The Bingley Arms

The Bingley Arms is a public house in Bardsey, Leeds, England. It claims to be both the oldest surviving business and oldest surviving pub in the United Kingdom. It is possibly the fourth oldest surviving business in Europe.

The Bingley Arms in Bardsey, perhaps Britain's oldest pub

Founding and history

The Bingley Arms was originally named The Priests Inn. The Bingley Arms calls itself the oldest pub in Britain, with a history dating back to between AD 905 and AD 953, and says that it served as a safe house for persecuted Catholic priests, and also as a courthouse from around AD 1000 from which offenders were taken to the pillory across the road.[1] The Bingley Arms was featured in a 2005 book review discussion on the invention of traditional public house history, "Great Pub Myths", and "claims to be... the oldest pub in Britain", published in the Yorkshire Evening Post.[2]

The Bingley Arms is also a restaurant, and a former winner of the Yorkshire Evening Post Restaurant of the Year Award. The Automobile Association states it provides "charm" and "excellent food".[3]

The beer garden is home to a yew tree that pre-dates the Bingley Arms.

See also

Notes
  1. Bingley Arms Website
  2. Fox, Geoff (15 February 2005). "Beware mock heritage in our 'historic' pubs". Yorkshire Evening Post. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  3. "Bardsey and Pompocali". AA website. Automobile Association (UK). Retrieved 24 August 2012.

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