History

The British Public House owes much of its origin to the church in the middle ages, as friars would set up hostelries to give rest and sustenance to the weary traveller and his beasts. These hostelries became the inns, which in due course became the Great British Pub.

The choice of name was typical. Whenever a pub takes the name of the Three Horseshoes, it is an indicator that a blacksmith or farrier was not far away. Why three shoes and not four? Because the horse would stand on three when he was being shod.