The seventeenth-century timber-framed building is situated within the walls of the Roman city of Verulamium.

[2] The name of the pub refers to the bells of the medieval St Michael's Church nearby.

[2] The building has been protected since 1971 and is listed grade II by Historic England.

[1] There were two digs in the 20th century,[2] and there has been one in the 21st (in 2012 the pub was featured in an episode of the TV series Rory McGrath's Pub Dig, a couple of trenches being dug in the car park).

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