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Would've thought the agricultural history of the area might play some part in that. Suffolk is known for its horse after all. Think you can add Badwell Ash to your list of White Horses too.
Proliferation of White Horse pubs in Suffolk, specifically... on 12:00 - Mar 7 by clive_baker
Would've thought the agricultural history of the area might play some part in that. Suffolk is known for its horse after all. Think you can add Badwell Ash to your list of White Horses too.
Doesn't explain the Red Lions though...
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Or the ostrich...unless there was an early adopter of exotic breeds for fancy burgers down by the Orwell.
Yep, I do know the story about it being a corruption of Oyster Reach.
Proliferation of White Horse pubs in Suffolk, specifically... on 12:03 - Mar 7 by WeWereZombies
Or the ostrich...unless there was an early adopter of exotic breeds for fancy burgers down by the Orwell.
Yep, I do know the story about it being a corruption of Oyster Reach.
You'll be shocked when you learn the history of The Cock in Sudbury. Nothing to do with fowl, apparently Chris Sutton owned it once and hence the name just stuck.
Proliferation of White Horse pubs in Suffolk, specifically... on 12:07 - Mar 7 by clive_baker
You'll be shocked when you learn the history of The Cock in Sudbury. Nothing to do with fowl, apparently Chris Sutton owned it once and hence the name just stuck.
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Presumably the last word of The Crown and Anchor is another corruption in the name of the tenancy he had before that...
We are looking at a scheme in the White Horse in another Suffolk town, and this one still has a barn with horse troughs in it and the floor is worn out from horse shoes etc so guess may be to do with pubs that were horse friendly
The Halberd also had the same when we refurbed that
Get off my land - lockdown cycling crashes is my territory!
My first post graduating ob around 30 years ago was with Bass Brewers, the UKs no 1 brewer at the time. One of my tasks was to build a database of every on trade outlet in the UK.
I did a few name checks and the Red Lion was the most common. Pretty sure White horse was up there, presumably just cos there were plenty around.
For the record there were 88k licenced outlets back in 1993/4, and Carling Black Label was the UKs biggest selling beer, close to 1 in 4 pints sold.
There was even an Ugly working man's club which may or may not still be going.
Proliferation of White Horse pubs in Suffolk, specifically... on 12:43 - Mar 7 by bluelagos
Get off my land - lockdown cycling crashes is my territory!
My first post graduating ob around 30 years ago was with Bass Brewers, the UKs no 1 brewer at the time. One of my tasks was to build a database of every on trade outlet in the UK.
I did a few name checks and the Red Lion was the most common. Pretty sure White horse was up there, presumably just cos there were plenty around.
For the record there were 88k licenced outlets back in 1993/4, and Carling Black Label was the UKs biggest selling beer, close to 1 in 4 pints sold.
There was even an Ugly working man's club which may or may not still be going.
Presumably that was close to Saffron Walden and the lovely sign that points to Ugly Village Hall (which really doesn't look that bad )
Proliferation of White Horse pubs in Suffolk, specifically... on 12:43 - Mar 7 by bluelagos
Get off my land - lockdown cycling crashes is my territory!
My first post graduating ob around 30 years ago was with Bass Brewers, the UKs no 1 brewer at the time. One of my tasks was to build a database of every on trade outlet in the UK.
I did a few name checks and the Red Lion was the most common. Pretty sure White horse was up there, presumably just cos there were plenty around.
For the record there were 88k licenced outlets back in 1993/4, and Carling Black Label was the UKs biggest selling beer, close to 1 in 4 pints sold.
There was even an Ugly working man's club which may or may not still be going.
Also many pubs called Marquis of Granby
He commanded a regiment in the Army and would give a chunk of his private money to soldiers injured in battle in his service.
Many of the ex-squaddies bought a boozer with the cash and named it after their benefactor
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Proliferation of White Horse pubs in Suffolk, specifically... on 12:00 - Mar 7 by clive_baker
Would've thought the agricultural history of the area might play some part in that. Suffolk is known for its horse after all. Think you can add Badwell Ash to your list of White Horses too.
Doesn't explain the Red Lions though...
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Suffolk has 22 White Horse pubs open currently, only 7 Red Lions, there are more Swan pubs fwiw than Lions in Suffolk
but Red Lion was all about the Kings Arms or Kings Head, an emblem to show support of the monarch, of which there are also more than Red Lions in Suffolk :)
interesting fact about the Red Lion at Martlesham, the carving outside is supposedly the prow of a ship from a Dutch boat captured at the Battle of Solebay, from which we have Adnams Broadside beer brewed to commemorate
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Proliferation of White Horse pubs in Suffolk, specifically... on 13:06 - Mar 7 by EdwardStone
Iirc.... each village had its own Womens Institute
However, declining membership forced the decision to merge the two
Which became the "Ugley and Nasty Womens Institute"
I once got involved in specifying a floor for the village hall in Ugley, and it was the Ugley Women's Institute who were my contacts, so there is indeed one, or at least was about 20-25 years ago.
No idea when I began here, was a very long time ago. Previously known as Spirit_of_81. Love cheese, hate the colour of it, this is why it requires some blue in it.
I'd always guessed the White Horse name was it down to being part of the hanoverian heradlry, there are lots all over the country, certainly many here in London.
Similarly I believe the Red Lion, which is quoted as the most common pub name in England is due to it being the personal standard of James 1, who insisted many buildings show it. That's what I tell the foriegn tourists every week anyway, and I believe it's the case.
The White Harte is another common one, that's linked to Richard II I believe.
No idea when I began here, was a very long time ago. Previously known as Spirit_of_81. Love cheese, hate the colour of it, this is why it requires some blue in it.
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