Prospect Ordinary
1789
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Noland Village History |
| Noland Country Fair Day |
| Evensong |
| Prospect Ordinary |
| Afton Farmhouse |
| Robert Carr House |
| John Carr House |
| Blanks - Irby House |
| Hatcher Barn |
| Noland Post Office |
| Baldwin House |
| Halifax Church |
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Noland's second historical building to be reconstructed was an 18th Century Ordinary. This 1789 tavern was moved from Prospect in Prince Edward County and rebuilt on the site of a previous tavern.
During it's life as a tavern:
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lodging was six pence per night
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dinner cost one shilling1, six pence
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breakfast cost one shilling, three pence
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if one had a horse, pasturage amounted to six pence per night, corn and oats were seven and 1/2 pence per gallon and fodder was one piece per bundle
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English currency was still in circulation in those days
1A shilling was one-twentieth of a pound, and it took 12 pence to equal a shilling.