taverns and publicans

[RayK]

I wonder if anyone has heard of a house being called Flask House and whether this might be a name for a tavern. The house, owned by a branch owned by my family in Yorkshire, was there in the 17th Century and very possibly earlier. There were a number of generations that were owners of taverns. I have also seen there is a modern but very old (15th C) Kent restaurant called The Bottle House. If this was its ancient title then it might follow that Bottle and Flask helped suggest what business was done there.
Anyone heard of another Flask House? This one was in Yorkshire but there may have been others. Also, the family, called Long or (earlier) Longe. This might also interest similar distant relatives.

Appreciate any replies,
Ray

[Stanwix England]

I've had a very brief dip into the historical newspapers, and this is what I found when searching for Flask House.


The Scotsman - Friday 12 October 1917

A Flask House, formerly Upper Flask Tavern in Hampstead. So that one was definitely a pub at some point.

There were loads of other results, some of which were in Yorkshire.

I hope that helps.

[Rena]

To my mind any building with the name "flask" has to do with the selling or purchasing of a container (flask) to hold pure Spring water bubbling up from the ground.  Otherwise people had to drink water from industrial contaminated rivers, or rivers/springs used by animals.

https://alondoninheritance.com/tag/the-flask/

“The Chalybeate Waters at Hampstead being of the same nature and equal in virtue with Tunbridge Wells and highly approved of by most of the eminent physicians of the College, as likewise by many of the gentry who formerly used to drink Tunbridge Waters, are by direction of the Trustees of the Wells aforesaid, for the conveniency of those who yearly drink them in London carefully bottled up in flasks and sent to Mr. Phelps Apothecary at the Eagle and Child in Fleet Street every morning at the rate of 3d per flask and if any person desires to have them brought to their own houses, they will be conveyed to them upon their leaving a note to Mr Phelps’ aforesaid at 1d more, and to prevent any person being imposed upon the true waters and nowhere else to be procured unless they are sent for to the Wells at Hampstead, and the said Mr. Phelps to prevent Counterfeits hath ordered his servants to deliver to each person who comes for any of the waters aforesaid, a sealed ticket viz: a wolf rampant with 7 Crosslets. Note! the messengers that come for the waters must take care to return the flasks daily.”