[Emblem of Bristol]

BUILT 1664

THE LLANDOGER TROW

TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE TROWS (FLAT BOTTOMED SAILING BARGES) WHICH CAME TO THE WELSH BACK

CITY AND COUNTY OF BRISTOL

The sign is on the historic building that was built back in 1664. Originally, 3 adjacent buildings were built. In the 18th century, there was a pub in the building, which operated until World War II, when it was destroyed by bombing. The pub was closed in 2019, but its activity has resumed and at the time the sign was photographed it is active.
Rumor has it that in the pub Daniel Defoe, the author of Robinson Crusoe, met the pirate and explorer William Dampier and the sailor Alexander Selkirk, both of whom inspired him to write Robinson Crusoe.
The place also inspired the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson for the "Admiral Benbow" inn where the plot of the book "Treasure Island" begins

Welsh Back is a wharf and street in Bristol

The place was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image