Famous Old London Pubs

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1. According to Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" from which London Pub did the Pilgrims gather to start their Pilgrimage? Old Pilgrim Tabard Almshouse Southwark Arms

2. One of the very few London Pubs to survive the Great Fire in 1666 this hostelry graces Fleet Street today. It still retains the original oak beams and atmosphere of a London Chop House. Graced by Johnson, Galsworthy, Boswell, Dickens, Tennyson and many other literay giants of the past. Still open for service today. Called what? Ye Olde Tom and Jerry Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Ye Olde Flete Streete Ye Olde Printers

3. Built in 1623 in Rose Street Covent Garden, it was once known as the "Bucket of Blood" but was renamed in the 17th century. It is one of the few wooden-framed buildings to survive in central London. Lamb and Flag Fox and Hounds Meat and Potatoes The Lamb's Walk

4. This Inn takes its name from Nathaniel Bentley, a well-known Dandy of his day, whose fiancee died on the eve of their wedding. He locked up the dining room complete with the wedding breakfast and spent the rest of his life in squalor. Not suprisingly, the Inn which now stands on this site is called? Dirty Dick's Sordid Samuel's Squalid Sydney's Filthy Frederick's

5. Still in Fleet Street, the names of the proprietors of this now renamed pub in 1817 are listed as Robert Gray and Moses Pickwick and Co. It was Moses' surname that inspired Dickens to write his serialised literary classic 'The Pickwick Papers'. This pub later became famous for being the first out of Ireland to sell draught Guinness. What is its name today? The Shamrock Arms The Bolt and Tun The Tipperary The Bolt Hole

6. This Tavern itself was originally called The Crown and Sugarloaf. It is situated in Fleet Street, a stone's throw from Ludgate Circus, and St Paul's Cathedral. It was on these premises in 1841 that a very famous literary and satirical magazine was created. This pub has since been filled with memorabilia connected with the character after whom both the pub and magazine were named. What is the pub called today? The Blow The Judy The Strike The Punch

7. Legend has it that the highwayman Dick Turpin was born here on 21 September, 1705. This Inn was built around 1585 and gets its name from the fact that it was the country retreat of the Spanish Ambassador to James I of England and VI of Scotland. The Spanish Armada Inn The Spanish Ambassador's Inn The Spaniard's Inn The Dick Turpin Inn

8. This Pub was built in 1520 it started life as the Devils’ Tavern and was popular with smugglers. Its famous clients were reputedly Dickens, Pepys and Whistler. What name is it known by today? The Prospect of Love The Hope by the Thames The Tabard by the Thames The Prospect of Whitby

9. This Inn is the only galleried coaching inn left in London and is in Borough High Street. The George Inn The Royal Edward Inn The Charles Inn The Queen Victoria Inn

10. Which King of England decreed that Inns in London were to be called "The White Hart". Edward II Richard II Richard III Edward III