The Europa
A little history behind the name......
The choice of the name "Europa" is a curious one, and is almost unique. As far as the present author can discover there is only one other public house in England so named, and that is in the centre of Liverpool [101]. Its adoption bespeaks not only a knowledge of classical mythology on the part of the person whose choice it was, but presumably the opinion that his customers would appreciate the allusion as well. One wonders, however, how many of the people who frequent its bars today realise the significance of the sign hanging outside.
Europa was the legendary daughter of Agenor, king of Phoenicia, whose beauty captivated the love of Zeus, who approached her in the form of a bull and carried her away to Crete, where she bore him several children, including king Minos.
This mythological association is carried even further, to the adjoining house in Dennis Road, the house in which Mr. Alderton lived, which is called Agenor Cottage, after Europa's father.
