Ye Olde Castle
Introduction
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Ye Olde Castle
Image: © Oliver Dixon Taken: 30 Jun 2021
Public house in Caergwrle in the shadow of Caergwrle Castle. But why does it have to be "Ye olde"? The expression is a pseudo-medieval English expression which only dates from the mid-19th century. The "-e" on the end of the "olde" is totally spurious. And as for "ye", the "y" is a mis-representation of the letter "thorn" denoted by þ (a hard "th") a letter still used in Icelandic but which has long-since disappeared from any form of the English alphabet.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.109339
Longitude
-3.038774