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ANON 2 - FARLEY’S HOTEL Farley´s Hotel was located at 46-47 Union Street in Plymouth and got its name from the proprietor from 1853 to 1877, Mrs Farley, although the premises had been a hotel / bar before she took it over. CH Walter took over the premises in 1877 and as part of the advertising for the hotel a sketch map was drawn up to show potential tourists the location. The map has been seen in four separate publications, but no doubt it appeared more frequently. Walter remained the proprietor of the hotel until 1890. [1] The adverts always included a picture of the hotel, first from the corner aspect and later from the front. The first appearance of the map is in Percy’s Calendar & Register for 1876 . This small volume was a mixture of guide book and gazetteer but with a large advertising section at the back. The Three Towns Directory published only a year later also included the map. It is also found in a guide to Berry-Pomeroy dated to approximately the same time but the adv