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In the late 1840s, William Wells, who had inherited the nearby Holmewood Hall from his father Captain William Wells, drained Whittlesey Mere.By 1852, the area was dry and available for agriculture.
The Bingley Arms was originally named The Priests Inn. The Bingley Arms calls itself the oldest pub in Britain, with a history dating back to between AD 905 and AD 953, and says that it served as a safe house for persecuted Catholic priests, and also as a courthouse from around AD 1000 from which offenders were taken to the pillory across the road. [1]
The Nutshell is a pub in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, that until 2016 claimed to be the smallest pub in Britain, although this claim was challenged by several others, including the Smiths Arms at Godmanstone (since closed) and the Lakeside Inn in Southport.
It faced opposition for the title of the world's smallest pub from Sam's World's Smallest Bar in Colorado Springs, United States. The area of that establishment is 10.12 square metres, as opposed to the Signal Box's 5.95 square metres. [5] [6]
O'Neill's is an Irish-themed pub chain with 49 outlets in Great Britain.The chain is operated by Mitchells & Butlers, one of the largest pub companies in the United Kingdom.O'Neill's pubs are located in Great Britain only: the chain have no pubs in Northern Ireland, the only part of the UK where the O'Neill's chain does not operate.
In 1995, the Tan Hill Inn became the first public house in the UK to be granted a licence to hold weddings and civil ceremonies, after new laws were established to allow couples to marry in places other than churches or register offices. [6] The pub is a free house and has served a range of beers from the Black Sheep and Theakston breweries. [7]
Samuel Smith Old Brewery, commonly known as Samuel Smith's or Sam Smith's, is an independent brewery and pub operator based in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England, established in 1758. It claims to be Yorkshire's oldest brewery.
The building, known as "Britain's wonkiest pub", [1] was put up for sale for £675,000 in March 2023 as a going concern. [21] [22] [23] On 25 June, it was the subject of a burglary causing over £10,000 worth of damage to the bar, kitchen, and toilet areas. [24] [25] In July, Historic England received a request to grant the building listed ...