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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.
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 ...
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese is a Grade II listed public house at 145 Fleet Street, on Wine Office Court, City of London. [1] Rebuilt shortly after the Great Fire of 1666, the pub is known for its literary associations, with its regular patrons having included Charles Dickens, G. K. Chesterton and Mark Twain . The pub is on the Campaign for Real Ale ...
11 August 1952. Reference no. 1271192. Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem is a Grade II listed [1] public house in Nottingham which claims to have been established in 1189, [2] although there is no documentation to verify this date. The building rests against Castle Rock, upon which Nottingham Castle is built, and is attached to several caves, carved ...
The Eagle (formerly known as the Eagle and Child) is a Grade II listed [1] public house in Cambridge, England which opened in 1667 as a coaching inn. [2] It is the second oldest pub in Cambridge, after the Pickerell Inn. [3] The street frontage, located on the north side of Bene't Street in the centre of the city, [4] is of circa 1600, with a ...
The Grapes is a public house situated directly on the north bank of the Thames in London 's Limehouse area, with a veranda overlooking the water. To its landward side, the pub is found at number 76 in Narrow Street, flanked by former warehouses now converted to residential and other uses. It is listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for ...
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. London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. Between 2001 and 2016, London lost 25% of its pubs (1,220 pubs).
Interior, 2013. The Prospect of Whitby is a historic public house on the northern bank of the River Thames at Wapping, in the East End of London and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lays claim to being the site of the oldest riverside tavern, dating from around 1520.