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Tuesday 25 November 2014

Read about and see the world most famous beds !

-- The Great Bed of Ware Originally housed in the White Hart Inn in Ware, Hertfordshire, this enormous four poster (10ft x 11ft - it can "reputedly accommodation at least four couples") was built by Jonas Fosbrooke in 1580 and is referenced in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Byron's Don Juan. It was sold to the V&A Museum in London in 1931, where visitors can still see it - as well as the many initials carved into its headboard. Picture: V&A