I've drunk in 'The trip to Jerusalem' in Nottingham, reputedly the last port of call before the crusades for whichever king it was, probably a Richard or an Edward.... had amazingly huge dinners, I had a big Yorkshire pudding with veggies, served in a plate that looked remarkably like a glazed flat cap.

There is a 'Quiet Woman' in Dorset, near Wareham... it has a 'motto' above the door "Let no man cause a riot, now that the woman be quiet". Can't remember the story behind it, but the pub was used by Thomas Hardy in 'Return of the Native'.

There is an author who writes crime novels based around strange pub names, she has written books called 'The trip to Jerusalem', 'The case is altered', 'I am the only running footman' and one called 'The horse you rode in on' which I'm assured is a bar in Baltimore.

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