Jolly Sailor, Princes Square, West Looe
Introduction
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Jolly Sailor, Princes Square, West Looe
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 28 May 2018
The Jolly Sailor website states "Established in 1516, The Jolly Sailor Inn in Looe, Cornwall, is one of the oldest pubs in the UK. Affectionately known as the Jolly by the locals, it has been a place of rest and recreation for seafarers and travellers alike for centuries. It was featured in a Wills cigarette card collection from 1939 called Old Inns. Seafaring vessels used to moor right alongside the old part of the Jolly Sailor building, until land was reclaimed to build the cottages that are now adjacent to the pub. The main beam in the Jolly was taken from a French ship of the line at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The ship was captured and renamed The Indefatigable. When she was later broken up, the landlord of the time arranged for the beam to be installed in the main bar and it remains there to this day." The Jolly Sailor was Grade II listed in 1951. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5791369 to the name sign on a chimney bracket.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.352821
Longitude
-4.456958
