The Old Swan Inn and the White Hart Inn, Llantwit Major | Historic pubs of Wales ep 4

What’s the oldest pub in Llantwit Major? What links it to Britain’s first educational institution and the most successful pirate and smuggler in eighteenth century Vale of Glamorgan? What did the American newspaper tycoon; William Randolph-Hearst have in common with King Arthur and his knights of the roundtable at the court of Camelot?

In Llantwit Major we have two pubs on the medieval town square with history oozing from every beam. In this video I talk about the Old Swan Inn and the White Hart Inn.

They have a chequered history in which they have been inns, shops, the royal mint and bank of an ancient Welsh king, the headquarters of a notorious pirate and smuggler and the bolt hole for some of Hollywood’s most celebrated stars of the silver screen. To say nothing of a secret network of tunnels, the ghost of a Roman soldier, Britain’s first ever school or university and its links with the legendary King Arthur of the court of Camelot.

This video is an episode in the Historic Pubs of Wales series. Written, presented and published by Welsh author and historian; Graham Loveluck-Edwards. Author of the book 'Historic Pubs of Wales' which is published by Candy Jar Books LTD (Cardiff). In this series of short videos, I examine a moment in Welsh history from the perspective of our ancestors, when they were propping up the bar in a pub which was at the heart of the action. These are the stories I gather from visiting some of the oldest and most interesting pubs in Wales. I hope you enjoy them. And if you do, please subscribe to this channel and share them on social media.