It’s listed.

It’s a crucial part of Swindon’s proud industrial and social history.

And it’s being restored to provide Railway Village with a community centre, shop  and holiday accommodation as well as flats.

But what is its “correct” name?

There is a small, but distinct discrepancy over the name different bodies use for the Cricketers pub, or perhaps it’s the Cricketer’s Arms, in Emlyn Square in the Railway Village.

Swindon Borough Council owns the land, and the building – and it called it The Cricketers.

But it is leased by the Mechanics' Institution Trust, which is restoring it and to bring back into use.

On its website, and in its planning applications to the borough council, the trust calls it The Cricketer’s Arms.

And as an aside, note the placement of the apostrophe. It means the pub, in this usage, is the arms of The Cricketer, singular.

Neither the Borough Council or the Trust responded to a query as to why they use the name they do.

But Historic England, which maintains the records of listing – the pub is Garde II-listed- also calls it The Cricketers.

No arms. No apostrophe.

A spokesman wasn’t able to cite historic documents but did say that the official list tended to use the “correct name” for buildings.

But he added: “It isn’t unknown for pubs to have slightly differing names. It’s something you see quite a bit, that there are minor discrepancies in names.”

And the last piece of evidence is the sign hanging outside the pub, which, judging by its condition dates a fair way back seems to just say The Cricketers.

Work continues on the pub at the corner of Emlyn Square to return it to use after lying empty for eight years since 2015

The Mechanics' Institution Trust is spending a grant of £250,000 on the restoration of the pub which opened in 1847, the second pub to open in the growing 'new town' area of Swindon around the Great Western Railway headquarters.

The plans include the reinstatement of an original ground-floor cottage entrance from Emlyn Square, and the replacement of the principal shopfront entrance doors and vestibule from Emlyn Square with ones "more in-keeping with the character of the building and conservation area".

When it's open again. which name will you be using?