On the road between Craven Arms and Much Wenlock in Shropshire there are four pubs. One, the Crown Inn, formerly the Hundred House, boasts having a timber over the inglenook fireplace from one of Sir Francis Drake's ships that defeated the Spanish Armada. Used as a court for the Lord of the Manor to try local offenders, it subsequently was used for auctions, inquests, meetings as well as celebrating events in people s lives, enjoying good food and ale, meeting others and generally enjoying the atmosphere of a beautiful old inn. Bernard O Connor s There s Life in the Crown Inn, Munslow tells its story through historical records and nearly two hundred years of newspaper articles.