Author List of Pubs & Inns with a literary connection

Pub Name Location County Connection
Ainsworth, Harrison
George Inn Mere Wiltshire Boscobel
Aldington, Richard
Mermaid Rye Sussex Boscobel
Apperley, Charles James
Lion Hotel Shrewsbury Shropshire Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton
Arnold, Matthew
Pink &Lily Lacey Green Buckinghamshire The Chilterns
Austen, Jane
Royal Lion Lyme Regis Dorset Persuasion
Bull Bentley Hampshire Family connection
Deane Gate Inn Deane Hampshire Family connection
Dolphin Hotel Southampton Hampshire Danced here
Wheatsheaf Inn North Waltham Hampshire Regularly visited
Royal Victoria & Bull Dartford Kent Stayed here
Pub Farham Surrey Regularly visited
Angel Inn Guildford Surrey Regularly visited
Babson, Marian
Kings Head Islington London Break a Leg, Darlings
Baring-Gould, Sabine
Oxenham Arms South Zeal Devon John Herring
Olde Ship Inn Guildford Surrey The Broomsquire
Belloc, Hilaire
Fountain Inn Ashurst Sussex The Four Men
Blackboys Inn Blackboys Sussex The Four Men
Greyhound Cocking Sussex The Four Men
Cricketer's Arms Duncton Sussex The Four Men
Three Horseshoes Elstead Sussex The Four Men
Forester's Arms Graffam Sussex The Four Men
Bridge Inn Houghton Sussex The Four Men
Spread Eagle Midhurst Sussex Often frequented
Benson, A.C.
Lygon Arms Broadway Worcestershire Edwardian Excursions
Benson, E.F.
George Rye Sussex Mapp & Lucia
Mermaid Rye Sussex
Lygon Arms Broadway Worcestershire Mapp & Lucia
Benson, Peter
The Globe Appley Somerset Two Cows and a Vanful of Smoke
Besant, Walter
Lord Crewe Arms Blanchland Northumberland Dorothy Forster
Blackmore R. D.
Anchor Inn Exebridge Devon Lorna Doone
George Hotel South Molton Devon Lorna Doone
Royal Oak Withypool Somerset Lorna Doone
Borrow, George
Pied Bull Chester Cheshire Wild Wales
Bragg, Melvin
Fish Inn Buttermere Cumbria Maid of Buttermere
Black-A-Moor Wigton Cumbria The Soldiers Return
A Son of War
Crossing the Lines
Braithwaite, Richard
The Haycock Wansford Cambridgeshire Barnabae Itinerarium
Brooke, Rupert
Pink & Lilly Lacey Green Buckinghamshire Visited with friends
Red Lion Wendover Buckinghamshire
Bronte, Bramwell
Black Bull Haworth Yorkshire Frequented
Lord Nelson Luddenden Yorkshire Frequented
Bronte, Charlotte
George Inn Hathersage Derbyshire Jane Eyre
Bunyan, John
Swan Hotel Bedford Bedfordshire Warrant for imprisonment issued here
Byng, John
The Haycock Wansford Cambridgeshire Tour in the Midlands
Lygon Arms Broadway Worcestershire Torrington Diaries
Byron, Lord George
Saracen's Head Southwell Nottinghamshire Southwell letters
Chesterton, G.K.
White Hart Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire Favoured by
Ye Old Cheshire Cheese City of London Favoured by
Christie, Agatha
Burgh Island off Bigbury-on-Sea Devon Evil Under the Sun
Pilchard Inn/Burgh Island Hotel off Bigbury-on-Sea Devon Ten Little Niggers
Royal Castle Hotel Dartmouth Devon Ordeal by Innocence
Dead Man's Folly
Old Swan Harrogate Yorkshire Stayed here
Royal Castle Hotel Dartmouth Devon The_Regatta_Mystery, Ordeal by Innocence,
Clare, John
Bluebell Inn Helpstone Cambridgeshire worked here
Cobbett, William
Stag & Hounds Binfield Berkshire Rural Rides
William Cobbett Farnham Surrey Birth place
Pub Farnham Surrey Visited
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Fish Inn Buttermere Cumbria Maid of Buttermere
Black Bull Coniston Cumbria Stayed here
Rummer Tavern Bristol Somerset The Watchman
Alfoxden Park Hotel Holford Somerset Regular visitor
Collins, Wilkie
Ship Inn East Looe Cornwall Rambles Beyond Railways
Ship Inn Fowey Cornwall Rambles Beyond Railways
New Inn Clovelly Devon A Message from the Sea
Ship Inn Allonby Cumbria Lazy Tour of Two Apprentices
Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur
Castle Inn Lydford Devon Visitor
Copper, Bob
The Blackboys Inn Blackboys Sussex The Four Men
Greyhound Cocking Causeway Sussex The Four Men
Cricketers Duncton Sussex The Four Men
The Three Horseshoes Elsted Sussex The Four Men
The Foresters Arms Graffham Sussex The Four Men
Bridge Inn Houghton Sussex The Four Men
Weald and Downland Houghton Weald and Downland The Four Men
Corelli, Maria
Pack of Cards Coombe Martin Devon The Mighty Atom
Cowper Powys, J.
Rose & Crown Bradford Abbas Dorset Wolf Solent
Cove House Inn Portland/Chesil Dorset Weymouth Sands
Ship Inn Weymouth Dorset Weymouth Sands
George & Pilgrims Glastonbury Somerset A Glastonbury Romance
Rifleman's Arms Glastonbury Somerset A Glastonbury Romance
Craik, Dinah Maria
Old Inn Mullion Cornwall An Unsentimental Journey through Cornwall
Bell Inn Tewkesbury Gloucestershire John Halifax Gentlian
Tudor House Hotel Tewkesbury Gloucestershire John Halifax Gentlian
Davies, Hunter
Three Shires Little Langdale Cumbria Walk around the lakes
Day-Lewis, Cecil
Brace of Pheasants Plush Dorset The Deadly Joker
Defoe, Daniel
The Haycock Wansford Cambridgeshire Stayed here
Royal Seven Stars Totnes Devon Stayed here
Llandoger Trow Bristol Gloucestershire Robinson Crusoe
Deloney, Thomas
Ostritch Inn Colnbrook Berkshire Thomas of Reading
Denning, Lord
White Hart Whitchurch Hampshire Regular Patron
De Quincey, Thomas
Fish Inn Buttermere Cumbria Maid of Buttermere
Black Bull Coniston Cumbria Stayed here
Lion Hotel Shrewsbury Shropshire Stayed here
Dexter, Colin
King's Arms Dorchester Dorset Way Through the Woods
Bear Inn Oxford Oxfordshire Death Now My Neighbour
Eagle & Child Oxford Oxfordshire The Secret of Annexe 3
Kings Arms Oxford Oxfordshire The Wench is Dead
Mitre Oxford Oxfordshire Inspector Morse
White Horse Oxford Oxfordshire Inspector Morse
Boat Inn Thrup Oxfordshire The Riddle of Third Mile
Death is Now My Neighbour
Plough Inn Wolvercote Green Oxfordshire Murder on Oxford Canal
The Bear Woodstock Oxfordshire Last Bus to Woodstock
Royal Crescent Hotel Bath Somerset Death Now My Neighbour
Dickens, Charles
The Cock Stoney Stratford Buckinghamshire Bleak House
White Horse Eaton Socon Cambridgeshire Nicholas Nickleby
Ship Inn Allonby Cumbria The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices
Hole in't Wall Bowness Cumbria Visit
New Inn Clovelly Devon A Message from the Sea
Morritt Arms Greta Bridge County Durham Nicholas Nickleby
Ancient Unicorn Bowes County Durham Nicholas Nickleby
King's Head Chigwell Essex Barnaby Rudge
Royal Hop Pole Tewkesbury Gloucestershire Pickwick Papers
Royal Hotel Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire USA trip meeting
Eight Bells Hatfield Hertfordshire Oliver Twist
Albion Hotel Broadstairs Kent Various novels
Tartar Frigate Broadstairs Kent Often frequented
Leather Bottle Cobham Kent Pickwick Papers
Cheshire Cheese City of London Pickwick Papers
George Inn Southwark London Pickwick Papers
Ancient Unicorn Bowes Northumberland Nicholas Nickleby
Morritt Arms Greta Bridge Northumberland Nicholas Nickleby
Lion Shrewsbury Shropshire Hard Times
Sam Wellers Bath Somerset Pickwick Papers
Saracen's Head Bath Somerset Pickwick Papers
Angel Inn Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk Pickwick Papers + 0thers
Old Ship Brighton Sussex Oliver Twist + other novels
Green Dragon Alderbury Wiltshire Martin Chuzzlewit
Waggon & Horses Beckhampton Wiltshire Pickwick Papers
White Hart Salisbury Wiltshire Martin Chuzzlewit
The Hand of Ethelberta
Black Swan York Yorkshire Nicholas Nickleby
Dickens, Charles Jnr.
Bells of Ousley Old Windsor Berkshire Dickens's Dictionary of the Thames
Barley Mow Clifton Hampden Oxfordshire Dickens's Dictionary of the Thames
du Maurier, Daphne
Old Ferry Inn Bodinnick Cornwall Ferryside home
Jamaica Inn Bolventor Cornwall Jamaica Inn
Falkner,John Meade
Moonfleet Manor Fleet Dorset Moonfleet
Farquar, George
George Inn Lichfield Staffordshire The Beaux Stratagem
Farnol, Jeffery
George Cranbrook Kent The Broad Highway
Cock Horse Hildenborough Kent The Broad Highway
White Hart Sevenoaks Kent The Broad Highway
Vauxhall Inn Tonbridge Kent The Broad Highw ay
Fiennes, Celia
The Haycock Wansford Cambridgeshire Stayed here
FitzGerald, Edward
Salutation Inn Ambleside Cumbria Stayed here
Bull Inn Woodbridge Suffolk Favourite pub
Forster, E.M.
Lowwood Hotel Low Wood Cumbria Visitor
Fothergill, John
Spread Eagle Thame Oxfordshire An Innkeeper's Diary
Three Swans Market Harborough Leicestershire An Innkeeper's Diary
Fowles, John
Royal Lion Lyme Regis Dorset The French Lieutenant's Woman.
Garnet, David
Sailor's Return Chaldon Herring Dorset Sailor's Return
Gaskell, Elizabeth
Angel Inn Knutsford Cheshire Cranford
George, Elizabeth
Hark to Bounty Slaidburn Lancashire Missing Joseph
Goddard, Robert
Swan Inn Kington Herefordshire Borrowed Time
Godolphin, Sidney
Three Crowns Inn Chagford Devon Died here
Goldsmith, Oliver
White Horse Eaton Socon Cambridgeshire The Deserted Village
Greene, Graham
King's Arms Berkhampstead Hertfordshire The Captain and the Enemy
The Ministry of Fear
Grimes, Martha
Old Silent Stanbury Yorkshire Old Silent
Hampson, John
Nettle Inn - now a private house Ashover Derbyshire Saturday night at the Greyhound
Hardy, Thomas
Bull Hotel Bridport Dorset Fellow Townsmen
Fleur de Lys Cranborne Dorset Tess of the d'Ubrbervilles
King's Arms Dorchester Dorset Mayor of Casterbridge
White Hart Dorchester Dorset Far from Madding Crowd
Acorn Inn Evershot Dorset A Group of Noble Dames
Horton Inn Horton Dorset A Group of Noble Dames
Blackmore Vale Inn Marnhull Dorset Tess of the d'Ubrbervilles
Crown Marnhull Dorset Tess of the d'Ubrbervilles
Hunter's Moon Middlemarsh Dorset Trampwoman's Tradegy
Digby Tap Sherborne Dorset The Woodlanders
Old Ship Upwey Dorset Under the Greenwood Tree
Old Rooms Inn Weymouth Dorset The Dynasts
Red Lion Winfrith Dorset Far from Madding Crowd
Butchers Arms Carhampton Somerset A Laodicean
Luttrell Arms Dunster Somerset A Laodicean
Windwhistle Inn Cricket St. Thomas Somerset Trampwoman's Tradegy
Red Lion Salisbury Wiltshire The Hand of Ethelberta
White Hart Salisbury Wiltshire The Hand of Ethelberta
Hargreaves, Jack
The Ibberton (Crown) Marnhull Dorset Favourite pub
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Bear Inn Oxford Oxfordshire Our Old Home: a series of English sketches
Lowwood Hotel Low Wood Cumbria Visitor
Swan Newby Bridge Cumbria
Hazlitt, William
Pheasant Winterslow Wiltshire Winterslow Essays
Herbert, A.P.
Malt Shovel Uxbridge Greater London Connection
Black Lion Hammersmith London The Thames
Boat Inn Stoke Bruerne Northamptonshire The Water Gipsies
Herriot, James (pen name of James Wighr
Wheatsheaf Carperby Yorkshire Honeymooned here
Golden Fleece Thirsk Yorkshire All Things Great & Small
Holland, Parson William
Old Down Inn Emborough Somerset Diary entry
Hudson, W. H.
Lamb Hindon Wiltshire A Shepherd's Life
Queens Arms Selborne Hampshire Stayed here
Jerome, Jerome K.
Stag Datchet Berkshire Three Men in a Boat
Beetle & Wedge Moulsford Berkshire Three Men in a Boat
Bells of Ousley Old Windsor Berkshire Three Men in a Boat
Swan Three Mile Cross Berkshire Three Men in a Boat
Johnson, Dr. Samuel
Green Man & Blacks Head Ashbourne Derbyshire Stayed here
Woolpack Inn Brookland Sussex Joanna Godden
Keats, John
Salutation Inn Ambleside Cumbria Stayed here
King's Arms Burton-in-Kendal Cumbria Stayed here
Burford Bridge Hotel Dorking Surrey Endymion
Kernick, Simon
Stag & Huntsman Hambleden Buckinghamshire Relentless
Kingsley, Charles
Royal Hotel Bideford Devon Westward Ho!
Three Crowns Inn Chagford Devon Stayed here
Red Lion Clovelly Devon Knew well
White Hart Whitchurch Hampshire Stayed here
Monk Fryston Hall Monk Fryston Yorkshire Guest
Lawrence, D. H.
Tinner's Arms Zennor Cornwall Stayed here
Three Tuns Eastwood Nottinghamshire Sons and Lovers
Saracen's Head Southwell Nottinghamshire Women in Love
Lee, Christopher
Woods Bar Bath Somerset The Bath Detective
Lee, Laurie
Carpenter's Arms Miserden Gloucestershire Frequented by
Lewis, C. S.
Eagle & Child Oxford Oxfordshire frequented
Unicorn Inn Great Malvern Worcestershire 'Inklings' group meetings
Longfellow, W. H.
Crab Inn Shanklin Isle of Wight Tales of a Wayside Inn
Lovesley, Peter
Barley Mow Clifton Hampden Oxfordshire Swing Together
Lyall, Edna (pen name of Ada Ellen Bayly
Pub Farnham Surrey We Two
Maclean, Alistair
Jamaica Inn Bolventor Cornwall Jamaica Inn
Mallett, David
Ancient Unicorn Bowes Northumberland Ballad of Edwin & Emma
Marchant, Ian
Pub Huish Episcopi Somerset The Longest Crawl
Martineau, Harriet
Swan Grasmere Cumbria Wordsworth – Walter Scott story
Mitford, Mary Russell
Swan Inn Three Mile Cross Berkshire Our Village
Moritz, Karl Philipp
The Mitre Oxford Oxfordshire Journeys of a German in England in 1782
Morris, William
Royal Stag Datchet Berkshire Thames Journey
Palmer, John (pen name - Francis Beeding)
Maids Head Norwich Norfolk The Norwich Victims
Paston,
Maid's Head Hotel Norwich Norfolk
Pepys, Samuel
Black Bull Brampton Cambridgeshire Pepys House
Chequers Fowlmere Cambridgeshire Diary entry
Bear Hotel Hungerford Berkshire
Royal Anchor Liphook Hampshire Stayed here
George Norton St. Philip Somerset Diary Entry
Phillpotts, Eden
Castle Inn Lydford Devon The Whirlwind
Dartmoor Inn Merivale Devon Dartmoor The Mother
Warren House Inn Postbridge Devon Dartmoor The Thief of Virtue
Oxenham Arms South Zeal Devon Dartmoor The Beacon
Two Bridges Hotel Two Bridges Devon Dartmoor The River
The Thief of Virtue
Old Inn Widecombe Devon Dartmoor Widecombe Fair
Rugglestone Inn Widecombe Devon Dartmoor Widecombe Fair
Potter, Beatrix
Tower Bank Arms Near Sawrey Cumbria Jemima Puddleduck
Powys, T. F.
Sailor's Return Chaldon Herring Dorset Mr. Weston's Good Wine
King's Arms Dorchester Dorset Mr. Weston's Good Wine
Priestley, J.B.
Dick Hudson's Eldwick Yorkshire
The George Hubberholme Yorkshire Favourite Pub
Raleigh, Sir Walter Alexander
New Inn Clovelly Devon Honeymooned here
Raleigh, Sir Walter
White Hart Salisbury Wiltshire Sought refuge here
Ransome, Arthur
Drunken Duck Hawkshead/Ambleside Cumbria Autobiography
Red Lion Lowick Bridge Cumbria Visited
Rattigan, Terence
Stag & Hounds Binfield Berkshire Stayed here
Rhea, Nicholas
Fairfax Arms Giling East Yorkshire Heartbeat Constable
Hawnby Hotel Hawnby Yorkshire Heartbeat Constable
Royal Oak Helmsley Yorkshire Constable goes to Market
Royal Oak Nunnington Yorkshire Constable Around the Park
Sayers, Dorothy. L.
Castle Hotel Brough Cumbria The Five Red Herrings
Mitre Oxford Oxfordshire Gaudy Night
Cathedral Hotel Salisbury Wiltshire Whose Body?
Scott, Sir Walter
Swan Grasmere Cumbria Frequented
George Stamford Lincolnshire Stayed here
Shackleton , Robert
Angel Knutsford Cheshire Touring Great Britain
Shakespeare, William
Red Lion Southampton Hampshire Henry V
Kings Head Aston Cantlow Warwickshire Parent's Wedding
Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Lowwood Hotel Low Wood Cumbria Visitor
Sheriff, R. C.
Journey's End Ringmore Devon Journey's End Play
Shute, Neville
Pub South Harting Sussex Landfall
Skelton, John
The Running Horse Leatherhead Surrey The Tunning of Elinor Rumming
Skinner, Rev. John
Pub Emborough Somerset Diary entry
Smollett, Tobias
White Horse Eaton Socon Cambridgeshire Sir Launcelot Greaves
Royal Anchor Liphook Hampshire Stayed here
Southey, Robert
Fish Inn Buttermere Cumbria Maid of Buttermere
Rummer Tavern Bristol Somerset Pantisocracy schie
Ship Porlock Somerset Stayed here
Stevenson, R. L.
Hole in the Wall Bristol Avon Treasure Island
Llandoger Trow Bristol Avon Treasure Island
Red Lion Wendover Buckinghamshire Autumn Effect
Kings Arms Dorchester Dorset Visit with Hardy
St. George Sanders, Hilary (pen name - Francis Beeding)
Maids Head Norwich Norfolk The Norwich Victims
Swinburne, Algernon
Monk Fryston Hall Monk Fryston Yorkshire Guest
Taylor, John
Rose & Crown Nether Stowey Somerset Record of visit
Tennyson, Alfred Lord
Salutation Inn Ambleside Cumbria Stayed there
Bull Inn Woodbridge Suffolk Stayed here
Thakeray, William Makepeace
Dolphin Southampton Hampshire Pendennis
Pub Farnham Surrey Vanity Fair
Thomas, Edward
Harrow Steep Hampshire His local
White Horse Prior's Dene Hampshire Often frequented
Carew Arms Crocombe Somerset In Pursuit of Spring
Hood Arms Kilve Somerset In Pursuit of Spring
Rising Sun West Bagborough Somerset In Pursuit of Spring
Oakhill Inn Oakhill Somerset In Pursuit of Spring
Thompson, Flora
Pub Liphook Hampshire Guide to Liphook, Bramshott and Neighbourhood
Thorndike, Russell
Mermaid Rye Sussex Dr. Syn Stories
Tolkien, J. R. R.
Eagle & Child Oxford Oxfordshire Used to frequent
Unicorn Inn Great Malvern Worcestershire 'Inklings' group meetings
Tozier, Josephine
Royal Hotel Bideford Devon Among English Inns
Three Crowns Inn Chagford Devon Among English Inns
New Inn Clovelly Devon Among English Inns
Red Lion Clovelly Devon Among English Inns
Bell Inn Tewkesbury Gloucestershire Among English Inns
Queens Arms Selborne Hampshire Stayed here
Maid's Head Hotel Norwich Norfolk
Warner, Sylvia Townsend
Weld Arms Lulworth Dorset Stayed with friends
Warren, C. Henry
Carpenter's Arms Miserden Gloucestershire A Cotswold Year
Waugh, Evelyn
Royal Albion Brighton Sussex Often frequented
Wells, H. G.
Grosvenor Hotel Stockbridge Hampshire The Wheels of Chance
Fountain Inn Ashurst Sussex Family connection
Angel Hotel Midhurst Sussex The Wheels of Chance
Swan Midhurst Sussex The Invisible Man
Pub South Harting Sussex The Research Magnificent
Wesker, Arnold
Bell Hotel Norwich Norfolk Worked here
Wheatley, Dennis
Bear Hotel Hungerford Berkshire
Whitehead, Barbara
Ship Inn Acaster Malbis Yorkshire Girl with Red Suspenders
Whyte-Melville, John
Whyte-Melville Inn Boughton Northamptonshire Lived here
Williamson, Henry
King's Arms Georgeham Devon Tales of a Devon Village
Lower House Georgeham Devon
Rock Inn Georgeham Devon Tales of a Devon Village
Witts, Reverend F. E.
Noel Arms Chipping Camden Gloucestershire The Diary of a Cotswold Parson
Woodforde, Parson James
George Inn Castle Cary Somerset Diary entries
Old Down Inn Emborough Somerset Stayed here
Woolfe, Virginia
Plough Holford Somerset Honeymooned here
Wordsworth, Dorothy
Lowwood Hotel Low Wood Cumbria Visitor
Castle of Comfort Doddington Somerset Visited
Alfoxden Park Hotel Holford Somerset Visited frequently
Black Swan Helmsley Yorkshire Stayed here
Golden Fleece Thirsk Yorkshire Stayed here
Wordsworth, William
Salutation Inn Ambleside Cumbria Guide to the Lakes
Fish Inn Buttermere Cumbria Maid of Buttermere
Swan Grasmere Cumbria The Wagoner
Lowwood Hotel Low Wood Cumbria Visitor
Robin Hood Penrith Cumbria Nursed dying friend
Queens Head Tirril Cumbria Family owned
Pipers Inn Ashcott Somerset Breakfasted
Alfoxden Park Hotel Holford Somerset Visited frequently
Black Swan Helmsley Yorkshire Stayed here
Golden Fleece Thirsk Yorkshire Stayed here
 

Copyright T.W. Townsend - the opinions expressed herein are those of the author.