The pub name "Eagle & Child", popped up in the Oxford pubs thread and there are many similarly named around the country.
Here in Buxton, there's an 18th century "Eagle & Child" pub. It was re-built by one of the Dukes of Devonshire on the site of an earlier 14th century market tavern and sometime in the early 19th century the name became The Eagle. We now hold live acoustic music events there.
Does anyone know the origins of the name "Eagle & Child"?
CR