Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
Historical significance |
Famous literary figures like Mark Twain, Oliver Goldsmith, Alfred Tennyson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, P. G. Wodehouse and Dr. Samuel Johnson are associated with this pub. |
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Established In |
1538; Rebuilt 1666 |
Location |
City of London |
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, rebuilt in 1666 after the Great Fire of London, is famous for its lack of natural lighting inside creating a sort of gloomy charm, making the pub, unique. Charles Dickens was known frequent this pub and it was colluded to in his ‘ A Tale of Two Cities’. The pub has been referenced by many famous literary figures, like Agatha Christie in their works. The pub is a significant port of literary history.
List of Traditional British Pubs
No institution is more English than a pub (short for public house). The pub culture is an important part of British social life and a place to go to socialize, relax, and have a drink. A British pub traditionally has carpets, a fireplace, a jukebox, a decent selection of real ales on draft, and a bell, however with time, the traditional pubs have adapted to modernity too.
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