Correspondence from 1801 to 1803 shows that Admiral Nelson had stayed in CawsandA Selection from the Public and Private Correspondence or Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood,G.L Newnham Collingwood, Volume 1, 2nd edition, pp. 111–114 and it is rumoured that he had dined at the Ship Inn, which burned down in 2013 after several years of abandonment. The site has been cleared and is now being rebuilt by The Peninsula Trust which plans to turn the site into a cafe and affordable housing.The Old Ship Inn, Cawsand, www.thepeninsulatrust.org.uk
