Hertford: The Saracen's Head
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Hertford: The Saracen's Head
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 29 Oct 2010
This pub with its elaborate entrance fascia, at the junction of Ware Road and Railway Place, has an interesting history. It was probably built as an ordinary house as the area north of Ware Road was developed on the building of the original Hertford East railway terminus at the end of the street in the 1840s. It seems to have been rapidly converted into a public house, with the ground floor extensions visible in the photo being built at that time, to live off the trade generated by railway users. It is a Grade II Listed Building.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.798413
Longitude
-0.068037