{"id":3244,"date":"2016-10-12T15:20:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T14:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/?page_id=3244"},"modified":"2017-11-23T10:40:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T10:40:46","slug":"eliot-arms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/the-place\/churches-and-chapels-of-launceston\/st-thomas-church-and-parish\/eliot-arms\/","title":{"rendered":"Eliot Arms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3246\" src=\"http:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Elliot-Arms-Tregadillett.jpg\" alt=\"elliot-arms-tregadillett\" width=\"600\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Elliot-Arms-Tregadillett.jpg 600w, https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Elliot-Arms-Tregadillett-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Eliot Arms, or Square &amp; Compass (<em>Square and Compass<\/em>), Tregadilett, was once a Freemason\u2019s Lodge for French prisoners of war on parole in Launceston: (<em>History supplied by R. F. Gilbert<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>The original building was built in the 14th century and it became a coaching inn during 1625.\u00a0 The Inn fell into disarray in the early 19th century, becoming a blacksmith\u2019s shop, until 1840 when it reverted back to a pub and the second name \u2018Eliot Arms\u2019 was added. The French POW\u2019s lodge is thought to have existed for five to seven years of the war and this is shown by two certificates of \u2018The Lodge Consulate Maconne\u2019 dated 1762 and 1763; one in French and one in English, issued to Robert Martin, organist at St Mary Magdalene Church.\u00a0 Both certificates had French signatures, five on the one of 1762 and four on the other dated 1763.\u00a0 Several of the Frenchmen joined the Dunheved Lodge, which must have existed during 1756-1773.<\/p>\n<p>The Eliot is reputed to be haunted by a not unfriendly ghost which is said to have been seen by customers and staff in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Mr T Richards, landlord of the Eliot Arms, Compass, made an application to the Bench for an hours extension on the occasion of the Polyphant Cricket Club dinner given by Dr Serpell.\u00a0 The application was granted.\u00a0\u00a0 <em>The Post &amp; Weekly News, 11 February, 1911.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3245\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3245\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3245\" src=\"http:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Eliot-Arms-Tregadillet-c.1950s.-Photo-Courtesy-of-Trevor-Hume.jpg\" alt=\"Eliot Arms c.1950's. Photo courtesy of Trevor Hume.\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Eliot-Arms-Tregadillet-c.1950s.-Photo-Courtesy-of-Trevor-Hume.jpg 600w, https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Eliot-Arms-Tregadillet-c.1950s.-Photo-Courtesy-of-Trevor-Hume-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Eliot Arms c.1950&#8217;s. Photo courtesy of Trevor Hume.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Visits: 253<\/p><!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3244\" data-postid=\"3244\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3244 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. The Eliot Arms, or Square &amp; Compass (Square and Compass), Tregadilett, was once a Freemason\u2019s Lodge for French prisoners of war on parole in Launceston: (History supplied by R. F. Gilbert) The original building was built in the 14th century and it became a coaching inn during 1625.\u00a0 The Inn fell into disarray in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1508,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3244","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3244"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13920,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3244\/revisions\/13920"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}