Pope’s Head Tavern
The Pope’s Head Tavern in Cornhill lay at the
north end of Pope’s Head Alley, to which it gave its name. It was a substantial
stone building dating back to the reign of Edward IV (Harben 479). The tavern was commonly believed to have once been a King’s Palace, but this belief
may have arisen purely out of the fact that its walls carried the arms of England (Sugden 418; Moser 14). It was bequeathed to the Merchant Taylors’ Company in 1615, and they were still drawing rents from the property in the early
20th century (Sugden 418, Harben 479).
The tavern was in use until 1756.
References
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Harben, Henry A. A Dictionary of London. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1918.This item is cited in the following documents:
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Moser, Joseph.Vestiges, collected and recollected.
The European Magazine and London Review 47 (1805): 9–15.This item is cited in the following documents:
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Survey of London: Title Page.
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Survey of London: Cornhill Ward.
The Map of Early Modern London, edited by , U of Victoria, 15 Sep. 2020, mapoflondon.uvic.ca/stow_1598_CORN1.htm. -
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Sugden, Edward. A Topographical Dictionary to the Works of Shakespeare and His Fellow Dramatists. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1925. Remediated by Internet Archive.This item is cited in the following documents:
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