Category Archives: Nunnery Lane area

All of the pubs in the general vicinity of Nunnery Lane, incorporating Blossom Street and Clementhorpe.

Punch Bowl, Blossom Street

‘Off with his head and set it on York gates; So York may overlook the town of York.’

So said Queen Margaret about Richard, Duke of York, in Shakespeare’s ‘Henry VI’. She got her wish and Richard’s head was so displayed on Micklegate Bar in 1461. Continue reading →

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Trafalgar Bay

The Trafalgar Bay is, apparently, the only pub that bears this name in Britain, which we think is quite nifty. The inquisitive fellow who might think about how this boozer got such a unique name would probably link it to … Continue reading →

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Old Ebor

The Old Ebor was built in the latter half of the 19th Century and used the ‘Old’ epithet to distinguish it from the various other houses in the city with ‘Ebor’ in their names. Nowadays, the only real characteristic that … Continue reading →

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