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Spaniards Inn in 1906 Garden of the Spaniard's Inn on a sunny lunchtime. The Spaniards Inn is a historic pub on Spaniards Road between Hampstead and Highgate in London, England. . It lies on the edge of Hampstead Heath near Kenwood Hou
Near to the pub was the site of the proposed North End tube station (also called Bull and Bush) on the Northern line of the London Underground. Only the platforms were excavated, and the station construction was cancelled. An entrance (for emergency use only) leading down 197 steps to platform level is located on Hampstead Way. [5]
Near Hampstead Heath. Gave name to music-hall song. Old Red Lion, Holborn: 1899 72 High Holborn Old White Bear: 1704 1 Well Road, Hampstead. Saved from closure by petition Ye Olde Mitre: Fuller's Brewery: 1773 II 1 Ely Court, Ely Place, Holborn The Perseverance: 18th century II 63 Lamb's Conduit Street, Bloomsbury. Refronted 19th century.
The pub building dates back to at least the mid-19th century, being built in mid-Victorian times to serve the developing neighbourhood south of Hampstead Heath. [1] The building was named after the British victory in the 1868 Battle of Magdala. [2] [3] The two "bullet holes" in the wall were drilled by the pub's landlady in the 1990s. [4]
It is the main high street for Hampstead Village and is part of the A502. Heading southeastwards from a junction with Heath Street and Holly Hill by Hampstead tube station it runs downhill and features a number of pubs, restaurants and shops before becoming Rosslyn Hill which connects it further on to Haverstock Hill, the whole stretch of which ...
Some nearby localities are Hampstead village to the north and west, Camden Town to the south-east and Primrose Hill to the south. There are restaurants, pubs, cafés, and independent boutiques in Belsize Village, [1] and on Haverstock Hill and England's Lane. Hampstead Heath is close by, and Primrose Hill park is a five-minute walk from England ...
The pub is believed to have been named after the flasks of Hampstead mineral water that could be purchased here when Hampstead was popular for its wells in the 18th century, [3] and The Flask, Flask Walk, Hampstead, is another pub nearby. [4] Like all good pubs, The Flask has its own legends which may or may not be true.
Jack Straw's Castle is a Grade II listed building [1] and former public house on North End Way, Hampstead, north-west London, England close to the junction with Heath Street and Spaniards Road. The site is named after the rebel leader Jack Straw , who led the Peasants' Revolt in 1381 and who is said to have taken refuge on the site until he was ...