Weird, Wondrous and Historic Pubs of the UK by Mikey Swann looks to be a decent read, especially as it has a photograph of Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem beneath the castle in Nottingham (website) on its cover; the photograph above of this crackin' historic pub is my own. A great place to visit anyway, I shall post again when I get hold of a copy of the book!
Haven't been writing much recently as haven't been to more than just the one pub with everything that's (not) going on, hopefully travelling again soon, cheers!