British Pubs

[Lady Cop]

i love the colorful names (and histories) of some pubs across the pond. their pub signs are very creative too. so i'm going to post some of my favorites. please add your own if you like~


The Hung Drawn and Quartered in London takes its name from the traditional punishment dished out to traitors of the realm, often on nearby Tower Hill. A quote from Samuel Pepys, describing how he went to see a man subjected to the punishment ("He was looking as cheerful as any man could in that condition") is on a plaque outside.






The Bucket of Blood pub in Phillack, Cornwall is said to owe its rather unappetising name to an incident hundreds of years ago, when a landlord went to fetch water from the well, but pulled up a pail of blood instead. Further investigation of the well revealed that a mutilated body had been dropped down the well.

[Lady Cop]

Blackpool






London, Wiltshire and ?



Scotland

[Lady Cop]

Worcester

[Lady Cop]

most pub signs have a meaning but the legend which pertains to The Wild Man is extremely intriguing. So the folklore states, that many, many years ago a six year old boy named Peter became lost in a wood in Germany. Around six years later the boy had grown wild, and in naked form would prowl the woods, living alongside the resident animals. Eventually he was found and picked up by a travelling showman who exhibited throughout Europe. St Mary’s Northchurch adds more to the legend for within its walls there is an inscription which reads:

To the memory of Peter, known as the Wild Boy, having been found wild in the forest of Hertswold nearHanover in the year 1725. He then appeared to be about 12 years old. In the following year he was brought to England by the order of the late Queen Caroline, and the ablest masters were provided for him.But proving himself incapable of speaking, or of receiving any instruction, a comfortable provision was made for him at a farm in this parish, where he continued to the end of his inoffensive life. He died on the 22^nd of February, 1785, supposed to be aged 72.

Peter’s tombstone can be found in front of the church porch and simply reads: PETER the Wild Boy 1785.
Around 1751 Peter was housed at the public house and in the past the sign would depict the unfortunate chap as a demonic character amid flickering flames. Now, the pub sign shows him frequenting the forest alongside bears.




Bath




Fulking, West Sussex

[Duchess]

Those signs are way more charming than neon lights.

In my minds eye I see all of England/London as it in Dickens stories.

[Eat Shit And Die]

England has a great pub culture, a lot of Europe has, i love spending the day at the pub playing pool with mates, getting hammered.

I drink at "The Foundry" or the "Caxton Arms" both pubs have been pubs for around 150 years, both run by friends so i have a lot of lock ins and after parties, very good times.

[Eat Shit And Die]

The Caxton





The Foundry


It used to be knows as the Pedestrians, had been called that for 130 years or so only changed to foundry 6 - 7 years ago.


I like other pubs but these two still have that very homely boozer feel, none of that gastrobar BS.

[Lady Cop]

i like the swans too~



Whitechapel




Shropshire



The Swan with Two Necks, a fairly common pub name, is a corruption of "swan with two nicks". It dates from when Elizabeth I gave some of her treasured swans to Worshipful Company of Vitners, and the Vitners decided to mark their birds with two "nicks" on the beak.



Yorkshire



love the Frog & Ferret hahaha.. Spennymoor