The Folklore of British Pub Names Linked to Local History

03/15/25 • 19 min

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There is no shortage of bizarre pub names in the UK. Some of them appear to be a combination of random objects, like the Frog and Nightgown. Others have a local story behind their odd name. I've covered unusual pub names before, so consider this Part 2.

Yet when I started researching these examples, it became apparent that pub names didn't have to be unusual to be interesting. Rather, pub names can capture a slice of history, whether they commemorate a local person, notorious or otherwise, or even just part of the fabric of their local area.

So let's explore the origins of the names of some pubs related to history in some way in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore!

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So let's explore the origins of the names of some pubs related to history in some way in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore!

Find the images and references on the blog post: https://www.icysedgwick.com/pub-names-2/

Get your free guide to home protection the folklore way here: https://www.icysedgwick.com/fab-folklore/

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Previous Episode

Strange Street Names: From The Philog to Dog Leap Stairs

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Unlike place names, which often give us information who once lived somewhere, street names can be a different case entirely. Sometimes they bear the names of notable (and often now infamous) people.

Other times they refer to long-gone industries performed in the area - you can guess what happened on Cock Lane in London, site of the Cock Lane Poltergeist in 1762.

Or street names might be the last remains of a now-dead language. Yet the continual building of new streets also sees the creation of new names more fitting to the time. Newcastle upon Tyne's Great Park development features a Sir Bobby Robson Way.

Given the different ways these street names can come about, let's explore the origins of some unusual street names in the UK and US in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore!

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Cader Idris Lore and Writing Folklore with Victoria Male

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Victoria Male is an internationally recognized screenwriter, earning accolades from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, film festivals, and major industry lists. Her prose has been published worldwide in fifteen literary magazines and she’s written op-eds for major publications. She worked in creative development for The Montecito Picture Company and media startup Graphic India, in addition to producing a podcast for three years.

In this chat, we talk about her screenplay for the film Cader Idris, which won Best Screenplay at the Wales International Film Festival 2024, some of the folklore associated with the mountain, and the perils of adapting folklore into fiction!

Find Victoria online here: https://www.victoriamale.com/

Read her story, The Crone of Cader Idris, here: https://thechambermagazine.wordpress.com/2023/04/07/the-crone-of-cader-idris-supernatural-thriller-by-victoria-male/

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