The Albert.

A popular name – London has more than thirty pubs which bear it. It honors Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel (1819-1861), second son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. He married his first cousin Queen Victoria in 1840 and became Prince Consort in 1857. You can find an Albert in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in south-west London.

Enterprise Inns. The UK's second largest pub owner is in the business of providing pubs in England and Wales to both individual entrepreneurs and multiple owners, on a leased or tenanted basis.

Free House. Pubs can be "tied" or "free." One aspect of pubs that's still in place and still important is their ownership or trading arrangements. One may notice, in England, that some pubs advertise that they are a "Free House." This does not mean the drinks are free! What it does mean is that the pub is not a "tied house." A tied house is bound to a brewery, and is most likely owned by the brewery and then leased to or managed by the landlord. In a tied house, the landlord or manager must sell what the brewery the pub is tied to offers and markets. On the other hand, a free house is typically privately owned by the landlord or a firm that probably owns a chain of pubs. These free houses are "free" to sell whatever beers and alcohol they like. So they frequently have several competing bitters, stouts and lagers, to cater to their customers' varied tastes.

The Albert (No. PS377). Dimensions: 48"H x 36"W x 4.5"D. Shipping: $120.