The Bell Inn The Bell Inn The Bell Inn is an ancient pub in Nottingham, England. Dating from around 1437, it claims, along with Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem and Ye Olde Salutation Inn, to be the oldest pub in the city. In 1982 the pub became a Grade II listed building. Sometime before 1271 Nottingham Whitefriars established a friary on what is now Friar Lane with lands that included a guesthouse on the site of what is now the Bell Inn. The building was constructed as a refectory for the monks of the monastery on Beastmarket Hill; according to dendrochronological dating of
The Bingley Arms a 2005 book review discussion on the invention of traditional public house history, "Great Pub Myths", and "claims to be... the oldest pub in Britain", published in the "Yorkshire Evening Post". The Bingley Arms is also a restaurant, and a former winner of the "Yorkshire Evening Post" Restaurant of the Year Award. The Automobile Association states it provides "charm" and "excellent food". The beer garden is home to a yew tree that pre-dates the Bingley Arms. The Bingley Arms The Bingley Arms is a public house in Bardsey, Leeds, England. It claims to be both the oldest surviving business and