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The Lost Pubs of North Yorkshire / Boroughbridge / Aldborough

No. 27 of 36 in the 2010 compilation

Ship Inn

A longstanding village inn close to Roman Aldborough.

Tradingchecked 28 October 2026

Known history

A longstanding village inn in historic Aldborough, close to the remains of the Roman town of Isurium Brigantum. The town council's overview names the Ship among the pubs trading in 2005, and it is still listed by CAMRA.

Sources: The History of Boroughbridge; Ship Inn, Aldborough

Historic England lists the building at Grade II as a probable late 16th-century public house.

Source: The Ship Inn, list entry 1173823

Dates

WhatWhenConfidence
Buildingprobably late 16th centuryApproximateThe Ship Inn, list entry 1173823
Trading2005DocumentedThe History of Boroughbridge

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Open questions

  • Earliest record of the Ship as an inn.

Particulars

Address
Low Road, Aldborough
Area
Aldborough
Historic parish
Aldborough
Riding
West Riding
Kind of house
Inn
Status
Trading pub.

Where

Leeming LaneWetherby RoadMinskip RoadBorough BridgeBridge StreetHall SquareHigh StreetAldborough GateSkelton RoadFishergateHorsefairChapel HillRiver UreRoecliffe LaneBoroughbridge RoadAldborough RoadNew RowSt. HelenaYork RoadChurch LaneMill LaneMoor LaneBar LaneMarket HillBrickyard RoadHarrogate RoadGrafton LaneHelperby LaneMain StreetFront StreetSt James SquareEllenthorpe LaneThorndikes LaneArkendale LaneScaldhill LaneBoroughbridgeLangthorpeMilbyKirby HillRoecliffeMinskipAldboroughThree Horse ShoesCrown HotelBlinking OwlThree GreyhoundsBlack Bull InnAnchor InnFox and HoundsGrantham ArmsShip InnWhite SwanBlue Bell Inn

Location: Verified from The Ship Inn and OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Sources

Show 4 sources
  1. The History of Boroughbridge
    Boroughbridge Town Council
  2. Ship Inn, Aldborough
    CAMRA WhatPub (checked 28 October 2026)
  3. The Ship Inn, list entry 1173823
    Historic England
  4. OpenStreetMap
    © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL

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