Building    To 1829

Mitre Tavern

Categories: Commerce, Food & Drink

Building

Fleet Street.
This pub dates from Shakespeare's time. Johnson and Boswell often visited. It was pulled down in 1829 by Hoares to extend their bank.

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Mitre Tavern

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Mitre Tavern

Site of the Mitre Tavern {In the border, top and bottom:} The Corporation o...

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Gilbert Becket

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Sir Joshua Reynolds

Sir Joshua Reynolds

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R. J. Rowley Ltd

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Hugo Wood keystone

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But who is he? Is this his portrait? He looks rather wild. We can't identify him.