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In addition to my local, The Black Horse on Kells Lane, Low Fell, Gateshead, these are the Black Horse pubs in the North East of England in which I shall have a pint as a starting point

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TYNE & WEAR

<<THE BLACK HORSE, BARLOW,nr Winlaton

<<BLACK HORSE, BOLDON

Sunday Sun
14 October 2007

Photo by Iain Clyne

JB with Pete Zulu at the Black Horse West Boldon

<<BLACK HORSE, Monkseaton, WHITLEY BAY

COUNTY DURHAM

<<The BLACK HORSE, BARNARD CASTLE

BLACK HORSE 118 NEWGATE STREET BISHOP AUCKLAND has been demolished

BLACK HORSE BURNOPFIELD DURHAM

<<BLACK HORSE, CHESTER LE STREET

<<BLACK HORSE, CONSETT

The BLACK HORSE in COXHOE has been demolished as have The BLACK HORSE, 20 CLAYPATH, DURHAM and The BLACK HORSE, 59 NEW ELVET, DURHAM

<<BLACK HORSE, INGLETON

BLACK HORSE SHADFORTH   The only pub in Shadforth is the Shadforth Plough

<<BLACK HORSE, Red Row, Beamish

BLACK HORSE THORNLEY DURHAM

<<The BLACK HORSE, TOW LAW

The county of Durham covers about 950 square miles and lies between two great rivers, the Tyne and the Tees, in the North of England to the east of the Pennines, with Yorkshire to the south and Tyne and Wear to the north. The land slopes down from the rugged hill farming country in the west to the North Sea Coast.

County Durham's administrative centre is the city of Durham which gets its name from the Saxon word Dunholme - from the Anglo Saxon 'dun' meaning hill and 'holme', an island in the river, which exactly describes the location of Durham Cathedral stands - on an sandstone bluff in middle of the river Wear.

<<The BLACK HORSE TUDHOE DURHAM
At about 5pm on 21st March 2006 I called in for a pint. I was the only patron. Before I left, a couple and their dog came in. It would appear from notices that it has become a live band venue.
Tudhoe as you pass through appears a very uninteresting village but go round the back of the pub and you'll find the village green and picturesque houses

BLACK HORSE URPETH DURHAM I haven't checked this out but I suspect if it ever existed it is long gone

<<BLACK HORSE INN, WATERHOUSE, CO. DURHAM

On 18th March 2006 (Saturday afternoon) I called in here and had a pint of John Bull, their guest beer
A basic pub in a small village with only 2 patrons, besides myself

http://www.ridingholidays-ivesley.co.uk/ for a riding centre.

<<BLACK HORSE TAVERN, COMMERCIAL STREET, WILLINGTON

Had a swift pint in here when I took this photo on 24 march 2006

and when I came out I spit to this following pub.....

........only yards away
<<BLACK HORSE, LOW WILLINGTON

BLACK HORSE BILLINGHAM (D) CLEVELAND THE GREEN
BLACK HORSE STAINMORE SOUTH CUMBRIA KIRKBY STEPHEN

BLACK HORSE BILLINGHAM (D) CLEVELAND THE GREEN

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YORKSHIRE

BLACK HORSE INN, CLIFTON, BRIGHOUSE, WEST YORKSHIRE

With Margaret, Ian and Emma I had Sunday Lunch here on 28th May 2006...oh and a couple of pints to boot

Very nice pub in a very nice village with a very nice view

BLACK HORSE, BRIGGATE, HUDDERSFIELD

THE BLACK HORSE, WHITBY

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BLACK HORSE, 23 HIGH STREET, SWAINBY

BLACK HORSE, HELLIFIELD

BLACK HORSE GATE HELMSLEY

BLACK HORSE GIGGLESWICK

Giggleswick is a smashin' Dales village, close to Settle
As you can see from this pic of the sign it is right next door to the church, which is good planning! The church is St Alkelda's Church

Nearby is the famous Giggleswick School, a coed boarding school who's most famous teacher is Russell Harty who taught English to the school's most famous pupil, Richard Whitely

Margaret & I had an 'alf in the pub on Bank Holiday Monday 29th May 2006

BLACK HORSE GREAT BROUGHTON

BLACK HORSE KIRKLINGTON

BLACK HORSE 107 OCCUPATION ROAD, LINDLEY, HUDDERSFIELD

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BLACK HORSE TOLLERTON NEWTON ROAD

BLACK HORSE WIGGINTON FRONT STREET

The BLACK HORSE AINDERBY QUERNHOW
Is an impressive pub dating back, in parts, to1700s with great ale, food and hospitality. Real ales include Black Sheep, John Smiths and a rotating guest ale, from the local Hambleton Brewery.

BLACK HORSE INN KIRKBY FLEETHAM

Black Horse, Seaton Ross, Yorkshire

On Sunday 17 Sept 06 Margaret & I had a pint and sunday lunch here.
We met mine hosts the very nice Dave & Denise

HUMBERSIDE

Bradford

Low Moor
Bradford

Thornton, Bradford

MY TRIP TO BLACKPOOL

BLACK HORSE HOTEL, Grassington

BLACK HORSE, KirkhamRoman fort on top of Windmill Hill

..preston

croston

chorley

Blackrod

hoghton tower

darwen

BLACK HORSE, Accrington

BLACK HORSE HOTEL, Clitheroe

BLACK HORSE, Skipton

Black Horse
Atwick

Black Horse
Ellerker

Black Horse
Roos

Had a pint

Black Horse
Oakengates

Black Horse
Wellington

Black Horse
Bridgnorth

Black Horse
Taunton

Black Horse
East Hanney

BLACK HORSE INN YORK

www.blackhorse-exeter.com/

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Foal called
Lancelot, courtesy of
www.
laurelhighland.com

Nennius wrote of Arthur's 13 battles
1.  At the mouth of the river called Glein. There are two river Glens, one in Lincolnshire and the other in Northumbria.

2 to 5 At the river Dublas (Douglas) in the region of Linnius (Lancashire), but with linnius meaning 'region of the water' it could be in   Cumbria.

6.   'On the river called Bassas' which could be Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria or Bassen Beck close by. There are also a lot of Bass prefix names in Yorkshire.

7.   Nennius says this 'was in

Celyddon Forest, that is, the battle of Celyddon Coed'. This was thought to be near Celleron, where the Roman Road (High Street) descends from Arthurs Pike toward Broughton, near Penrith - sites controlled by Meirchawn and his son March.

8. Nennius wrote 'The eighth battle was in Guinion fort, and in it Arthur carried the image of the Holy Mary, the everlasting virgin, on his (shield) and the heathens were put to flight on that day, and there was great slaughter upon them, through the power of our lord Jesus Christ and the power of the holy virgin his mother'. Guinion would equate with the Roman Vinnovium at Bishop Aukland, County Durham but there was a second place of the same name in the North West.

9. 'was fought in the city of the Legion (urbe Legionis). This must have been either Chester, York or Caerleon, the only forts where Roman Legions were permanently

based. The favourite is Chester, which in the 616 war was referred to as Caer Legion.

10. 'on the banks of the river called Tryfrwyd'. Tryfrwyd meant 'three streams (or torrents)' and could be at the junction of the Calder, Hodder and Ribble at Mitton where once the Roman road ran from York to Ribchester. So says the Harleian document, written in Welsh between 875 and 925. The Vatican document however reads 'the river strand called Traht Treuriot' which would have placed the battle near the River Trent.

11. Again the Harleian and Vatican versions disagree, the former saying the battle was 'on the hill called Agned' and the latter 'on the hill called Breguoin ... we call that

the battle of Breguoin'. Agned is referred to by Geoffrey of Monmouth when saying that Ebrauc founded the city of York and went on to say he also 'founded the city of Alcud towards Albany (Scotland) and the fortress of Mount Agned'. On the other hand Breguoin could be a corruption of Brigantii, a tribe

living in the York area of Yorkshire.

12. Arthur's final victory took place in 516 'on Baden Hill and in it 960 men fell in one day, from a single charge of Arthurs, and no one laid them low save he alone; and he was victorious in all his campaigns'. As Gildas also referred to this battle it is safe to assume that it was fought exclusively against the Anglo Saxons. The wording 'no one laid them low save he alone' obviously meant that Arthur either had no backing from other kings of Britain or by now was a king in his own right. Whatever the reason there was comparative peace for many years after. Gildas even went so far as to say that peace was created between Britons and Anglo Saxons lasting 44 years, lending strength to the theory that a lot of Arthurs battles were not against the Anglo Saxons. At the end of the 6th century Cyndyllan tried to emulate Arthur by attacking the Anglo Saxons on the edge of his kingdom at Lichfield, to stop them encroaching further. He failed however and lost all his land right back to Shrewsbury as a result.

13. The battle of Camlann in 537 led to the death of Arthur and Medrawt. This being Arthurs 13th battle may well have led to the number 13 being classed as unlucky. It is not known where or what caused the battle but by now Arthur was old for a soldier and many wanted to replace him. By now the Anglo Saxons had taken over the north and the east, and the Welsh kingdom of Powys extended as far as Lichfield, so Arthur could no longer be in Cole country and Camlann may have been a last battle to keep his kingdom in the east midlands.

So I looked at places where there are lots of Black Horse pubs to see if there was evidence of battles between British/Celts and Saxons. The county most closely rivalling Durham in BH pub presence is Wiltshire so I started there. http://
homepages
.solis.co.uk
/~jimella
/wilts.htm says
"Wiltshire was the scene of important battles between the Celts and Saxons".
Next comes Sussex (Regia)...most BH pubs are clustered in West Sussex near Chichester. Click here to see this quote
"...the history of Sussex begins in 477, when the Saxons landed in the west of the county under Aelle and his three sons, and founded the kingdom of the South Saxons (see Kingdom of Sussex)
The Saxons took the Roman city of Regnum, which became Chichester, and drove the British westward, into the forest of Andred". Next comes Kent (Cantia)

Were Inns, Taverns, Drinking Establishments around in Roman/Saxon Times?

and pony-

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IMAGES OF BLACK HORSES

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BLACK HORSE BREWERIES

I've found 2 beers called Black Horse, << this one is from Molsons of Newfoundland, Canada and the other is American from the Great Grains Brewing Co of Dallas, Texas

http://www.quaffale.org.uk/php/brewery/402 tells of a real ale brewery called Black Horse Brewery in Halifax, Yorkshire, England but it has now closed

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art30992.asp is about horses and beer....worth a read

This is a New York brewery, for details click on the label

Dawes Black Horse Brewery of Montreal is now long gone

Dow Black Horse Ale was brewed by Carling O'Keefe Ltd of Toronto, Canada (now absorbed into Molson's)

Carling O'Keefe

This is a picture of the World's largest illuminated sign placed on the roof of Dawes Brewery in Montreal

For this pub and brewery, take the last train to Clarksville, Tennessee or click on the logo.

Too close to be missed out...Black Ale brewed by Dark Horse Brewing Co of Michigan, USA.
There's also a Dark Horse Brewery in Hertford, England

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BLACK HORSE PUBS IN UK

Black Horse, Bardney, Lincolnshire
Formerly a 16th century inn,it is now a fully licensed guest house and restaurant with a relaxed, homely atmosphere.
Click here for more

Black Horse, Stratford Rd, Birmingham
Click
http://www.midlandspub
s.co.uk/birmingham/
stratfordroad.htm#Black-Horse-Inn for history

The Black Horse, Blaby, Leicestershire.
Blaby lies on the southern side of the city of Leicester. . Dating back to late 19th century, it is an impressive town pub enjoying a prominent corner site. Its green roof makes it hard to miss
Click here for more

Black Horse, Blyton. Lincolnshire

Black Horse, Canterbury

Directions: The Black Horse can be found close to the centre of Canterbury, just outside the former city walls and historic Westgate.
It is a welcoming, friendly pub beautifully presented, converted into a hostelry in1909. Inside it is neat, compact and spotless with the main feature being the circular, oak bar with traditional, overhanging glass rack.

Black Horse, Clapton in Gordano, Avon
Built in the 14th Century and formerly home to the village lock up, with the bars still on the windows to prove it, it is a picturesque, whitewashed country inn, strewn with multi coloured hanging baskets in the summer months.
It is very handy for Bristol airport.

Black Horse Inn, Climping, West Sussex
In its former role as a coaching inn some 400 years ago, The Black Horse Inn close to the famous Climping Beach was a frequent haunt of smugglers. Nowadays the clientele tends to be less sinister in this typical country Inn, which also houses three en-suite rooms,

Black Horse, Great Torrington, Devon

Black Horse, Appleby Magna.

For history Click Here

Where?

Black Horse, Gozzard's Ford, Abingdon

Click on the image to visit the website

Black Horse, Farnworth

Black Horse, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire

Directions: The inn is located 2 miles from Great Missenden on the A413 Amersham to Aylesbury road. The Black Horse is a 250-year-old coaching inn whose entrance is a very distinctive porch made from wood gathered from the local forest. The exterior is very smart in black and white

Black Horse, Hose, Nr Melton Mowbrey, Leicestershire
The Black Horse is an attractive hostelry which has been added to over the years and is full of character. The inside is a gem, and spotlessly clean...log fires

Black Horse, Ipswich

Black Horse, Lacey Green, Buckinghamshire

Directions: From J4 of the M40 take the A4010 towards Princes Risborough; turn right on minor road to Lacey Green.
The Black Horse is a traditional village pub with a fine reputation for hospitality that stretches back more than 200 years.

Black Horse, Rathbone Place, London

Black Horse Inn, Ludford
The Black Horse Inn lies on the main road between Market Rasen and Louth Popular with walkers, bikers and ramblers it has an RAF theme, with lots of mementos and photos relating to Bomber Command and Lancasters. Dating back to 1730 this is one of the highest points on the Lincolnshire Wolds and there are fabulous views

Black Horse, Lincoln

Black Horse, Malmsbury

Black Horse, Nettleham
Nettleham is an historical, picturesque village situate between the A46 and A158 just 4 miles to the north of Lincoln City centre.
This pub is haunted by several ghosts

Black Horse, Naunton

Black Horse Inn, Pentrecwrt, Llandysul, Carmarthanshire
Having recently undergone extensive and tasteful refurbishment, The Black Horse Inn presents an elegant and welcoming face to the world, and features a bright and pristine interior that's a
happy marriage of modern and traditional,

Black Horse Hotel, Preston
for more CLICK HERE

Barcelona,Spain

Warwickshire The Black Horse Inn at Shipston-on-Stour is conveniently situated central to many attractions in the Midlands. Dating back to the 14th Century this beautiful olde worlde pub has a thatched roof, original beamed ceilings and inglenook fireplace with an open fire lit on chilly wintry nights.

Black Horse, Sidmouth, Devon

This characterful public house and popular restaurant is situated just 100 yards from the seafront with access from both the pedestrian area of Old Fore Street and the main road of Fore Street. The entrance shown on Fore Street is to the smoking bar area and the access from Old Fore Street is into the deceptively large non smoking restaurant and lounge area. An extensive menu is offered to suit a variety of tastes which is served from 12-2.30pm and 6-9pm daily and all day on a Saturday. The Sunday Carvery is served from 12-3pm in addition to the menu and has proved to be very popular with a choice of roast meats and fresh vegetables

Black Horse, Tollerton, North Yorks

Dating back to the late 18th century, The Black Horse is a charming and distinctive hostelry that once had stables to the rear and the village smithy next door. Always known as The Black Horse throughout its 200-year-plus history, it has been a hub of the village and a draw for locals and visitors alike for its great food and drink and warm hospitality