Plaque

Pasqua Rosee's Head

Inscription

Here stood the first London coffee house at the sign of the Pasqua Rosee's Head, 1652.

This probably isn't a City of London plaque - though blue and oblong, the proportions are wrong, the style is different and its anonymous.

Site: Pasqua Rosee's Head (1 memorial)

EC3, St Michael's Alley, Jamaica Wine House

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Pasqua Rosee's Head

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Pasqua Rosée

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Corporation of the City of London

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