An Oxford Pub Crawl Through History
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DR. JOHNSON declared a tavern seat “the throne of human felicity.†The Frenchman Hilaire Belloc, who spent his life in England, said: “When you have lost your inns, drown your empty selves. For you will have lost the last of England.â€
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In Oxford, which has some pubs — like the Bear, on Blue Boar Lane, and the Mitre, on the High Street — that date back to the 1200’s, many of the names echo the Middle Ages. The White Hart (a stag, Richard II’s heraldic emblem), the Kings Arms (named for James I, during whose reign neighboring Wadham College was founded), The Bear, the Wheatsheaf: all are names that call up a past of knights, farms and forests.
A well-written article, which I want to keep for later. I may need it if I’m ever in England.
Read it all: Journeys: Oxford, England – A Pub Crawl Through the Centuries – Travel – New York Times