Turner's Old Star, Wapping
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Turner's Old Star, Wapping
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 1 Feb 2011
Turner as in the painter JMW, who supposedly owned the pub, and is thought to have visited the area frequently http://www.shadwatch.co.uk/wapping_history_01.htm . The building is on the corner of Watts Street and Meeting House Alley (off to the left).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.505211
Longitude
-0.05957