'Arms' pubs

[tartanwiz]

Why do many pubs have the word 'arms' in their name, eg. The King's Arms, The Macclesfield Arms', etc?

[Quizmonster]

Click http://www.carolyn.topmum.net/tutbury/pubnames/pub
names.htm for a helpful website. Basically, the idea was that the original inn was under the protection of a particular noble family or referred to the original landowner. 'Arms' here, of course, refers to the appropriate 'coat of arms'.

[tartanwiz]

Thank you as ever, Quizzy. Yes, it seems obvious when I think about it really.

[sylvday]

Years ago, there used to be a bar in Glasgow called the "Muscular Arms".

[football]

The Man At Arms. another pub

[Today's]

Blacksmiths Forearms

[broxi]

Up where i stay theres a pub called the Gairdners Airms lol but that Glasgow for you, (thats slang for Gardners Arms by the way) :p

[ma]

The Man At Arms. if u r a he-man fan and a bit on the purple side. I quite like the current series but i really like t'la. I think she's gorgeos