Pub Sign
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Pub Sign by Alan as part of the Geograph project.
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Pub Sign
Image: © Alan Taken: 2 Sep 2011
A crown is a common subject for a pub sign, easy to paint and recognise. This sign has been used for over 600 years. It suffered something of a decline during Cromwell's Commonwealth years but rose again during the Restoration of the monarchy. The Crown was popular, in part because of its royal reference and but had the advantage of not being too specific by naming either the monarch OR the gender. For picture of the pub see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2727765.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.047944
Longitude
-0.024771