WHAT’S in a name?
Pubs have all sorts of weird and wonderful names from the Cow and Snuffers to The Queen’s Vaults and many are hard to forget, but what do they mean?
The tradition of naming pubs has been around for centuries, with historical records dating the existence of public houses in the UK for more than 1,000 years.
A pub’s name is used to identify and differentiate every public house and often reflect the local history, depicting a famous landmark, a local duke, king or lord or a trade indigenous to the region. More often than not, these names can give historical clues to the area surrounding the pub or they can be used to commemorate and immortalise a local event
Early pub customers were unable to read, and pictorial signs could be easily recognised. Colour also appears in a number of pub names and are sometimes associated with an object which may have been used to identify the pub including Blue Anchor or Red Lion.
Arfur Daley, Echo beer columnist and organiser of the Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival, said: “Pub names are an important part of the identity of the pub, often existing for hundreds of years and through rebuilds of the pubs themselves.
“Often they are the last link to an emblem from the coat of arms of the family that used to own that land. Pub names are part of history that should be protected.”
Along with more common pub names including the Black Lion, Royal Oak and Kings Arms that can be found in many towns and cities in Britain, South Wales has more than its fair share of unusual pub names.
We have looked at just 10 of some of the best to find out where they originated from.
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