Old Saracens Head, Longford

These premises have been known by different names during their history:FROMTONAME
17651876SARACENS HEAD INN
18761924BEERHOUSE
18791922OLD SARACENS HEAD
1922c2000SARACENS HEAD
Saracens Head Longford Road To the Greeks and Romans a Saracen was a nomad of the Arabian desert. The word came to mean 'Arab', then 'Moslem', especially with regard to the Crusades. Noble families whose members had taken part in the Crusades tended to include a Saracen's head as part of their arms and so it was transferred to inn signs. There was also a New Saracens Head in Longford.

LICENSEES:

1879 Richard Steane 1880 John Staines 1888 Benjamin Lole 1892 Robert Miles 1900 - 1922 Joseph Hodson
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