Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
"Ye olde" is a pseudo-Early Modern English phrase originally used to suggest a connection between a place or business and Merry England (or the medieval period). The term dates to 1896 or earlier; [ 1 ] it continues to be used today, albeit now more frequently in an ironically anachronistic and kitsch fashion.
Thorn in the form of a "Y" survives in pseudo-archaic uses, particularly the stock prefix "ye olde". The definite article spelt with "Y" for thorn is often jocularly or mistakenly pronounced /jiː/ ("yee") or mistaken for the archaic nominative case of the second person plural pronoun, "ye", as in "hear ye!".
The Cittie of Yorke is adjacent to an entrance to Gray's Inn. The Cittie of Yorke is a grade II listed public house on London's High Holborn, and is listed in CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. [1] [2] The pub is owned and operated by Samuel Smith Old Brewery.
The Complete Book of Elves was created to give players a deeper understanding of the Elven race within the world of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, from day-to-day life, culture, myths and religion, to new abilities and spells. [2]
Ye Old Sun Inn is a historic pub in Colton, North Yorkshire, a town in England. The pub was built in the early 18th century. Various extensions were added at the rear in the 19th and 20th centuries. [1] In 2004, the pub was taken over by Ashley and Kelly McCarthy, and in 2009 they bought the freehold.
Ye Olde Starre Inne is a pub in the city centre of York, in England. The main block of the pub is a timber-framed structure, constructed in the mid-16th century, and a wing to its left was added in about 1600. By 1644, it was an inn named "The Starre", the buildings lying at the back of a coaching yard, off the north side of Stonegate. This ...
Ye Olde Salutation Inn (nicknamed The Sal) [1] is a Grade II listed [2] public house, with parts dating from around 1240, [3] which lays claim (along with Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem and The Bell Inn) to being the oldest pub in Nottingham. [4]
In 1998, Channel 4 television series History Hunters examined the claims of The Bell Inn, Ye Olde Salutation Inn and Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem to each be the oldest pub in Nottingham. [9] The programme, first broadcast on 5 December 1998, concluded that of the three, Ye Olde Salutation was the oldest building but the Bell had been the earliest ...