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In 1755 it was known as the "Eight Bells Alehouse". [1] The name is likely to have changed in 1788 when the church installed a new set of chimes, this time with ten bells; certainly, there are insurance records to show that the pub was registered as "the Ten Bells, Church Street, Spitalfields" from 1794. [2]
On the opposite western corner of Fournier Street is the Ten Bells public house. The Ten Bells is notorious for its connection with Jack the Ripper during the 1880s. It is here that the two of the Ripper victims were seen close to the times of their untimely deaths. Indeed, all five victims lived in proximity to the pub. [8]
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The pub's name changed from The Romford Arms sometime between 1983 [7] and 1986 [8] according to contemporary publications. David Gray filmed his music video for Sail Away in the pub in 1998. In 2003, the pub was damaged in a petrol bomb attack. [9]
The Commercial Tavern, Spitalfields, London. The Commercial Tavern is a pub at 142 Commercial Street, Spitalfields, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.. It is a Grade II listed round-ended building of white brick with painted stucco dressings, erected in 1865 [1] by Abraham Keymer, publican of the Norfolk Arms in nearby Bethnal Green.
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The pub was built in about 1900 and the architect was P. E. Pilditch. [1] In late 1951 the landlords, Whitbread, converted it to a theatrical theme and it is thought to have been one of the first English themed pubs which were popular in the mid twentieth century as brewers tried to appeal to a younger generation who were not so interested in the traditional entertainments of their parents.
The Old Queen's Head is a public house dating to about 1830; the pub front on the ground floor dates to about 1900. The interior contains some early 17th-century features from an earlier building on the site. [2] The three storey building is of Flemish bond yellow brick with a stucco cornice; a stepped parapet hides the pitched roof. There is a ...