Gardens · London
Boar's Head Inn, Eastcheap
Boar's Head Inn, Eastcheap — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Dog-friendly
About
Boar's Head Inn, Eastcheap is a garden of interest in england-london, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
Photo gallery
Heritage listing
The Boar's Head Inn in 1829, shortly before demolition. The original Boar's Head sign is in the centre of the building, which was no longer an inn. On the ground floor are a perfume shop and a hat shop.
From the Wikipedia article
The Boar's Head Inn was a tavern in Eastcheap in the City of London which is supposed to be the meeting place of Sir John Falstaff, Prince Hal and other characters in Shakespeare's Henry IV plays.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The Boar's Head Tavern is featured in historical plays by Shakespeare, particularly Henry IV, Part 1, as a favourite resort of the fictional character Falstaff and his friends in the early 15th century. The landlady is Mistress Quickly. It was the subject of essays by Oliver Goldsmith and Washington Irving. Though there is no evidence of a Boar's Head inn existing at the time the play is set, Shakespeare was referring to a real inn that existed in his own day. Established before 1537, but destroyed in 1666 in the Great Fire of London, it was soon rebuilt and continued operation until some point in the late 18th century, when the building was used by retail outlets. What remained of the…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.5108, -0.0867
- District
- City of London
- Parish
- City of London, unparished area
- Postcode
- EC4R 9AT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
- Established
- 1537
- Official site
- skygarden.london
Sources
- wikidata: Q27951118 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Boar's Head Inn, Eastcheap (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Boar's Head Inn, Eastcheap?
- Boar's Head Inn, Eastcheap is in London, United Kingdom (postcode EC4R 9AT), in the parish of City of London, unparished area.
- When was Boar's Head Inn, Eastcheap built?
- Built or established in 1537.
- How do I get to Boar's Head Inn, Eastcheap?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode EC4R 9AT. It sits within the Cities of London and Westminster parliamentary constituency.