1WW THE KING OF PRUSSIA, BOVEY TRACEY, RENAMED THE HEAVITREE ARMS

The former King of Prussia Inn, Bovey Tracey, renamed the Heavitree Arms. Anything German or foreign sounding was an object of suspicion, even the names of public houses, as local diarist Cecil Torr relates: '“A public-house at Bovey has suffered a drastic change. It was called the King of Prussia in 1760 in honour of Frederick the Great, but in 1914 the obnoxious word was painted out at once: for some while it was just 'The King Of,' and now it has a brand-new name.”