The Black Boy in Newtown, Powys, dates back to the 17th century and was named after chimney sweeps who would emerge from local properties covered in soot. Pub regulars have also claimed the name ...

Newspaper readers have voted to keep the name of a Newtown pub after locals reacted angrily to a move to rename it. Pub chain J D Wetherspoon had proposed changing the name of the Black Boy Hotel ...

Newtown once boasted 50 inns and six breweries ... We’re informed it’s in the same ownership as the Black Boy Hotel across the road, so we feel duty bound to investigate.

There are currently no plans to change the name of The Black Boy in Newtown, Powys, which owners JD Wetherspoon said takes its name from "the historic name for a chimney sweep". A spokesman said ...

Powys, has never received any complaints and that name dates back to the 17th century. A Wetherspoon spokesperson told The Independent: “The Wetherspoon pub in Newtown is called the Black Boy ...

Drinkers at a pub called the Black Boy are outraged by plans to give it a more politically-correct name. JD Wetherspoon, which bought the boozer in Newtown, mid-Wales, wants to call it the ...

J D Wetherspoon spokesman Eddie Gershon said: "Although the Black Boy was not our preferred name, we agreed that local people should decide on the name for the pub in Newtown. "The Black Boy is a ...