Pub Names

[Martyn]

My Mum asked about the pub on Dewsbury Road called Tommy Wass."Everyone at church is asking how it got it's name."Why they should be so interested in a pub name at Chapel Allerton Methodist is beyond me.Anyway, it turns out it's named after someone called Thomas Wass.What a shocker!I won't repeat what it says on the Leodis website here, they're probably on the same server anyway.Click here to find out.There's also a few pubs in Hunslet: The Gardeners Arms and the Garden Gate. These are named because a large chunk of Hunslet was a private garden in the eighteenth century belonging to a noblewoman. Who was she?Does 'The Grove' belong in this group?We can probably figure out how pubs like the Market Tavern and the Fenton got their names. I remember the smithy behind the Three Horseshoes at Headingley so there's no mystery there.What about:The Myrtle.The Eldon.The Wren's.The Roscoe.As an aside, there's a book called 'Leed Fax' which is aimed at visitors to Leeds to help them found their way around. It's got a glaring error on one of the pages. The text reads:"Members of the gay community may be interested to know that the Old Red Lion on Thwaite Gate is a gay pub."Close but no cigar.What they mean is the Old Red Lion on Hunslet Road is a gay pub.The Old Red Lion on Thwaite Gate is a Rugby League pub. Oops.The Jester?

[drapesy]

The Old Red Lion at Thwaite Gate was pulled down about 20 years ago.Oops.I believe the Wren's , like Tommy Wass's (and Whitelocks for that matter), was named after a previous owner (Mr Wren!)The Jester has been called the Lord Darcy for many years.