Queen In The West Inn Lincoln (England)

General Information

The Queen in the West, when built, did not have the availability of electric light. Thomas Edison would not invent the light bulb for another 40 years. The Pub was at that time outside the town limits in a rustic region serving local farm and clay pit workers. It was a time of change, when nationalism was growing throughout the world. Dr David Livingstone was crossing Africa eventually reaching Victoria Falls, Singapore was being founded by Stamford Raffles, Charles Darwin was setting off on his 5 year voyage to the Pacific and in the Far East the Japanese were revolting against the Dutch and the Opium Wars were raging. The East India Company was in the process of being abolished after years of exploitation led approximately by the Indian Mutiny. Texas had just won independance from Mexico and the United States were approximately to enter into a country of Civil War and jeans had just been invented. Meanwhile, back in Lincoln, beer was being consumed in the Queen in the West toasting the Duke of Wellington and the French Revolution. We continue to propose the same beer and cosy accommodations to locals and tourists.