As we arrive at the end of this series, I am delighted to report that since my last installment The Still & Star in Aldgate has been granted Asset of Community Value Status by the City of London Corporation. Equally, I am filled with dread by the prospect of the imminent unveiling of The White Hart, dating from the thirteenth century in Bishopsgate, which has been facaded and replaced by a cylindrical office block by Sir Alan Sugar. My time-travelling pub crawl is presented in collaboration with Heritage Assets who work in partnership with The National Brewery Heritage Trust, publishing these historic photographs of the myriad pubs of the East End from Charrington’s archive for the first time.
The Upton Manor Tavern, 48 Plashet Rd, West Ham, E13 (Opened before 1896 but demolished after 1980)
The Van Tromp, 121 Bethnal Green Rd, E1 (Opened 1827, closed 1990 and now a Pret A Manger)
The Velocipede, 80 Coutts Rd, Mile End, E1 (Opened before 1891 and demolished after 1921)
The Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Rd, Dalston, E8 (Opened before 1856 and open today)
The Victoria, 110 Grove Rd, Mile End, E1 (Opened before 1865, rebuilt in the twentieth century and open today)
The Victory, 266 Commercial Rd, E1 (Opened before 1877, damaged in 1941 but rebuilt and reopened, closed in 1959 and now demolished)
The Victory, 23 Tottenham Rd, Hackney, N1 (Opened before 1848, closed 1938 and now demolished)
The Victory, 144 Ben Jonson Rd, Stepney (Opened before listed 1973, delisted 1976 and now demolished)
The Vulcan, 178 Rhodeswell St, Limehouse, E14 (Opened before 1856, closed 1967 and now demolished)
The Welsh Harp, 32 Homerton Row, E9 (Opened before 1901, renamed ‘The Hospital Tavern’ in 2006, closed in 2013 and demolished in 2015)
The Wentworth Arms, 127 Eric St, Mile End, E1 (Opened before 1864 and open today)
The Westminster Arms, 163 Gosset St, Bethnal Green, E2 (Opened before 1865 but closed in the nineties and now flats)
The White Bear, 57 St John St, Clerkenwell, EC1 (Opened before 1849 and open today)
The White Hart, 74 Kingsland Rd, E2 (Opened before 1659 and demolished in 2004 although locally listed)
The White Hart, 121 Bishopsgate, E1 (Opened 1240, rebuilt 1490 and 1827, closed 2014 and facaded as part of an office development)
The White Hart, 69 Long Lane, Smithfield, EC1 (Opened before 1802 and now a barber’s shop)
The White Hart, 159 – 161 High Road, South Woodford, E18 (Opened before 1826, listed since 1979, renamed ‘Funkymojoe’ in 2009 and now reopened as ‘The Woodford.’)
The White Hart Hotel, 231 Lower Clapton Rd, E5 (Opened before 1722, rebuilt around 1830 and again around 1890, closed in 2008 but reopened as ‘The Clapton Hart’ and open today)
The White Horse, 106 Burdett Rd, E3 (Opened before 1860 and now demolished)
The White Horse, 48 White Horse Rd, Stepney, E1 (Opened before 1856 and open today)
The White Lion, 19 Upper Thames St, City of London, EC4 (Opened before 1802 and demolished after 1948)
The Windmill, 27 Tabernacle St, Finsbury, EC2 (Opened before 1869 and open today)
The Woverley Arms, 62 Viaduct St, Bethnal Green, E2 (Opened before 1854 and demolished after 1944)
The Woodhouse Tavern, 119 Harrow Rd, Leytonstone, E11 (Opened before 1881 and open today)
The Yarmouth Arms, 88 Lower Thames St, City of London, EC4 (Opened before 1816 and demolished after 1944)
The Yorkshire Grey, 180 Brady St, Bethnal Green, E1 (Opened before 1869, closed 1996 and now flats)
The Young Prince, 448 Roman Rd, E3 (Opened before 1872 and open today)
Photographs courtesy Heritage Assets/The National Brewery Heritage Trust
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