Pub names are used to identify and differentiate pubs many pubs are centuries old from a time when their customers were often illiterate but could recognise pictorial signs pub names have a variety of origins from objects used as simple identification marks to the coats of arms of kings or local aristocrats and landowners. We work with six pubs that share one of these names and i think the team here have probably sunk a few pints in a pub named after all 50 at one point or another on our travels. The morning advertiser has published a list of the top 50 most popular pub names in the uk as listed below.
The plough self explanatory and common in rural. Send us your pub sign pictures on facebook page or on twitter. And which pub names did you expect to see that didn t make the top 50.
Is your pub name on the list. An analysis of data provided by readers of the morning advertiser has revealed the top 50 most popular pub names in the uk. Coming out on top was the red lion with a whopping 517 pubs on our list going by this name followed by the royal oak with 403 appearances.
To find out we compiled a list of over 58 000 pubs from across the uk and ireland highlighting the most popular names around the country. Rank pub name total pubs. Therefore it is constantly changing as pubs open close and change names.
Most common names of open pubs listed on pubs galore this table is based on all of the uk pubs listed on this site that are currently listed as being open. 13 05 edt 20. 09 35 edt 20 june 2018 updated.
Most common pub name in the scottish borders is the cross keys while in county down it is the bridge by jennifer newton for mailonline published. A survey by camra in 2007 reveals a list of the ten most popular pub names in the uk. There are only four pubs acceptable to go to in my town and none of them appear in the list of the top 10 most popular pub names in the uk.
Pubs were often named thus because of religion royalty local trades and proximity to popular travellers routes historically.
Most common pub name uk. The second most popular pub name in the uk gets its name from a particularly exciting episode of english history. In 1651 cromwell defeated prince charles stuart in the battle of worcester. The prince fled the battle becoming a fugitive. Legend has it that to evade cromwell s troops while on the run the prince dressed up as a woman hid in.
To simplify searches each pub on our database has been given a canonical name. In most cases this is a shortened version of its full name omitting any common prefixes and suffixes such as the old inn tavern and so on. The morning advertiser ma has compiled an updated list of the most popular pub names in 2019 the top 25 pub names listed below are using the data from ma s newsletter subscribers and magazine subscribers.
The morning advertiser ma has compiled an updated list of the most popular pub names in 2019 the top 25 pub names listed below are using the data from ma s newsletter subscribers and magazine subscribers. In most cases this is a shortened version of its full name omitting any common prefixes and suffixes such as the old inn tavern and so on. To simplify searches each pub on our database has been given a canonical name.
Legend has it that to evade cromwell s troops while on the run the prince dressed up as a woman hid in. The prince fled the battle becoming a fugitive. In 1651 cromwell defeated prince charles stuart in the battle of worcester.
The second most popular pub name in the uk gets its name from a particularly exciting episode of english history.
