Strange and unusual Public Houses
| Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:02 Yellowbelly |
 The Pack o' Cards .... read the story |
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| Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:06 St John |
 This pub in the hamlet of Ford, Buckinghamshire, is not named after a king but after the executioner of a king – and a very weird fellow thereafter! |
| Sun, 7 Dec 2008 14:21 del salle |
Nearly a year since this. But here it is!  |
| Tue, 6 Jan 2009 20:49 pangapilot |
 One explanation is that it is a corruption of "The Hill's Foot", although, being in East Suffolk, it isn't much of a hill. But to quote from the pub's own website: We cannot be sure how the pub got its name. It may have come from Heel's Foot, a cobblers implement, or more likely named after the Eel's Boot, a type of woven reed basket used in Eel Fishing. A more fanciful explanation is that it is a derivation of Neale's Boot, named after a medieval priest who trapped the Devil in his boot and tossed him into the river. The Devil escaped disguised as an eel. The name is not unique but the other pub with that name may have copied it from here. |
| Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:58 KEE |
The smallest pub in the uk http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=5572360 |
| Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:15 babylonarch |
What about this pub in Rochester, former home of Charles Dickens ! |
| Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:37 MalvernTrev |
 Anyone else spotted one of these? |
| Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:49 MalvernTrev |
 This one has an interesting history, named after the local lord. May have a unique name. From my home town and helped to cause the recession we believe. Another named after the big local landowner, but now owned by the local council, so you're barred if you get behind with your council tax or don't fill your bin properly. Unique name? |
| Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:21 jvb |
Another pub with (I believe) a unique name - The Wyandotte, Kenilworth:  |
| Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:16 eg |
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