New Inn

Name: New Inn
Age: 17th Century inn
Location: Blagdon, Somerset
Information: At the foot of the Mendips with spectacular views of Blagdon Lake from the rear. Good quality home cooked meals and traditional ales.

Captains Cabin

Name: Captains Cabin
Age:
Location: 4-7 Norris Street, London
Information: The present “Captain’s Cabin” is on the site of an 18th century coaching inn named the “Cock Tavern”. It later became known as the “Punch House” when the proprietors began to specialise in old English punch.
The present name of the pub is derived from the use of nautical names for different areas of the house over years gone by i.e. The Mess Deck, Quarter Deck, Crows Nest, Fo’Castle and the Captain’s Cabin itself. The pub became so popular that the entire house became known as the “Captain’s Cabin”.

Windsor Castle

Name: Windsor Castle
Age: 1800s
Location: 114 Campden Hill Road, Kensington
Information: Dated back to the 1800's it was mainly frequented by farmers taking their livestock to Notting Hill on market days. Steeped in history, and in the summer months, ivy The Windsor Castle is a regular haunt of Old Etonians and simply adored by youngsters alike.

Ship and Shovell

Name: Ship and Shovell
Age: 1800s
Location: 2 - 3 Craven Passage, Charing Cross
Information: Two pubs opposite one another, each with the same name and sign - both pubs are connected by a cellar which runs beneath the street. To add to the quirkiness is the name, Shovell with two L's. Ship and Shovel is not that unusual as a pub name, but here there's a ship but the Shovell is a man. Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell died with 900 of his crew in 1707 when his ship 'Association' was wrecked off the Isles Of Scilly, due to navigation error.

Hobgoblin

Name: Hobgoblin
Age: ?
Location: Angel, London
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The Chequers

Name: The Chequers
Age: 1634
Location: Fowlmere near Cambridge
Information: In 1634 Fowlmere was devestated by a fire which destroyed many buildings but The Chequers was damaged but remained habitable. During the sixteenth century the Inn doubled as a chapel of rest for the coffins journeying between London and Cambridge. It was frequented by bombers in the first world war.

The Spaniards Inn

Name: The Spaniards Inn
Age: 1584
Location: Spaniards Road, Hampstead Heath
Information: Built in 1585 as a tollgate inn on the Finchley boundary, the Spaniards formed the entrance to the Bishop of London's estate - an original boundary stone from 1755 can still be seen in the front garden. These boundaries are still relevant today - the pub is in Barnet and the tollhouse is in Camden, both are now listed buildings and traffic is reduced to one lane between the two.