78 UK Pubs Called Bull
The BullHaverhill
The BullHertford (Watton At Stone)
The Bull InnMaidstone (East Farleigh)
The BullNewmarket (Burrough Green)
The BullNorthampton (Harpole)
The Bull InnOlney
The BullReading (Theale)
The BullReading (Riseley)
The Old Bull InnRoyston
The BullSawbridgeworth
The Bull InnWorcester (Fernhill Heath)Aylesbury (Stoke Mandeville)
Bedford
Bedford (Barton le Clay)
Berkhamsted
Birmingham
Bourne (Rippingale)
Braintree (Blackmore End)
Braintree
Brentwood
Bristol
Broxbourne
Buntingford (Cottered)
Burford
Colchester
Dagenham
Dartford (Horton Kirby)
Dereham
Epping (Theydon Bois)
Fakenham
Faversham
Grays
Greenhithe (Horns Cross)
Haverfordwest
Henley on Thames
Hitchin (Gosmore)
Kings Lynn (Litcham)
Lewes (Newick)
Lincoln (Bracebridge Heath)
London E (Chingford)
London N (Highgate)
London N
London SE
London SW (Streatham)
London W (Shepherds Bush)
Ludlow
Maidstone (Penenden Heath)
Maidstone (Linton)
Malpas (Shocklach)
Manningtree (Brantham)
Marlow (Bisham)
Morecambe
Newmarket
Newport Pagnell
Orpington (St Pauls Cray)
Peterborough (Newborough)
Peterborough (Market Deeping)
Poulton le Fylde
Reading (Wargrave)
Reading (Streatley)
Romford
Rugby
Rugby (Clifton)
Saffron Walden (Langley Lower Green)
Salisbury (Downton)
Sevenoaks (Otford)
Sittingbourne
Sittingbourne (Newington)
Skipton (Broughton)
Spalding (Pinchbeck)
St Albans (London Colney)
Stanford le Hope
Swanley
Towcester
Ware (Much Hadham)
Wolverhampton (Codsall)
Worcester (Inkberrow)
Yeovil (Ilchester)
Origins of "Bull" as a Pub Name
There are two common origins of the pub name The Bull. The first and most obvious is the link with farming, cattle droving and sport (bull baiting being a popular pastime at one point). The less obvious link is a connection with the church. In medieval times many pubs were established by churches and each displayed an official seal proving its permission to operate - this seal was called a 'bulla'.
What's a Canonical Name?
To simplify searches, each pub on our database has a Canonical Name - usually a shortened version of its full name missing out any common prefixes and suffixes like "The Old", "Inn", "Tavern" and so on.
This means that "The Old Crown", "The Crown Inn" and "Ye Olde Crown Taverne" are known canonically as, simply, "Crown".
We've also dropped the "The", standarised with "and" instead of "&" and in some cases simplified pluralisation.
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