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-THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE-
Pubs are fertile ground for tall tales, with many claiming to be the oldest in England. But does the evidence support them?
Reputedly the ‘oldest public house in England’, Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St Albans, Hertfordshire, is an interesting building, but not quite as ancient as claimed.
Supposedly dating back to 793, this year was first mentioned on an early-20th-century postcard and is not based on historic records.
Instead, the building started as a dovecote, dated around 1400, originally standing at the nearby monastery.
The entire timber frame was later reassembled as a house on the present site around 1600. It was known as the Three Pigeons in 1756 and was finally serving beer as the Fighting Cocks by 1807.
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