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Situated on the Grand Union Canal, Linslade, the Globe Inn is the
perfect venue for all your requirements large or small.
Michelle, Andrew and
all the team at the Globe Inn welcome you warmly into our friendly
establishment.
The Grand Union Canal construction began in 1793 and most of it was
completed by 1800, though the tunnel at Blisworth and aqueduct at
Wolverton did not allow through-traffic from London to Birmingham until
1805. Passenger and goods were successfully transported on the canal,
eventually losing both of these to the adjacent railway, but not without
much opposition. During construction of the canal numerous ‘navigation’
inns were built and these later served as refreshment to passing
traffic.
The oldest parts of The Globe Inn were originally a farmhouse and
stables, and it was only after the canal was built that it was converted
to an inn to serve the passers-by. The inn was first licensed in 1830 as
a beer shop to serve the passing trade on the canal. It was described as
a public house in 1838 in the “Linslade Tithe Award”, run by Joseph
Spiers.
The railway on the opposite side of the canal to The Globe may
never have been if the originally planned route from London to
Birmingham had been built. Linslade would have remained the tiny old
village in the loop of the river and canal. The railway line now
continues to Scotland and it was from Glasgow that a mail train was
robbed on its way to London not far from The Globe.
On the evening of
August 7th 1963 a Travelling Post Office (Mail Train) headed
for London carrying bank notes for destruction. The high -security
carriages normally used were broken and out of service. After passing
close by The Globe the train passed Leighton Buzzard No. 1 signal
box at 2:56am. By 3:10am the train had been stopped, before reaching
Cheddington, by a fake red signal, and armed men wearing masks had
boarded the train. 120 mailbags were thrown from the train to a waiting
lorry on a lower road and rushed to Leatherslade Farm.
The Great Train Robbery
relieved the train of £2.6 million.
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