"Once more we have gained the Moreton and Princetown road. The little house close by is Newhouse, or the Warren House Inn, the second of that name. The first house stood on teh other side of the road, and here Crossing places the scene of the "salting-in" story related by Mrs. Bray, who, howver, gives no locality. If you have ever been near the spot, you will have heard the tale of the traveler who on a wild, wintery night, saught shelter in a rough, lonley house, where the people, though kindly, where not attractive charecters. A large chest in his room roused his curiosity. He opened it, and found a corpse! Horror-struck, he remained awake all night. Finding himself alive in teh morning, he ventured to inquire who the dead man might be. "Tis only feyther," replied the host. "Twas too cold to take 'un to the buryin', so mother salted 'un down." I have given the story as breifly as may be. Mrs. Bray tells it admirably ; and after reading her narrative one dares not rush in on classic ground."
Cresswell 1921
Map - Warren House Inn
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