CRAWL TAKE FOUR.....I FANCY A KEBAB!

Not the most exciting of the pubs in the town, didn't even look like it ever opened, still it meets my remit for the crawl.

ROSE AND CROWN

There are two theories behind this name, the first coming from the Wars of the Roses. Sibling rivalries in the 14th century led to war between the houses of Lancaster (whose supporters wore red roses) and York (who wore white).

In the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 Lancastrian Henry Tudor defeated and killed the Yorkist King Richard III and crowned himself Henry VII. He then married the old king's beautiful niece Elizabeth, the Rose of York, and they went on to found the Tudor dynasty together. Pubs were named Rose And Crown in the couple's honour.

The last Tudor monarch Elizabeth I may unwittingly have influenced the second explanation of this name. When she died in 1603 she had appointed King James VI of Scotland as her heir. It is said that pubs called The Crown added an English rose to their signs, implying that their loyalty to a Scottish king must always take second place to their Englishness. (Tell that to the Nationalist)!