This is the first of what will hopefully be a series of pub signs which feature Salisbury Cathedral.

This is, obviously enough, the sign for the Royal Oak. The old Royal Oak sign had King Charlie himself hiding in the tree. This one has the crown, and a Royalist holding a Salisbury flag. I think Salisbury was largely for parliament, as it happens.

Anyhow, Salisbury Cathedral is depicted on the right.

The royal oak itself was believed to have been in the Midlands, but King Charles II did reputedly pass fairly close to the Royal Oak. On his way from Wilton to Heale House, he perhaps went up the Avenue (or even along The Kingsway) and down Snakey.