▁license e ' s ▁name ▁from ▁the ▁inn ▁name ▁and ▁changed ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁Victoria ▁Cross . ▁ ▁It ▁obviously ▁didn ' t ▁sit ▁well ▁with ▁the ▁pat rons ▁who ▁by ▁then ▁referred ▁to ▁the ▁area ▁around ▁the ▁inn ▁as ▁Ge pp ' s ▁Cross ▁and ▁in ▁all ▁lik elihood ▁continued ▁to ▁call ▁the ▁inn ▁by ▁its ▁col lo qu ial ▁name . ▁Matt he ws ▁revert ed ▁to ▁the ▁accepted ▁name ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 2 . ▁Ge pp ▁sold ▁his ▁Part ▁Section ▁ 3 6 0 ▁to ▁Charles ▁Matt he ws ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 8 5 4 ▁for ▁the ▁sum ▁of ▁£ 9 0 0 , ▁with ▁rep ay ment ▁set ▁out ▁in ▁the ▁terms ▁of ▁a ▁mort g age ▁and ▁two ▁le ase ▁pay ments ▁of ▁£ 5 0 ▁per ▁year ▁each ▁for ▁inn ▁and ▁surrounding ▁land ▁until ▁the ▁purchase ▁was ▁complete . ▁Month s ▁before ▁he ▁purchased ▁the ▁Ge pp ' s ▁Cross ▁Inn ▁and ▁land ▁Part ▁Section ▁ 3 6 0 ▁ ▁Charles ▁Matt he ws ▁had ▁let ▁the ▁inn ▁run ▁down . ▁In ▁March ▁ 1 8 5 4 ▁he ▁was ▁ca ution ed ▁to ▁keep ▁his ▁house ▁in ▁a ▁proper ▁state ▁of ▁clean lin ess . ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 1 8 5 8 ▁Matt he ws ▁was ▁in ▁financial ▁difficulty ▁and ▁he ▁sold ▁one ▁a cre ▁of ▁his ▁Part ▁Section ▁ 3 6 0 ▁border ing ▁John ▁Mer ritt ' s ▁farm ▁to ▁the ▁council , ▁which ▁wanted ▁the ▁land ▁to ▁ere