Black Horses

This website is about the history of the inn sign Black Horse, the theory that it may be connected to Arthurian legend in that Black Horse pubs may be in places of Romano Brit victories against the invading Saxons. It lists every Black Horse pub, inn or hotel in the UK and the World and includes the numerous Black Horse pubs that have closed down,... been demolished or have scandalously changed names. It also offers original & personalised oil paintings (acrylic) to the pub trade but mainly... It catalogues one man's quest to visit every Black Horse pub and, hopefully, enjoy one of their pints Hi, I'm Jon Bratton on the right with pint. On the left is Pete Zulu, formerly a Toy Doll WELCOME to the website devoted to any pub, rub-a-dub-dub, nuclear sub, inn, tavern, hotel, bar, boozer, battle cruiser, ale house, beerhouse, taphouse, pothouse, local, saloon, bierkeller, hostelry, coachstop, ginmill, gastropub or watering hole, anywhere in the World, called Black Horse. Why visit every Black Horse for a pint? (& photograph) these pubs.... by car ..or occasionally Viking longboat..alright very occasionally..could I blag a pint from the Landlords of those Black Horse pubs where I am unable to have a drink. Mayhaps I can get them to mail me a pint, in a suitable Post Office approved container, in return for a plug for their pub...who'll be the first to email me at It all started because The Black Horse in Low Fell, Gateshead,* my local, needed this sign repainted I told Jimothy that the Black Horse represents the Black Lakeland Fell Pony as used by King Arthur's cavalry and, as the pub is in Low Fell, which shares it's name with a place in the Lake District , the sign, in my view, should be of a Black Lakeland Fell Pony, perhaps ridden by Ray Winstone.. He has done the artwork for the sign in the style of Picasso...!! This pub is slap bang in the middle of the Low Fell Conservation Area and the Local Authority and, particularly, the neighbours will no doubt wish to say yea or thrice neigh (Cubist horse, geddit?) Low ...Read More