King's Head Hotel 10 Mercer Row
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King's Head Hotel 10 Mercer Row
Image: © Jo and Steve Turner Taken: 29 May 2011
Grade II Listed the Kings Head is to thought to date from the 17th century with a 19th century frontage. Pevsner tells us that it was dressed up in a Victorian Gothic style, probably by G R Willoughby, who was the landlord in the 1840s and this is supported by the 1841 directory referring to it as the New Kings Head. Directory entries include; 1828 Isaac Beecham (& excise office); 1835 Susannah Beecham; 1841 George Rivis Willoughby, New King's Head (& excise office); 1856 George Rivis Willoughby (& town surveyor); 1868 Henry Joseph Bettinson; 1885 Nimrod Long; 1889 Henry Ryan (& posting house); 1901 no name given; 1913 William Peak.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.365898
Longitude
-0.006115