Which Tube Stations Are Named After Pubs?
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
- How many London Underground stations got their names from nearby pubs? The answer is actually six. We sent Geoff out to all these stations, to see if the pub they were named after is still there today.
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I always thought "Maida Vale" was a pun (or, at least, should have been) - always gave me a chuckle going through it "The next station is " ...
It's where young women are brewers (maid of ale)
I swear it sounds like Geoff says "the Battle of Made-up" at 4:19.
@@paulkennedy8701 he did
There was a time when a number of London underground stations had licensed bars on the actual station platforms. The most famous ones being "The Hole In The Wall" at Sloane Square Station, and "Pat-Mac's Drinking Den" at Liverpool Street Station. The last of these closed in the 1980's. There is still a pub at Kew Garden's Station contained within the station buildings, now called "The Tap On The Line", but the entrance door giving direct access from the platform has been sealed up meaning it can only be accessed from outside.
How convenient. Here I am writing our families annual Christmas quiz and this pops up to make a perfect question. Thanks Geoff!!
You're welcome
I used to live in Manor House in the late 80's and used to meet my landlord in that pub to pay my rent (and get him to buy me a beer)! Now it's gone! Sad!
I imagine sometimes Geoff's oyster cards just burst into flames and quit.
You forgot Victoria station which was named after the Queen Victoria pub in Walford.
Damn!
Don't be daft, Victoria Station was named after Queen Victoria (the real one, not a pub.).
tim bowerman 🤦🏻♂️
sarcasm...the use of irony to mock or convey contempt.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen_Victoria
@@adam_p99 The lowest form of wit but the most effective ;p
@@colinp2238 is it the lowest, or the easiest for all to enjoy?
That Royal Oak station sign is a bit weird, as if they replaced the "Oak" but couldn't be bothered to match the colour!
Timestamp pls?
@@r.alexandercorbitt1554 3:10
Peculiar indeed.
About half way between Royal Oak Station and The Porchester, but on the same side as the station, there was a pub called The Daniel Gooch, named after Brunel's assistant.
Man, that's so cool! Wish we had that kind of thing back here! Greetings from Madrid, Spain!
Madrid metro is magnificent. I spent one day in your city back in March (literally the week before everything went to sh*t) and was so impressed with the metro and everything else. Can't wait to get back there
Another brilliant 'short' - thanks again Londonist for making these.
Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre is one of the most depressing places in London. Neglected and feels like an 80s time machine.
My mother used to drag me there as a kid in the 80s, it was neglected and depressing then and has hardly changed a bit. I don't think it was ever new, just built old and run down.
Well,On Their Version Of the tube map They Called Elephant And Castle “Tentacious Shopping Centre”
It should be renovated, it’s literally so boring and a dump for one of the biggest bus/train interchanges for South London
ivolloxy From what I’ve seen, it’s a terrible interchange too
E&C is one of the gloomiest, most depressing parts of south London a human can ever “Grace”
Chiltern Transport Productions Agreed, literally all my cross south London journeys involve E&C and it’s such a nuisance finding bus stops and just being in the area.
Old fa*ts memory's!
One of my early memories (must had been about 4) being dragged around Kensington shops by my mum and her sisters. In some rush to get home they took the Bakerloo line to change at Elephant & Castle for the Northern line. I had expected to get out to see the Elephant and was heart broken that no such Elephant existed. No wonder I hate shopping, could not go see elephants afterwards.
It's a shame some of those old pubs are no longer there, I love an old pub! :) x
Pedant fact: "Ye Olde" is just pronounced "the old". At least if QI is to be believed.
When people (companies) don't know the diffrence between Þ and Ƿ..... A bit like if you don't recognise the diffrence between Å (Ó in Icelandic, lingature of A and O) and Ä (proounced as Æ previously used in English and Swedish, and still in Denmark and Norway.)
@@MA9494AM yes
@@MA9494AM Dön't förget äböüt Germän! We still häve the Ä äs well, älöng with the ö änd ü!
@@Quasihamster German is the reason we lost "Ye", because the printing presses made in Germany didn't have the Thorn character, so it became "Y".
Yes, it is absolutely true.
Literally only knew of Swiss Cottage as it's my tube station and I have had many a beer there!
It has the most depressing beer garden I've ever been in, in the middle of quite a major junction.
Mine too. I learn the others though as people kept pointing out that there were five. Didn't realise Maida Vale was #6
Good to see you back on Londonist, Geoff
When Geoff asked at the beginning, I guessed SIX. Not bad for an American who has never set foot in London.
I was once challenged to name Tube stations named after pubs and churches. I did not get many of the pubs but I did get more churches
The Elephant & Castle pub was closed in 2015 after a number of serious incidents, and was in danger of being turned into a Foxton’s estate agency. However, the pub was saved after a campaign by the local historic society.
I do wonder if North End station had been completed, if it might have had it's name eventually changed to 'Bull and Bush', which is how I have seen it referred. You'd have a lucky (or Party) seven of pubs, then.
Would've been lucky SEVEN if they'd completed Bull & Bush
Or if the East London line remained an underground line, as it would have New Cross
Maida Vale station is in the style developed by Leslie Green, but it and the Bakerloo line stations at Paddington, Warwick Avenue and Kilburn Park were designed by Stanley Heaps not Green. Green died in 1908, before the extension of the Bakerloo line from Paddington to Watford had been decided on. Heaps had been Green's assistant and became the Underground's in-house architect.
Those of you who like London Bus history too which is never covered by young Geoffrey. Nearly all terminuses were at a Pub for use of the toilets and a cheeky pint
I only knew Elephant & Castle didn't know the rest
Same
4:21 Ooh, solid red roundels!
There *is* a pub called The Hero of Maida on Shirland Road. It is very much open.
So, of the 6, only two are still working pubs, and only one has the name that matches the station, but it is a rebuild. Plus there are two that use the name but apart from that have nothing to do with the pub the station is named after. Shows just how transitory things are in life.
Thank you great video as ever. We get asked by Canadian friends going on a London vacation, for things to do on a none tourist site day. Great idea we will send them on a Tube pub crawl.
Good to see Geoff again, not seen him here for a while!
Thanks Geoff - fascinating, especially when viewed from Bristol! Makes a special trip, on the new non-stop service, all the more justifiable for 2020. Now, just have to find a gap on the calendar, Cheers & Happy Christmas 😉 from all @4RailTrail!
Not to be that person, but Maida Vale isn't a classic Leslie Green station at all. It was built after his death by Stanley Heaps, based on Green's terracotta designs, but with the notable difference that escalators had been invented by then and so they didn't need an upper floor to house lift equipment. The interior is amazing and nicely shown on this video.
Anyway, when you're settling into one of these cosy pubs for a post-commute pint, the significance of who built the station fades gently away into the cool, refreshing beer.
did all of them in my youth days, plus the bull & bush, spaniards, william lv, chalk farm, mother red cap, black cape, dun cow, lord nelson, etc, etc, and etc! very happy memories!!!!!!!
Elephant and Castle and the Royal Oak are a popular Canadian pub chains with one location being one of two of my local pubs
The elephant and castle is on the coat of arms of the Worshipful Company of Cutlers. The elephant is there because the fanciest and most expensive material for a sword handle was ivory.
Very interesting little video, thank you for posting.
Near my house, there's a pub called The Station because it was by a railway station that hasn't existed since the 60s. It's now houses on the site of the old railway station.
Quite a few of those also The Railway/Railway Inn is another common one, even more, common is the towns and villages that still have Station Roads or Railway Streets etc but no longer feature either of those things. Plenty of less initially obvious examples too Bridge Taverns or Bridge Streets that took their name from former rail crossings etc.
There was a time when you navigated through London by following directions like "Turn left by the King's Head then turn right at the Queen's Arms and left at The Case Is Altered."
That was pretty common all over the UK until so many of them started to close in the late 90's to mid 00's. It was common to explain where things were by saying "near the Gardeners Arms" or something.
In Hanover, the central underground interchange station "Kröpcke" is named after a pub which is nowadays called "Café Mövenpick".
Great video Geoff 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
First time seeing Geoff holding a pint. Cheers 🍻
Geoff, you find some very interesting railway tidbits.A railway pub crawl. There's an idea.Did you hear about the constipated drunk? He couldn't pass a pub. You're welcome.
Talk about timing we were only speaking about this in my office on Monday 😳
I guessed six. Impressed with myself.
Did you guess what ones exactly?
@@adonaiyah2196 Ok. You've got me banged to rights. I could think of four and then I added on a couple for luck.
I guessed six too. I didn't have a clue, but it seemed the right sort of number for a five and a half minute video.
In Middle English, "Ye Olde" is pronounced "The Old" just as we'd say it.
Aw, I thought he'd have a pint at each one!
Great stuff. Got them all apart from Maida Vale.
Nice artwork!
Many pubs in Kent are called the loyal oak
I live in Swiss Cottage, it didn't just name the Tube station, but the surrounding area aswell.
The Bakerloo does have some very nice stations, its one of the reasons that its my favourite line bar none
MarkoBricksUK (drumroll) boom tish!
There's a pub just outside Monument Station called "The Monument". A number of pubs on (or near) to its current site burnt down in 1666, a disaster commemorated by that stone column just outside the pub itself!!! :)
Great video mate I really like watching your videos 😊👍
Thanks!
Your welcome mate happy Christmas 😊🎄🎁
I guessed Royal Oak and elephant and castle. Didn’t think about the others when I was going around in my head
Yes Geoff THUMBS UP
Thank u Geoff for using bakerloo line at maids vale
I think I saw you getting of the Circle Line at Royal Oak. Should've said hi.
I was watching this and thinking, so many pubs but no pint. But there it was at the end :)
For what it is worth, this is a Michael Caine fact I heard him mention in an interview, Elephant and Castle was an English corruption of "Enfanta de Castille", so called because a Spanish Princess was once associated with the area.
That's an example of 'folk etymology' and is completely untrue. The pub was associated with the Worshipful Company of Cutlers. They used ivory to make knife-handles and the elephant became their symbol. The "castle" on the elephant's back is a howdah - copied by people who'd never seen one.
It would be "Infanta de Castilla" in Spanish, anyway.
Bonus round: Bull and Bush (North End) station, which never opened.
Used to work here 20 years ago.
@@IntoTheWhite04 you worked at an unopened tube station ?? ;-)
London over-grounds head office is opposite Swiss cottage pub
oh no! You have forgotten the blackfriars, still standing next to the bridge, opposite to the tate modern
If Goldhawk Road was named after a pub that was in that road, then add that to the list.
Just ordered my book to arrive before Christmas. If I bump into you in a pub we can have a beer together.Merry Christmas.
Great Story today man.. Honestly i would have guessed zero But this is jolly,old England
You forgot the Barking Dog next to Barking Station
Geoff very disappointed that you didn't stop of for a pint at each pub!
That would be a very different video...
@@Londonistvids You need to send Geoff Marshall and Vicki Pipe to do the Pantomime Horse race/pub crawl in Greenwich. :-)
@@DavidShepheard then i might see them in Greenwich
Not sure the co-op bank would appreciate him cracking open some tinnies in there..
4:33 dem uplighters
Great!
Shame some of these pubs are gone now!
What about names of pubs that are near or close to the Docklands Light Railway, London Overground, Tramlink, TfL Rail (Purple Line) and River services. Good to see Geoff back on the Londonist channel. Do like his knowledge.
Oh and names of pubs that are on the London bus routes.
There's a chain of British-style pubs in Canada called Elephant & Castle. When I first went to Europe, I stayed in London and purposely went to that station because I was so interested in where the name came from, but was a little underwhelmed when I saw the area.
Do you remember that although the station wasn’t named after the pub there used to be a pub on the platform at Sloane Square?
What about Temple station - named for one of the Inns of court
This video is not about Inns of Court, it is about pubs.
Temple station is named for Temple Church, a church.
@@TIMBOWERMAN It's another joke, like the Queen Vic one you didn't get either!
Isn’t the key point they were suburban coaching inns, not city taverns?
The old stagecoach lines out of London stopped at these inns.
Later omnibus and train routes utilized some of the same stops and lines as the old stagecoaches.
Looks like that beer is Made of ale. 🤣 And my jokes are formed from lead balloons. 😉
Season greetings to all at the Londonist. 👍
'Today on Londonist, we travel to six Underground stations named after pubs...that are not there any more...and listen to Geoff Marshall saying: "It used to be here" while pointing.' :-P
Geoff, what about the Arnos Arms, adjacent to Arnos Grove station? Okay, I concede they didn't name the station after the pub, but perhaps that could provide the basis of a theme for another video?
Anyone know where you can get the new tube map?
There is a pub in harrow called royal oak. Harrow on the hill must change to royal oak
No, keep the station name- it's in Star Wars! (Hoth)
Sheesh, last time I went past Manor House the pub was still there! 😕
you forgot the goblin pub aka the the gospel oak to barking line and pub is in romford
No honourable mention for Bull & Bush? I know it never opened but apparently it too is named for a public house
I see a new drinking challenge race coming on
I used to work for a Young pub, they probably renamed it The Porchester to fit in with their general beige middle class theme 🙄
What about London stations named for sporting venues - i.e the venue was there first before the station was named? I can think of four examples where the station was definitely named after the venue. I am excluding Upton Park, Wimbledon, White Hart Lane, Stratford as the venue and station may be presumed to have been named for the same pre-existing locale. I must also reluctantly exclude Mornington Crescent as that is technically a sublime meeting of great intellect rather than a mere 'sport'.
Is the gigantic Archway Tavern not worthy of s mention or does it not count? Love your channel.
The name of both comes from the bridge that carries Hornsey Lane over Archway Road.
The Archway in question is the nearby bridge carrying Hornsey Lane - which was originally designed to be a tunnel but that's another story. All the names in the area referencing Archway ultimately derive from that. Stations are not named after pubs - they're named after the areas they are in or serve. The tube station was originally called Highgate prior to the extension of the line.
I assumed that 'The Angel' was from a statue!
Well you're wrong then ain't you
It's on the British Monopoly board as the Angel Islington.
Am I the only one who thought there was an astronaut outside the Angel pub? 2:01
MarkJWalker33 - Good call! I had to go back and check!
Smoking?
The ye olde swiss cottage is one of the grimmest pubs i've ever drunk in.
The beer not great and it's really dark inside.
Have a drink in each pub ...bet you can't make it to the end.
I'm sure Geoff could manage 6 pints, no problem
It Is only 6 pubs, not the circle line challenge
I'm actually surprised Burnt Oak isn't named after a pub
So out of the six, just one remains in its original location (albeit with a name change) and one of the copycats is now a Spoons. Grim.
So, what will Geoff's next tube adventure be? Given one location here was The Angel, Islington, how about nearest tube station to each of the 22 property locations on the Monopoly board (possibly also the four National Rail Stations, Thames Water, and any extant power stations reachable by tube / power company HQs)...
Ah starting off with what is, in my opinion, the worst area in London - Elephant & Castle. Got mugged there twice in the space of two month. Also filled with annoying uni students like myself
The name 'Elephant and Castle' actually goes back to the medieval era. The place was and is a junction on the Dover road. King Edward the first aka 'Edward Longshanks' entered into an arranged dynastic marriage with a Spanish princess by the name of Elanour of Castile who was sent to England for the purpose When Edward heard that she was on her way he rode out of London to meet her and their first meeting took place at this road junction. Edward had been followed by a number of Londoners anxious to see the new Queen. At this meeting there was music,dancing and free drinks. At the time the court and aristocracy spoke French,the clergy Latin and the princess Spanish none of which ordinary Londoners understood.. On their way home the Londoners asked each other what her name was and it became anglicised to 'Elephant and Castle'
This is, sadly, fiction. I've lived here at the Elephant for 20 years and it's been established that the pub was actually named after the heraldic device of a castle on top of an elephant. The "infanta del Castile" is a nice story, but fiction.
@@chrishansen724 Whose heraldic device is it? I learned this story at school and have always beleived it. When you say 'established' can you quote sources?
@@duncanmacpherson2013 It ios always preferable to link stories about names to the most likely source. The Infanta del Castile has three variants, whereas the elephant with a castle on top is quite well attested. Compare Simpson, Jacqueline (2011). "Elephant and Castle". Green Men & White Swans: The Folklore of British Pub Names. Random House. pp. 90-92. ISBN 9780099520177. Retrieved 11 February 2015. The most famous pub of this name has long been demolished, but the area of London where it once stood is still known as the Elephant. [...] In the Middle Ages the elephant was regularly linked with the 'castle' both in the written descriptions in Bestiaries and in visual art, e.g. in church carvings.
You were by my station Royal Oak. When did you record this?
The other day!
@@Londonistvids so Sunday?
The escalators at Angel always give me vertigo
Rupe overlay I hate escalators at Underground stations some are so long. And I’m scared of heights. No joke.
And the platforms (before the 1990s rebuild) made it worse.
Only six tubes stations are named after pubs? I had expected more.
There are no tube stations named after pubs! Stations are named after the areas they are located in and it just so happens that some of these areas were named after pubs.
You forgot The Blackfriar at Blackfriars. Ding dong!
What is your favourite London Underground line?
Didn't the current "Elephant & Castle" used to be called the Newington Butts?