Talbot, Bishop Street

These premises have been known by different names during their history:FROMTONAME
1772TALBOT
1774DOG
1783FORMIDABLE
17841840BOWLING GREEN
This pub is mentioned in 1772. It is thought to have become the DOG.


A Talbot is a variety of hound formerly used for tracking and hunting. It was white with black spots, heavy jawed with long ears. It had remarkable powers of scent and was the ancestor of modern fox and stag hounds. It was used on the coat of arms of the Talbot family.
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