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.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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. ...
Bermondsey Street Back Stories says three people died in this raid.
These plaques were generously photographed for us, at great risk of life and limb, by Matt Brown of Londonist on a privileged visit to th...
Wollstonecraft attended this church from 1784.
The plaque is located on the site of her first factory which was called the Omnia Works.
Jim Connell, 1852 - 1929, Irish, socialist and author of 'The Red Flag' lived here, 1915 - 1929. Lewisham The Labour Party
When we visited in 2004 the tree was not there. The park was undergoing some major Lottery-funded work so we thought that perhaps the tre...
The library, by E. Vincent Harris and opened in 1960, is the building to the south, the left of our picture. The Library Time Machine mus...
Brought up at the court of Henry VII. A favourite of King Henry VIII. Took possession of the family's estate in Southwark following the death of his uncle Thomas Brandon, in 1510. Henry VIII create...
Her 1944 poem Doodlebugs was included in an audio compilation entitled 'The Best of Second World War Poetry' produced in 1993 and in the 1999 book 'Shadows of war : British women's poetry of the Se...
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
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