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    Default Name change in Bath

    The Blathwayt Arms is now The Charlcombe Inn, a "more appropriate" (woke?) name to distance itself from an historical figure, Whig MP for Bath, who may or may not have owned slaves in the 17th/18th Century.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ETA View Post
    The Blathwayt Arms is now The Charlcombe Inn, a "more appropriate" (woke?) name to distance itself from an historical figure, Whig MP for Bath, who may or may not have owned slaves in the 17th/18th Century.
    Thanks! Done.

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