Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem

Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem
The front of the public house
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem is located in Nottingham
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem
Location within Nottingham
General information
Location1 Brewhouse Yard, Nottingham, England
Coordinates52°56′57″N 1°09′09″W / 52.9493°N 1.1526°W / 52.9493; -1.1526
Completed
c. 1650–60
Design and construction
Designations
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem public house
Designated11 August 1952
Reference no.1271192

Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem is a Grade II listed[1] public house in Nottingham, England, which claims to be the oldest in the country. The building rests against Castle Rock, upon which Nottingham Castle is built, and is attached to several caves, carved out of the soft sandstone.[2]

Interior view showing rock walls

Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem is one of several pubs that claim to be the oldest in England. Other establishments making similar claims include Ye Olde Salutation Inn and The Bell Inn, both also in Nottingham, Ye Olde Boar's Head in Middleton, Greater Manchester, and Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St Albans, Hertfordshire.[2]

The pub claims to have been established in 1189, the year Richard the Lionheart became king and Pope Gregory VIII called for the Third Crusade; however, no documentary evidence supports this date. The caves cut into the rock behind the pub are believed to have been used as a brewhouse for Nottingham Castle and may date from around the time the castle was founded in 1067.[3]

The oldest parts of the present building are generally dated to between 1650 and 1660, although a map by John Speed shows a structure on the site in 1610.[4] By 1751, the building was in use as an inn known as The Pilgrim, and it was shortly afterwards purchased by William Standford.[3] The earliest recorded use of the name "Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem" dates from 1799.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem public house (Grade II) (1271192)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 Rough Guides (2 May 2011). Make the Most of Your Time in Britain. Dorling Kindersley Ltd. p. 67. ISBN 9781848366855.
  3. 1 2 3 Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem (2009). Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem – The Legends and History of Britain's Oldest Pub (PDF). Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Speed, John (1611). The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine. Cambridge University Library. p. 48.
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