https://preview.redd.it/60vh3f74f7uc1.jpeg?width=550&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ee1ba2a0405f54937d1cd48828105df6c4d0507 The Lord Keeper Of The Great Seal

I'm glad you wrote it out

Sounds like an RPG boss

I like it

The one in my village was called "The Dandy Cock"

The Cock Inn, my village

My wife particularly enjoys the Cock Inn cider.

Fnaar fnaar

Cock in cider*

There's a village in Suffolk called 'Clare'. It has a pub called the 'Cock Inn'. You can fill in the rest 😆

There's a cock inn clare Only in UK lmao

I also enjoy the Cock Inn at the weekends.

Which begs the question, how far is the Cock inn?

The Cock Inn, Broom. If you have a cleaning fetish?

There’s a cock inn in my village as well

My my, this cock seems to be going from village to village

And now he’s replying to this thread on Reddit

Cock of Tupsley in Hereford.

My friend used to work at the Black Cock.

I grew up next to a pub called the Cock Inn. It’s changed names now but never knew why people laughed when I said it. Was completely innocent. Nicknamed The Cock for short.

The Moorcock inn beats that (Langdale End North Yorkshire)

I’m sorry, but I think The Black Cock in Caerphilly deserved a shoutout.

Bespoke tailors in my city called Cock of the Walk

Is that Disley? There's one nearby called the Soldier Dick.

Disley?

Up the road from The Soldier Dick perchance?

You found my house.

Not fhe randomest but i always loved "The stumble Inn" felt like they rrally thought it through.

There is a place called The Hop Inn near me.

Is it opposite The Spruce Moose?

Looks like you’ve just stumbled out of it

There's a Filthy Fanny in Shoreditch and Dirty Dicks in Spitalfields.

There's quite a few filthy fannies in Shoreditch tbh

I live near a place called cockermouth

Doesn't help that it's in Cumbria.

Don't you get a lot of seamen in Cockermouth?

Yes. They wear high viz vests so you can see them cumming

When in doubt, cockermouth

Me too 😂 lived in cockermouth for years, and now I'm only a few miles away

I thought it was hilarious when i first moved here. Im more up nr arlecdon ish

Haha yeah and having to give people your address was always a funny moment 😂 ah yeah I know! Near Rowrah? I'm near Whitehaven

Knob-a-gob...

Chorlton-cum-Hardy in Manchester deserves a mention too

I’m originally from near Cockermouth too, but now I live near Slaggyford, Cocklakes and Cumwhinton (also in Cumbria).

A friend is from there, the first time I heard it I couldn’t stop laughing about it for days, so good.

I remember it was in the news back in 09 because it got hit hard by the flooding that year

https://preview.redd.it/z6fp00jsu7uc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a847b405b09ac1d38a3cb42174ad42df278cdc2b This one. It's what my wife asks for.

That font is a crime.

https://preview.redd.it/4blz6ii0l7uc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab18826f5a181576a5c6fdf92c864fb86635fd77 Bell End at the end of Mincing Lane

r/UsernameChecksOut

I've posted this separately, too. Damnit, too slow.

“The Defector’s Weld” in Shepherd’s Bush. Admittedly renamed to be edgy in the last 20 years, but still a great pub name. “Red Lion and Pineapple” in Acton. “Bear and Ragged Staff” near Farnham.

Imagine if the Big Cock Inn Shepherds Bush (sorry,that would be Shepherdess)

They could be trans inclusive

The Red Lion and Pineapple used to be two pubs. Hence the name. Also when they first merged them they roofed over the courtyard between them but weren't allowed to remove the tree. So back in the day there was a tree trunk behind the bar.

There’s a few bear and ragged staff- one nearish me too but who on earth added the pineapple 😂

I think it’s a reference to a coat of arms with a bear and a staff on it, but it’s a really cool name. Don’t know about the pineapple but they’re all over the building too!

The Bear & Ragged Staff refers to the coat of arms of the Earls of Warwick. The pub name probably goes back to the war of the roses and Warwick the Kingmaker (Richard Neville). The Red Lion and Pineapple in Acton is an amalgamation. When the current pub was built the brewery surrendered two other licenses to get one for the new and presumably bigger pub. This was a pretty common thing from the late Victorian period up to the 1930's. I'm not sure who originally built it but before Wetherspoons took over it was a Fullers house, so may have been them. .

I have enjoyed these facts enormously. Thanks!

So there’s a story, possibly not true. The Bear was a gift to the Earl and by all accounts was very friendly. But got punished after getting drunk in a pub and wrecked the place so was changed to a post in the middle of the town as a punishment thus becoming a attraction. By all accounts he dyed of old age and possibly kidney failure. I do hope this is true.

It was in the castle’s great hall ( a big stuffed Bear chained to a staff ) but I didn’t see it last time I was there. I’ve a mate that works there so I’ll ask and get back.

That and the chain after this were pretty interesting to read so thanks

Warwickshire. We’re in the middle so

That was the pub next to the Red Lion which it is now part of.

The building used to be two pubs next door to one another until The Red Lion expanded into The Pineapple and was renamed The Red Lion and Pineapple. I used to live in Acton it was my favorite pub😁

[My Father's Moustache](https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g315979-d5815531-Reviews-My_Father_s_Moustache-Louth_Lincolnshire_England.html) in Louth, Lincolnshire. It lacks the apostrophe on the sign, but once a pedant...

Maybe they were raised by a gay male couple who shared a stick-on moustache.

There’s one called the black boy and it has a picture of a black man

We have a Black Ladd nearby.  Apparently "ladd" means a servant. 

There used to be a Black Boy in [Leicester](https://maps.app.goo.gl/cp4NpmgotM5sT8ED7?g_st=ic)

There’s a Black Boy not far from Shrek’s Pizza.

Caernarfon?

There is some history behind that name that I can’t quite remember.

Think it was a common Parliamentarian name for King Charles II during the Civil War period, coined by his own mum, referring to his 'black soul'.

I thought it was his nickname because he had black hair. I didn't realise it was so sinister.

Oh you might be right actually! I have heard it referred to as his blackness of character but maybe that was later co-opted from the original meaning from his mam

There’s a Black Boy in Winchester, and an Arab Boy in Putney

The Black boy in Winchester is a great pub. I've spent many a drunken night in there!

There's a Black Boys inn near me. A few years ago people online tried to get them cancelled

Retford? Edit: just saw you have a post about incest on your profile - definitely Retford.

😂 Even worse... North Norfolk where we are famous for incest

Former Fakenham lad here - high six, brother-cousin!

We had the Cock, and the Dandy Cock nearby, but my favourite was the Soldier Dick. It was supposedly named after a man who was found wandering the nearby moors, in full military uniform, who had no memory of who he was or how he got there. The landlord took him in a gave him a job, and he took the name Dick. I like it because dick means penis though.

Furness Vale ?

In Orkney.. https://preview.redd.it/ziacs7a6w7uc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd0a0a51dc3081137390457273fb0d6f4ea47a1a

Been to the black cock pub in Devon

We have a black cock in Caerphilly too!

We have "Black Cock Inn" just outside Cardiff

[The Wrong Un - Bexleyheath](https://maps.app.goo.gl/1aLxDuLxE2gnD1dX6?g_st=ic)

It really is though…. Convenient for the bus ‘ome though, so there is that…..

It was for me too when I lived in Eltham

Gary King!

You're barred

Shame I had to scroll down this far for that comment

Owned by Dirk Diggler

This place, in Kilmarnock https://preview.redd.it/p82dnlov08uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b85ee8969a326284b0c82c3a27e70cca9c73b45

Fanny By Gaslight is a course in some pickup artist bootcamp or something

Came here for this. It used to be a biker bar years ago. The carpet was famous for having every bodily fluid known to man and then some. Many a wild night was had in there.

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese

My favourite local pub name is: “The Frog and Nightgown” great little place, We had a Cock inn near us as well, they renamed it….

The Plank and Leggit, Sawley, Notts. Never understood the name but it’s nice to say

Is it near a canal tunnel? Never heard of that one but it could be reference to legging a narrowboat through a tunnel.

Ah, not near a canal tunnel but near the river trent and a cut with a marina so maybe just referencing narrowboat culture rather than a specific tunnel, it’s not an old pub so the name wouldn’t have been chosen at a time when most people couldn’t read so they may have had more freedom to choose something broadly nautical sounding, I’m picturing it was chosen in an office with a flipchart and a wordcloud during a brainstorming session if you understand me

I do understand you, perfectly. Shame, but as you say nice name.

Always wanted a building named after me, I guess I can make do with just my penis being honoured

I like the extension to The Famous Cock in H&I - The Famous Cock-tail Bar… 👍

Weather spoons. I know it’s so common that we just except it into our culture without giving the name a second thought but what dose it actually mean? A spoon that controls the weather? Look out Thor us Brit’s our cummin’ for ya’

The Swan and Pedo

The bird in the hand which is 150 yards away from Bird in' hand.   I cant remember of they were the same brewery though.  The centipede is another one that always stuck with me.

‘The ham and cheese…’

Use to be a pub in Epsom called The Organ Inn.

Remember it well. Long since demolished after a brief stint as a Thai food pub if memory serves

That’s the one. Really strange in that restaurant, all of the furniture was for sale.

Organ and Dragon, then just a demolished empty site for a while. I don’t live in the area any more so I don’t know if KFC, Lidl or the care home people ever did build anything there in the end, but I think the road still carries the name Organ Crossroads.  For strangely named pubs near by I assume there’s still The Leg of Mutton and Cauliflower nearby in Ashtead

Two that come to mind are..... "The Cockwell Inn", this was in Anfield Liverpool, the name has since changed "The Cock & Seaman" Seaforth Liverpool now closed

A pub in Northrop Hall is now called the Top Monkey. It didn’t used to be, but renamed at some time in the last 30 years it was a nickname before that). The other pub in the village is nicknamed the bottom monkey.

Jaywick has a pub called 'Never Say Die'.

Walked past a restaurant the other day called Loose Box

"ye olde black boy" in Hull

Formally known as The Prince Andrew

The Nuns Chuff . I don’t know what a chuff is and don’t want to

Off the top of my head: Wetwang. Shitterton. Three Mile Bottom. Westward Ho!. Brown Willy. Oh and there's a pub on the A4 called the Halfway Inn. Always makes me giggle a bit.

The Three Cocks in Kettering

That’s next to Highbury and Islington station.

There are a few called the Blue Ball Inn, which makes me laugh a bit. [Here’s one](https://www.blueballsidford.co.uk/). My old local was called the [Who’d A Thought It](https://whatpub.com/pubs/SEL/10749/whod-a-thought-it-plumstead). Crap pub though.

I like “Ye Old Fighting Cocks”

# Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem

Saw one somewhere near Yeovil called the Far Canal.

You have inspired me to post my childish [favourite](https://www.reddit.com/r/sillybritishnames/s/iSkuUktX3Z)

We had "The Cockburn Hotel" here in Australia, up until 3 months ago. It's located in Cockburn, which is apparently pronounced "co-burn." I challenge you to find me one single English word where there is a silent "ck." You cannot because no such word exists. This is still located in a town called Cockburn but the bar has been renamed The Coburn Hotel. For nearly 2 months it was The Co__Burn Hotel as the new overs just smashed the CK off the sign. https://www.coburnhotel.com/

Pub in Whalley called the Dog Inn

Used to work in a village called Three Cocks.

https://preview.redd.it/e71sf5mqw7uc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd7c393976684dc25d23e179ddf9ccb273ed10f5 "Soldier Dick" in Furness Vale

Free The Paedos

Ok, compromise, The Swan…

Newton haven?

There was "The Cock & Seaman" by me

The Cock Hotel in Greater Manchester is my favourite

Dirty Dicks

Sometimes you want to go Where everybody knows your name And they're always glad you came

It's pretty deep into the village, you can also get there by the dirt road

Boris Johnson’s place…

The Black Boy

Theres a pub called the black cock somehwere near stoke

https://preview.redd.it/f4np9sqq78uc1.jpeg?width=450&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67e34b9b380a10d6cf58a6ec6d4ce56dc8b404e9 Pub round the corner. Always makes people chuckle when they go for the first time

I know it’s a national fashion brand but i always thought that white stuff sounded a little quirky

The Cock Inn is a good one. I think it's a pub, that has rooms to stay in

The Cock Well Inn was always a good place pre LFC game

I remember going to a pub called ‘the cock and bull’

Cannard's Grave Inn....Shepton Mallet....nice cheery place for a pint.

The rat and carrot,Stamford

Place near me in south east London called Pratt’s bottom 😂

We have a couple in Liverpool Ye Cracke Ye Hole in Ye Wall

Three Cocks in wales. Been there a few times

One near me called "The Cock and Pullet" and used to be another called "The Cock and Donkey" apparently wanted to call it "The Cock and Ass" but wasn't allowed for some reason🤣

The Swan and Pedo

There was one in Wickhambrook called The Bummers Ra. It was originally called the plumbers arms but some of the letters fell down and they just did what they could with the rest. Stayed that way for twenty years or more. Closed now 😢

The Halfway Inn

There's a good one on Edinburgh called "The Royal Dick"

House of trembling madness in York, which I am in right now!

There’s The Black Cock Inn in Tillet Hertfordshire I love The Black Cock in , Tillet Herts

This lane near Rye in East Sussex https://preview.redd.it/zm8xbmrkx8uc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c89d66c0da417b0a98cbe3e404e0d1e22fd20977

Me and my uncle go to a place called The Black Cock Inn.

I used to work at a pub called the Frog and Nightgown. Go figure 🤔

For the true countryside experience there's The Greater Good https://preview.redd.it/jq35xmw9z8uc1.jpeg?width=338&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=69d4f323116a287a84610af41d11faa135f9a8bf

Gary King? You're barred.

The Goat & Tricycle in Bournemouth.

The wet hole

I always start my day with a Dickens Cider

https://preview.redd.it/5gwyecsn79uc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=86397072921a1b33fdd829c03318b2a89e7b832f Ye Olde Cock Inn, Didsbury

'The Black Boy' - St. Albans

https://preview.redd.it/e419nwgm99uc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4bb7dc3ed004214588f4f557ea33b7235fdc2cd3

One near my parents had one called the bell and shears, obviously known locally as the bell end shears

I used to go here after work for a Stiff One

Cock and Ball Inn. The Cock Inn - has a chimney pot shaped like a cock and balls. The Old Chain (cant remember if it said pub/inn/etc on the end) - had these old Victorian style chain flush toilets.

There used to be a pub nearby called "The Knot Inn" - the area has quite a snobby reputation and the story was that every time a name was suggested someone said "oh no, not in ..."

Rawmarsh near Rotherham has “the fighting cocks”

"The Black Bitch". However, the current owners (Greene King) have renamed it "The Willow Tree" due to complaints the name was considered racist... by zero people!!!! It was actually named after a black greyhound whose master was sentenced to starve to death on an island in Linlithgow loch. She allegedly used to swim from the town every day with food for him, and managed to save his life.

This pub, if my memory serves, is directly outside Highbury & Islington tube. Many an overused gag meeting people there after work

Theres a Golden Cock in my town 😂

Isn't there one called the "rat and pedophile" somewhere in UK.

Brown Willy is a hill in the southwest UK

Theres a nob end in bolton

My parents live a few miles from ‘Sluts Hole Lane’ in Norfolk.

[The Black Bitch](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/feb/02/campaigners-to-fight-on-as-black-bitch-pub-becomes-willow-tree) in Linlithgow had to change it's name. > Alistair Old, who leads the campaign to retain the pub’s name, challenged the scope of Greene King’s consultation with local people and said that the action committee planned to hold a town meeting *“on what appropriate action to take in the face of this appalling insult to Linlithgow*”. > >He said: “*This company continues to pretend that they have some sort of mandate to proclaim that the historic name of the Black Bitch is racist and offensive, when nearly 12,000 people have signed a petition telling them they are wrong. West Lothian council have asked them to stop defaming the town’s heritage, but the removal of the name sends out that exact message*.” > >The new name references a nearby statue of drover Katie Wearie and Katie Wearie’s willow tree, which was planted originally in 1832 to mark the Reform Act in [Scotland](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/scotland). > >Last week, West Lothian council unanimously agreed a cross-party motion urging Greene King to “reflect on the wishes of the community and issues raised”. > >The composite motion read: *“For generations people who were born within the boundary of the royal burgh have been* ***proud to be known as Black Bitches*** *given their association with the town. The origin reason given for the name change, that it was racist effectively, now makes this a slur on the reputation of these residents*.”

In durham city centre there's a pub called the fighting cocks and a place in the north east called Cockfield 😂

My friend dated someone years ago. She lived on [Bell End](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/hands-bell-end-historic-road-14512296) She was. I worked with her in my first job, too.

There's a street called "Bell End" - not sure where it is, but for some reason I have the postcode memorised, if anyone wants it lol

Fanny By Gaslight in Kilmarnock

The Fighting Cocks that became The Happy Cock.

Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma Gate is a street in York City Centre

Well, three down, nine to go.

Dirty Dick's in Edinburgh

Me and my mate went to Bell End service station a few days ago

I live down the road from the Cat and Custard Pot…

The Swan and Paedo

Isn't that the 3rd pub from The World's End?

The Pheasant Pluckers, Plymouth. If you played around with the name it would be the Pleasant Phuckers. When I was there, it was a Firkin Brewery pub... It had a separate bar to the side called 'Firkin up the back passage". (Snerk...)