The Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn is a real tavern in Stalybridge, Cheshire, England. But it's not the strangest name for a bar you'll find in this gallery of ten at DJMick. Link -via Breakfast Links
It's not just England that has odd pub names, they're all over the UK. In Belfast there's the delightfully named "Hedgehog and Bucket"
Most of those aren't bizarre. Indeed the Crooked Billet is quite a common name for a pub and it just means a bent log or branch. This probably dates to the time when pub signs were often physical objects, the crooked billet in that case just being a branch hung outside the pub.
If you want properly weird names we have a few round here. The Wappy Spring and Nont Sarah's can't be more than two or three miles apart and that's just two.
When I was visiting my a relative on Missouri we passed by a pub (we call them bars here in the states) named "The Glory Hole". I called information to get their phone number. I called them up to ask if they are a gay bar and the bartender said "No".
If you want properly weird names we have a few round here. The Wappy Spring and Nont Sarah's can't be more than two or three miles apart and that's just two.