Ye Olde Blue Bell, 114 Church Street - Preston, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 45.596 W 002° 41.582
30U E 520236 N 5956856
This pub sign stands on the top of a wooden pole outside the pub and depicts a large bell as would be seen in a church tower.
Waymark Code: WMPMKV
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/21/2015
Views: 1
The sign stands outside a small pub set back from the rest of the buildings on this road. According to this
web page
this is because it stands on the route of an older road, and records show that the earliest known record of the pub shows that it has been there since 1716.
The web page also tells us that traditionally church bell ringers were entitled to free beer, which suggests that this is where the bell ringers came for their free beer.
There is a picture of the pub on the web site showing it as being painted white. However it was refurbished in April 2015 and has now been stripped back to the brickwork.