Red Lion - Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, UK.
N 51° 39.060 W 000° 24.105
30U E 679740 N 5725419
The Red Lion is said to be the most popular pub name in the UK.
Waymark Code: WMC9NW
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/13/2011
Views: 4
Fourteenth century John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, was one of the most powerful men in the country in his time exerting great influence over the child King Richard II. The Red Lion is often a reference to him.
It is, however, also a heraldic reference to Scotland and James IV (James I of England). Here in the south of the UK it is more likely to be a John of Gaunt reference.
This one is a proper lion rampant.
Name of Artist: Not known.
Date of current sign: Not known.
Date of first pub on site: Not known.
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