Rattlebones Inn & Other Pub Names

[Spudrick68]

I will see what I can dig up. A late friend of mine used to be the landlord and as far aware I was aware not prone to telling tall tales. One night after he had closed he watched the figure of a man in a tri-corn hat walk through the pub. He said that he wasn't scared, but fascinated. What was the ladies toilet was supposed to be haunted, but that is now not accessible to the public.
It's also a real ale pub, see linky:

http://words.inpurespirit.com/1551/the- ... -mariners/

Also of interest is the Golden Lion in Lancaster. It is allegedly the pub where the condemned where allowed to have a last drink before being taken up to the moors to be hanged. A friend of mine states that it was the hangman himself that had a last drink, and not the condemned. There is a plaque outside the pub dedicated to the Lancashire Witches.

 

[Cherrybomb]

Another wonderful Cornish pub, http://www.dolphintavern.co.uk/ which has, so I'm told three ghosts! :shock:

Here's a little bit about it: In 1585 the tavern served as John Hawkin's HQ, recruiting Cornishmen to fight in the Armada, Sir Walter Raleigh is thought to have smoked the first pipe of tobacco in England here, and the tavern was used as a courtroom for centuries following. So legend says, it is also home to three spirits.

Also, another strange pub name is the Flapper and Firkin in Brum

 

[Spudrick68]

According to legend a faithful servant thought he was on fire when he lit up his pipe, so threw a bucket of water over his head!

 

[rynner2]

An illustrated and interactive article from the Beeb - also related videos and clips:
Where did my local pub get its name from?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z2bk7hv...ame=guide_localpubnames_contentcard13#z3tycwx

A note of caution: Section 3. Britain's Strangest Pub Names, links the names to positions on an (antique) map, but in the case of The Bucket of Blood, in Phillack, the location gets the right county (Cornwall) but the wrong end of it - Phillack is in west Cornwall, near Hayle, not in the east!