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Month: September 2020

DUCKS HEAD, GALLOWTREE GATE

Found in a 1580 record.  An unusual name for a pub. Could be a misspelling of the Bucks Head.

Gallowtree Gate

DANIEL LAMBERT, GALLOWTREE GATE

A directory of 1815 lists a Daniel Lambert in Gallowtree Gate.

Gallowtree Gate

OLD COAL YARD, GALLOWTREE GATE

Recorded as having a victular in a directory of 1794. Record of auctions held here in 1810 and 1814. The … More

Gallowtree Gate

BLUE BELL, GALLWOTREE GATE

Recorded in 1744.

Gallowtree Gate

BLACK LION, GALLOWTREE GATE

Stood two doors down from the Three Cranes, first recorded in 1580. A record in 1800, mentions a charge of … More

Gallowtree Gate

LION & LAMB, 51 GALLOWTREE GATE

Also known as the Lyon & Lamb (1742 See Martin Websters comment below) Stood next door to the Pelican, as … More

Gallowtree Gate

PELICAN, 49 GALLOWTREE GATE

Earliest recording known as the Pelican is in a will in 1715.   Daniel Oldham vict c 1747, 1820s -c1846 … More

Gallowtree Gate

QUEENS HEAD – BULL & BUTCHER – VAN & HORSES – CASTLE TAVERN, CRITERION, 43 GALLOWTREE GATE

Mentioned in deeds as a pub in 1722.   After the Queens Head and prior to the Van & Horses … More

Gallowtree Gate, Nat Langham

TOWN ARMS – CINQUE FOIL – ROBIN HOOD, 41 GALLOWTREE GATE

One of the more familiar pictures of the Robin Hood, decorated for King Edward VII’s coronation in 1902. On either … More

demolished pubs, Gallowtree Gate

THE WHEATSHEAF, 39 GALLOWTREE GATE

Photo above: Architects plan of the Victorian Wheatsheaf. First mentioned in tradesmen token  1670, next recorded 1718, Wheatsheaf with address … More

Gallowtree Gate

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