Common names in the uk include. Names from the past tended to be patriotic or royal. Originally public house names reflected the history of the country or the area in which they were sited.
History of pub names. This led us to research funny and amusing pub names particularly in the uk and in ireland. 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.
The crown for pubs that supported king or queen and country. Red lion unsurprising given it s popularity as a name across the uk. Also there are questions as to.
This list isn t exact because obviously three years have passed since this survey. 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.
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. Pubs were often named thus because of religion royalty local trades and proximity to popular travellers routes historically.
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. Coming out on top is the red lion with 517 establishments with that name followed by the royal oak with 403 appearances. A list showing the most popular pub names in each county of the uk.
Constantly updated based on data at pubs galore.
Popular pub names uk. Edging out the royal oak to pub name supremacy the red lion is the most popular pub name in the uk. Heraldry played a large role in the formation and development of pub names. Pubs often employed animals depicted on the coats of arms of prominent families such as the red lion. The red lion is thought to have emanated from the coat of arms of.
The uk s most popular pub names. Have you ever wondered what the uk s most popular pub names are. Our uk pubs database tells us that the top 100 canonical names are. 1 red lion 443 pubs 2 royal oak 346 pubs 3 crown 269 pubs 4 white hart 240 pubs 5 rose and crown 204 pubs 6 kings head 201 pubs 7 white horse 197 pubs.
Up to date list of the top 100 pub names in the uk.
Up to date list of the top 100 pub names in the uk. 1 red lion 443 pubs 2 royal oak 346 pubs 3 crown 269 pubs 4 white hart 240 pubs 5 rose and crown 204 pubs 6 kings head 201 pubs 7 white horse 197 pubs. Our uk pubs database tells us that the top 100 canonical names are.
Have you ever wondered what the uk s most popular pub names are. The uk s most popular pub names. The red lion is thought to have emanated from the coat of arms of.
Pubs often employed animals depicted on the coats of arms of prominent families such as the red lion. Heraldry played a large role in the formation and development of pub names. Edging out the royal oak to pub name supremacy the red lion is the most popular pub name in the uk.
