The coat of arms featured at the Jersey Arms records a romantic episode affecting three old English families.
In the 18th century, Sarah Anne, the daughter and sole heir to the wealthy banker Robert Child of Osterley Park, ran away with the 10th Earl of Westmorland, whose family name was Fane and married him at Gretna Green.
This was a major scandal of the timeand was well documented in all of the London papers
This union resulted in the birth of an only daughter, Sarah, who married the 5th Earl of Jersey.
Robert Child never forgave his daughter for what she did.
He did however reinstate his granddaughter Sarah back into the family.
The coat of arms, which embodies the arm of all of three families, and is quartered to show their alliance, this was adopted as the sign for the Inn, which stood outside the grounds of the Earl Of Jersey 's mansion.
The estate owned the Jersey Arms until 1951 when in was sold to Jack Ansell for £6000 his son Robert sold it to Helen & Donald in 1985.
We are only the third owners since 1245.
