Golden Lion - Church Street

The Golden Lion in Church Street is an old pub in the city centre. For a few years it was known as the "1900" when the name was changed to mark the city celebrating 1900 years as a city. I have never understood the need for brewery marketing people to change names of pubs. I suppose one of the worst examples in the York area was changing the name of "The Hop Grove" in an area also known locally by the same name to "The Stockton On Forest" a village about a mile and half away (3km). There was a great deal of protest about that and eventually the owners saw sense and the name has now been restored to the "Hop Grove".