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The George Inn, or The George, is a public house established in the medieval period on Borough High Street in Southwark, London, owned and leased by the National Trust.It is located about 250 metres (820 ft) from the south side of the River Thames near London Bridge and is the only surviving galleried London coaching inn.
English: Secondary sign outside the George Inn, Southwark, showing St George on horseback slaying the dragon with the princess of legend in the background.
This fictional account was popularised in a novel, Rookwood (1834), resulting in a surge of Dick Turpin nostalgia and associated pub names. Brazen George Inn, Cambridge (closed). Named after England's patron Saint. [90] The Bucket of Blood, is a public house in Phillack, Hayle, Cornwall, owned by St Austell Brewery. It is thought to be named ...
The George Inn, Chardstock, Devon, England; The George Inn, Derby, a Grade II listed building; The George Inn, Norton St Philip, a Grade I listed building; The George Inn, Southwark, a public house established in the medieval period; The George Inn, Grantham, Grantham, a public house built in 1780; The George Inn, Portland, Isle of Portland ...
The George and Devonshire is a Grade II listed public house at Burlington Lane, Chiswick, London. [1] It was built in the 18th century, but the architect is not known. [1] The pub claims that it dates back to 1650. [2] Legend tells that smugglers used a secret passage between the pub and the cottages of Slut's Hole below Chiswick Church. [3]
The George Inn is a historic establishment in Norton St Philip in Somerset, England. Built in the 14th or 15th century, the inn has been designated as a Grade I listed building , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and is one of a number of establishments that claims to be Britain's oldest tavern.
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A selection of inn signs carved on slabs and rescued after the Great Fire of London is preserved in the Guildhall. Pub sign painters are often poorly documented; an exception was Dorset painter George Biles , who attracted attention in media for his career lasting to the age of 87, and many of whose signs and studio materials were preserved ...