The Strangled Leper and The Septic Ferret

[dennford]

 I was going to put this on "totally off topic" but because it may have some relevence to family/local history, here it is.

"The Strangled Leper and The Septic Ferret" is actually the name of a pub. Now there must be thousands of pubs with unusual names yet names that hold some significance. Let's hear your favourite - just to get you in the mood have a look here.

http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=55554

By the way, a pet hate of mine is when an old pub name is changed to suit modern times - it has then lost it's identity.

Denn

[tomkin]

By the way, a pet hate of mine is when an old pub name is changed to suit modern times - it has then lost it's identity.

Denn

             Right on Denn!!!!    At lot of old Pub names are there to commerate

    some person or event. i.e. it keeps history alive if, you care to look.

     A lot of these modern names are just gimmicks to fool people into

     thinking that they are trendy

        Tomkin AKA Tomkin " whats the beer like in here?"

[stoney]

By the way, a pet hate of mine is when an old pub name is changed to suit modern times - it has then lost it's identity.

Denn

Hubby's aunt has a local hostelry which was called "The Friar's Oak" which, apart from being a nice pub, also served smashing food.

It was taken over by a pub-chain who renamed it "The Pilgrim Goose" - none of the local liked the new management style and voted with their feet!

The pub was sold on again and the new proprietor reverted to the original name - and provided a new sign board displaying an ecclesiatical gent tucking into a large bird - some said the goose was cooked! (and the crowds returned!)

[dennford]

Here is one, "The snake inn" (yes tomkin I know that you know). It is situated on the snake Pass, a snake like winding road that crosses the Pennines between York's and Lanc's .however the road takes it's name from the pub rather than the other way round. but the pub actually takes it's name from the snake on the coat of arms of the Devonshire family who possibly own (or did own a huge tract of Derbyshire.

Denn

[dennford]

Sorry, that should have been tomkin with a "T" not t.

[tomkin]

  I've got an excellent book on the subject. One of the entries talks

    of a pub in Farnham called "The Black Prince".  Now the Black Prince

    of course is a direct reference to the son of Edward I. The original pub

    sign showed the Prince with wavy black plumes on his helmet.

      When the sign was repainted the artist painted a Black person

     with a head dress of white feathers and flowing robes.

     Whether this was because the artist was ignorant of history or whether

     it was for politically correct reason ( more than likely)  I don't know.

      Wonder if it's still there?

    Tomkin

[newbie]

I was in Farnham on Saturday! I would have looked!
I can check .....
 

[newbie]

it's not actually in Farnham town, I've found references to it but also found this, so maybe no longer with us   

Sadly, a number of the pubs which had competed in the past are no longer with us. Ex-champions The Eldon Hotel and The Cricketers (Bourne) were long ago demolished for development, as was the Black Prince more recently, while the Bricklayer’s Arms, Duke of Cambridge (Farnham) and Cricketers (Wrecclesham) are now restaurants. Some pubs also now concentrate on food and don’t welcome quizzes.

[Mum44]

Changing pub names can cause major directional problems and many lost people         Everyone round here knows you turned left by the Teacle Mine - directions always included the Treacle Mine -   now where do you turn left