The all-out winner is Lincoln Cupples. His was the only 100% correct entry so there is no runner-up this time. Copies of The Swan Diptych, Come Away, O Human Child and Mr Thomson’s Diary will be winging their way to him this week. Lincoln’s research was thorough. His was the only entry to recognise that The Eagle and The Eagle and Child in Cambridge are one and the same place as the pub sign testifies. There is also an Eagle and Child in Oxford which I might have mentioned in Martin but I can’t remember. There is no Saddle of Lamb or Cardinal’s Hat in Cambridge but you will find a Baron of Beef and a Mitre opposite St John’s. Anyway, congratulations, Lincoln.
Here are his answers in full:
The Hope and Anchor (Lincoln) – not in Lincoln, nearby in South Ferriby
The Cardinal’s Hat (Cambridge) – fictional, but there is a pub of the same name in Lincoln
The Saddle of Lamb (Cambridge) – fictional
The Eagle and Child (Cambridge) – nickname, but real
The Bishop’s Finger (Smithfield, London) – real
Boar’s Head (Eastcheap, London) – historical
The Blackamoor (Mincing Lane, London) – fictional
The Rose without a Thorn (St Mary Axe, London) – fictional
The Silent Woman (Tower Hill, London) – fictional, but there is a pub of the same name in Dorset
The Railway Tavern (West Hampstead, London) – real; there is a Greene King pub called ‘the Railway.
The Blue Dolphin (Oxford) – fictional
Petrushka (Oxford) – fictional
The Seahorse (Vexhaven) – fictional
The White Hart (Vexhaven) – fictional
The Eagle (Cambridge) – see above
Pizza Express (Cambridge) – real x2
The Ocean Cafe (Quex Quay) – fictional
The Seahorse (Vexhaven) – fictional
The Seafarer (Vexhaven) – fictional
The Seven Stars (Radcester) – fictional
The Quarryman’s Arms (Radcester) – fictional
The One-Eyed Highwayman, (Foxet, Sussex) – fictional
The Duke of Gloucester (Carlton-le-Sands, Radcestershire) – fictional, but there is a real Duke of Gloucester in Crewe, very close to me.
The Pickerel (Temple Rising, Radcestershire) – fictional, but there is a pub of the same name in Cambridge
The Delhi Durbar (Radcester) – fictional
The Swan with Two Necks (Radcester) – fictional
The Swallows’ Return (Radcester) – fictional
The Prospect of Whitby (Wapping, London) – real
St Stephen’s Tavern (Westminster, London) – real
The Swan (Southwark, London) – real
Royal County Hotel (Durham) – real
St Nicholas’ Tavern (Durham) – fictional
Shaheen’s Restaurant (Durham) – real
