Pub names fascinate me, not just because I like pubs, and not just because I like names, but because they tell so much about the history and culture of the place where they are. I came across a list of the top pub names, and there are a couple which may seem surprising:
- Red Lion
- Crown
- Royal Oak
- Rose and Crown
- Kings Head
- White Hart
- Queens Head
- Railway
- Bell
- Swan
- Angel
- Bulls Head
- Coach& Horses
- George
- George and Dragon
- Nelson
- New Inn
- Plough
- Star
- White Horse
I was surprised that there were so many pubs called The Railway, but I guess it just shows how important and significant railways were in the nineteenth century, which is when many of these pubs date from. I was also surprised that Nelson hit the top twenty, and again it shows just how significant he was and how well-regarded. No mention of the Duke of Wellington or Waterloo!
Peveril of the Peak
Lois Elsden 
I was up in Yorkshire recently and I was very impressed that almost every railway station seemed to have a pub built into it, especially on the line between Harrogate and Leeds. I guess most modern pubs appeared at the same time as the growth in the railways since before stricter licensing laws, they often were a ‘public’ house: someone serving beer from a front room.
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Interesting you should say that, down here in Somerset, our train station has a pub on it! I remember there was a fantastic pub at Stalybridge station, it had a lot of real ales when we went there, but that was a while ago now!
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