham
- Tewksbury
- Malvern Stayed at the Heads.
September 9th
- Trip to Ludlow from Malvern
September 10th
- Trip to Hereford from Malvern
September 11th
- Ross-on-Wye (Royal Hotel)
September 12th
- Church Stretton (The Hotel)
September 13th
- Shrewsbury
- Lichfield (George Hotel)
September 14th
- Tamworth
- Uppingham (Stopped at The Falcon for food)
- Longthorpe
- Wisbech (Stopped at the Rose and Crown for food)
- Kings Lynn (The Globe Hotel)
September 15th
- Still at Kings Lynn, visited antique shops, St. Margaret’s Church and the Guildhall.
- Hunstanton
- Wells
- Holkham (Stopped at the Trust House Hotel for food)
- Cley (Stopped to look at the church)
- Sheringham
- Cromer
- Mundesley (Stopped at Manor House Hotel for food)
- Knapton (Stopped to look at the church)
- Edingthorpe (See separate page)
- North Walsham
- Aylsham (Black Boys Hotel)
September 16th
- Blickling Hall (and church)
- Wroxham
- Ranworth (Stopped to look at church)
- South Walsham
- Yarmouth
- Norwich (Maids Head Hotel) Visited the museum and Cathedral
September 17th
- Castle Acre
- Downham Market
- Ely (Lamb Hotel) Visited the Cathedral
September 18th
- Cambridge (Stopped at the Fitzwilliam Museum to look at his portrait painted by Glyn Philpot)
- Ware
- Back to London
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