Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese is a Grade II listed public house at 145 Fleet Street, on Wine Office Court, City of London. [1] Rebuilt shortly after the Great Fire of 1666, the pub is known for its literary associations, with its regular patrons having included Charles Dickens , G. K. Chesterton and Mark Twain .
'Olde Cheshire Cheese' in Fleet street. The Rhymers' Club was a group of London-based male poets, founded in 1890 by W. B. Yeats and Ernest Rhys.Originally not much more than a dining club, it produced anthologies of poetry in 1892 and 1894. [1]
Cheshire was the most popular type of cheese on the market in the late 18th century. In 1758 the Royal Navy ordered that ships be stocked with Cheshire and Gloucester cheeses. [2] By 1823, Cheshire cheese production was estimated at 10,000 tonnes per year; [3] in around 1870, it was estimated as 12,000 tons per year. [4]
Two of the walls feature a blue and white floral pattern tiling scheme and there is a colourful tiled dado going round the room. Of particular note is the mural of painted tiles on the wall on the north side of the building, entitled Spitalfields in ye Olden Time – visiting a Weaver's Shop, which commemorates the weaving heritage of the area ...
Cheshire cheese is a British variety of cheese. Cheshire cheese may also refer to: Cheshire Mammoth Cheese, a giant cheese sent to Thomas Jefferson; Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, a pub in the City of London; The Cheshire Cheese, a pub in the City of Westminster, London
The Cheshire Cheese is a public house at 5 Little Essex Street, London WC2, on the corner with Milford Lane. It is a grade II listed building, rebuilt in 1928 by Nowell Parr on the site of an earlier pub, for the Style & Winch Brewery. [1] There has been a tavern on this site since the 16th century. [2]
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
The Old Bank of England is a public house at 194 Fleet Street, where the City of London meets the City of Westminster. It was constructed on a corner site in 1886 by Sir Arthur Blomfield in a grand Italianate style, the interior having three large chandeliers with a detailed plaster ceiling. It is a Grade II listed building. [1] [2]