Pub history

The Prior John

John de Tweng was a former prior of the medieval monastery in Bridlington which became a place of pilgrimage after his death and led to the development of the town. The well-known seaside town of Bridlington began long ago as a settlement by the Roman road to Flamborough. It owed its subsequent development to Gilbert de Gant, the Lord of the Manor, who founded a priory here. Around 1200, the priory was granted permission to hold a market and fair – around the site of which the town then grew up.