Credit for this entry to:
Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
The Grapes Tavern is a protected building and was converted from several steeply tiled adjoining houses. It is on the site of the 16th century Christopher Inn where passengers gathered prior to taking the stage coach to Dover.
SE1, Borough High Street, 121, Kentish Buildings
The plaque is in the alleyway.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Grapes Tavern
Former Inn. Probably named after the patron saint of travellers. It appears o...
First mentioned in 1842. It occupies the site of the former Christopher Inn. ...
In 1831 the Broughton Suspension Bridge collapsed as a troop of 74 men marche...
The plaque was unveiled by actor Russell Tovey and Mayor of Wandsworth, Lesli...
The wording of this plaque is almost identical to that on the one that the Qu...
