Wellington Inn - York, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 56.838 W 001° 04.608
30U E 626217 N 5979372
This pub sign shows the Duke of Wellingtom in military uniform om his horse with three other horse riders in the background.
Waymark Code: WM14YR5
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/13/2021
Views: 1
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Tory statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister. He is one of the commanders who won and ended the Napoleonic Wars when the coalition defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
The pub is in the middle of a row of terraced houses and became a Listed Building in 1994.
The listing states that the pub opened circa 1850 and and in 1867 was known as Lawson's Beerhouse,
Date of first pub on site: 1850
Name of Artist: Not listed
Date of current sign: Not listed
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