Red Lion York The Red Lion Merchant Gate York Pub
Chloe Hutchinson emailed us saying: The red loin was great,the food was delicous.Also we enjoyed the staff,they were very friendly.I recomend this pub for a family for a cheap night out.
This Grade Two listed building also lays a very respectable claim to being
the oldest pub in York, parts of it are said to date back to the 15th
Century. Originally it was entirely timbered; the lower floor was later
rebuilt in brick.
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During refurbishment a 13th Century fireplace and bread
oven was discovered, and it also had a priest-hole. Priest holes were common
during the Reformation in the 16th Century and gave cover, or an escape
route, for travelling Catholic priests. One individual who is said to have
made use of the escape route was Dick Turpin, the highwayman enjoyed the
hospitality of the Inn and is said to haunt it. There is also said to be the
ghost of a gentleman who plays the fruit machine at night when the pub is
closed.
At the height of the coaching days, York was an important trade centre and
stop-off point and many of these larger Inns offered substantial
accommodation and stabling for travellers and farmers attending the markets.
2, Merchant Gate, York, North Yorkshire YO1 9TU
Tel: 01904 640418
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