![Gray's Inn and the Cittie of Yorke](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Gray%27s_Inn_and_the_Cittie_of_Yorke.jpg)
The Cittie of Yorke is a
grade II listed
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public house
A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...
on London's
High Holborn
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, and is listed in
CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors
The National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors is a register of public houses in the United Kingdom with interiors which have been noted as being of significant historic interest, having remained largely unchanged for at least 30 years, but usu ...
.
[ Protz, R. (ed.), '']Good Beer Guide
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''; 2006, The pub is owned and operated by
Samuel Smith's Old Brewery
Samuel Smith Old Brewery, popularly known as Samuel Smith's or Sam Smith's, is an independent brewery and pub owner based in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England. It is Yorkshire's oldest brewery, founded in 1758, and one of three breweries in th ...
.
Although the current building is a rebuilding of the 1920s, the buildings on this site have been pubs since 1430.
Some features include the ''Henekey's long bar''
[Cropper, S. (ed.), ''Time Out: Pubs & Bars: London'', Edition 7, ] located in the grand, hall-like back room,
[Pubs.com – Cittie of Yorke info](_blank)
(accessed 2008-03-31) a late-
Georgian
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** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
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or
Regency era
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triangular metal stove, and
Victorian-style cubicles.
![Cittie of Yorke 20130413 072](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Cittie_of_Yorke_20130413_072.jpg)
The Welsh poet
Dylan Thomas
Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", as well as the "play for voices" ''Under ...
penned an impromptu ode to the pub when it was called Henneky's Long Bar.
Fred Jarvis
Frederick Frank Jarvis CBE (8 September 1924 – 15 June 2020) was a British trade union leader. He was President of the National Union of Students (NUS) from 1952 to 1954 and General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) from 1975 ...
, a former general secretary of the
National Union of Teachers
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, found the previously unknown poem in 2014 while going through papers belonging to his late parents-in-law who knew Thomas. The top of the poem reads "This little song was written in Henneky's Long Bar High Holborn by Dylan Thomas in 1951."
Orion Publishing Group
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planned to include the song in a new edition of collected Thomas poems in October 2014.
[Caroline Davies]
Dylan Thomas's drinking ditty to be published for first time
''The Guardian'', 26 June 2014.
References
Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Camden
National Inventory Pubs
Grade II listed pubs in London
Pubs in the London Borough of Camden
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