York. Established as a coffeehouse in 1675 and became associated with the city's Whigs who preferred to drink punch. It was licensed as a pub in 1761. The pub has a historical connection with the York Races Committee and was popular with the bell ringers at York Minster (a bell clapper from the Minster is used as a support in the rear bar). Another York pub that boasts of being haunted, including a barmaid named Isabella, a former landlord who was killed in a fire, and the ghost of the Lady Grey who committed suicide after her lover cheated on her. There are areas surrounding the two bars and a large room next to the long hallway. A Nicholson's pub, I enjoyed a Three Swords Extra Pale Ale from Kirkstall in Leeds (the label is the coat of arms of the Cistercian monks of Kirkstall Abbey).