Post by yggdrasil on Feb 6, 2022 16:58:09 GMT
after 1,229 Years......
www.joe.co.uk/news/uks-oldest-pub-closes-its-doors-after-1229-years-315789
The oldest pub in Britain has been forced to close its doors for the final time after opening in 793AD.
For context, when the pub opened, King Offa of Mercia was rallying the kingdoms of Great Britain against Viking attack. In Europe, Pope Leo III crowned Charles the Great Emperor of Rome, and earlier in the century, the Chinese invented gunpowder for the first time...
www.joe.co.uk/news/uks-oldest-pub-closes-its-doors-after-1229-years-315789
The oldest pub in Britain has been forced to close its doors for the final time after opening in 793AD.
For context, when the pub opened, King Offa of Mercia was rallying the kingdoms of Great Britain against Viking attack. In Europe, Pope Leo III crowned Charles the Great Emperor of Rome, and earlier in the century, the Chinese invented gunpowder for the first time...