Yet another list

[oldboots]

Britains Oldest And Most Loved Pubs? Maybe.
https://www.libertygames.co.uk/blog/...bs-in-england/

Five, Clachan Inn, Olde Man & Sythe, Olde Trip, Olde Salutation, Olde Fighting Cocks.

... but the definition of "oldest pub" in Britain is fraught with difficulties.

Quite so and here's the list Thomas Burke gave in The English Inn (1931) not much overlap.

The Fighting Cocks, St Albans 795
The Fountain, Canterbury 1029
The Bell, Finedon 1042
The Ostrich, Colnbrook 1106
The Angel, Grantham 1213
The Angel, Blyth (Notts) 1270
The George & Dragon, Speldhurst 1270
The Maid's Head, Norwich 1287
The Green Man, Erdington 1306
The George, Salisbury 1320
The Saracen's Head, Newark 1341
The Crown, Chiddingfold 1383
The George, Norton St Philip 1397
The New Inn, Gloucester 1430
The Spread Eagle, Midhurst 1430
The King's Head, Aylesbury 1445
The Red Lion, Colchester 1470
The George, Glastobury 1475
The Lion, Buckden 1477
The George, Southwark 1554
The Bull, Long Melford 1580
The George, Winchcombe 1583

He says it's not a full list and adds:

"To me it is a matter of no importance: they can fight it out among themselves in the company of the claimants to the largest market place, the ugliest Town Hall, the shortest street and the tallest hollyhock. It is enough for me that I enjoy these places and, through them, touch the earth that produced the flower of the Canterbury Tales and the Vision of Piers Plowman.