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Pubs in Brighton. The Cricketers Inn is the oldest pub in Brighton, although the present building is Victorian. Public houses, popularly known as pubs, are a significant feature of the history and culture of the English seaside resort of Brighton. The earliest pubs trace their history back to the 16th and 17th centuries, when present-day ...
A city pub, the World's End, Camden Town, London. The Ale-House Door (painting of c. 1790 by Henry Singleton) A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the late 17th century, to differentiate private ...
The Scotch Piper, Lydiate, Merseyside is the oldest Pub in the traditional county of Lancashire dates from 1320. The Cat and Fiddle Inn in Cheshire is the second-highest inn or public house in England. Ye Olde Man and Scythe is one of the oldest pubs in the country, and the oldest in Bolton, dating back to 1251.
The Firkin chain consisted of pubs offering cask ale brewed on the premises, or at another brewpub in the chain. The chain expanded to more than 100 pubs over its twenty-year history, considerably adding to the number of brewpubs in England. After a number of changes of ownership, brewing operations were wound up in 2001. [35]
51°45′26″N 1°15′37″W. / 51.7572°N 1.2603°W / 51.7572; -1.2603. The Eagle and Child, nicknamed "the Bird and Baby", [1] is a pub in St Giles', Oxford, England, owned by the Ellison Institute of Technology [2] and previously operated by Mitchells & Butlers as a Nicholson's pub. [3] The pub had been part of an endowment ...
51°45′05″N 1°15′21″W. / 51.7515°N 1.2557°W / 51.7515; -1.2557. Opened. 1242. Website. www .bearoxford .co .uk. The Bear (historically associated with The Bear Inn) [1] is a pub in Oxford, England, that was founded in 1774 as The Jolly Trooper. [2] It stands on the corner of Alfred Street and Blue Boar Street, opposite Bear ...
A pub, formally public house, is a drinking establishment in the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia, Canada and Denmark. In many places, especially in villages, a pub can be the focal point of the community. The writings of Samuel Pepys describe the pub as the heart of England.
The Shakespeare is an historic pub in Prince Street, Bristol, England. Built in 1725 by the Bristol builder John Strahan as a pair of attached Georgian-style houses, it was converted into a pub in 1777 at which time it supplied refreshment to dock workers at the adjoining port. It has been a grade II* listed building since 1959.