Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
Upton upon Severn is said to be the model for parts of Henry
Fielding's 'Tom Jones'. The White Lion Hotel is an imposing
Georgian Inn in the centre of the town. One of the Inn's famous
guests was Henry Fielding, the author and dramatist. He
mentions The White Lion in his 1749 masterpiece 'The History of Tom
Jones' writing: "Tom took... his redeemed lady… to that Inn which
in their eyes presented the fairest appearance in the street", and
he called the hotel "a house of exceedingly good repute".
