The Three Cranes

The Three Cranes
Jim's York Pub Guide

What does it say about this pub when I've lived in York for five years and absolutely failed to notice it until I decided to construct this Guide?! I mean, you couldn't get a much more central location overlooking the Square, and I must have passed by literally hundreds of times not noticing it was a pub. Inside, the "not in your face" theme continues. A two-tone colour scheme - red and nicotine - assaults the eye, and the crowd tended to be older and regulars by the look of them. (Mind you, one of them recently e-mailed me to say they've done it up and that it's a great pub really! I've also had e-mail from St Louis, Missouri, telling me that this is one of York's best pubs! So there you go.) It reminded me, however, of the bar I drink in back home in Kilmarnock - it would be unlikely to attract passers-by, which is, of course, why the regulars like it and keep drinking there. The fact that it has survived for years also attests to its popularity (see below).

Real Ale Nearby Pubs to Crawl To:

John Smiths The Roman Bath

Other Information Bar Ha Ha

Loyal regulars! The Golden Lion

Probably built in the eighteenth century, there have been many changes to this pub over the years, but it was called The Three Cranes in1830 offering "every accomodation to strangers and market people visiting York". In 1904 and 1910 the Landlady was charged for "allowing singing and dancing in an unlicensed room", which probably happens these days in Micklegate. The name originates from three lifting cranes which were in The Three Cranes Lane adjacent to the pub, although the pub's exterior sign today displays three birds.
Thanks to Pete Coxon's Yorks Historic Inns

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What does it say about this pub when I've lived in York for five years and absolutely failed to notice it until I decided to construct this Guide?! I mean, you couldn't get a much more central location overlooking the Square, and I must have passed by literally hundreds of times not noticing it was a pub. Inside, the "not in your face" theme continues. A two-tone colour scheme - red and nicotine - assaults the eye, and the crowd tended to be older and regulars by the look of them. (Mind you, one of them recently e-mailed me to say they've done it up and that it's a great pub really! I've also had e-mail from St Louis, Missouri, telling me that this is one of York's best pubs! So there you go.) It reminded me, however, of the bar I drink in back home in Kilmarnock - it would be unlikely to attract passers-by, which is, of course, why the regulars like it and keep drinking there. The fact that it has survived for years also attests to its popularity (see below).

*Real Ale*		*Nearby Pubs to Crawl To:*
John Smiths		The Roman Bath
*Other Information*		Bar Ha Ha
Loyal regulars!		The Golden Lion
Probably built in the eighteenth century, there have been many changes to this pub over the years, but it was called The Three Cranes in1830 offering "every accomodation to strangers and market people visiting York". In 1904 and 1910 the Landlady was charged for "allowing singing and dancing in an unlicensed room", which probably happens these days in Micklegate. The name originates from three lifting cranes which were in The Three Cranes Lane adjacent to the pub, although the pub's exterior sign today displays three birds. Thanks to Pete Coxon's Yorks Historic Inns

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