Literature
- Many pubs are named after William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
- Canterbury Tales: Geoffrey Chaucer's satirical poem about a medieval pilgrimage to Canterbury.
- Lass O' Gowrie in Manchester named after the poem by Lady Carolina Nairne.
- Moon Under Water, George Orwell's essay describing his perfect pub, has inspired a number of real pubs.
- Peveril of the Peak in Manchester commemorates the novel by Sir Walter Scott.
- Sherlock Holmes in London contains a reproduction of the great detective's study.
- Cat and Custard Pot in Shipton Moyne is said to originate from the book Handley Cross or Mr Jorrocks's Hunt by R. S. Surtees.
- Moon and Sixpence in Portland, OR honors Somerset Maugham's novel of the same name.
- Jabez Clegg in Manchester is named after the eponymous character in Isabella Banks' novel The Manchester Man.
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