Sir John Oldcastle
| Status: | Closed and demolished |
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| Address: |
Coldbath Fields, EC1R
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Note: The location on these maps is approximate.
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| London borough: | Islington |
| Former address: | [now Farringdon Road] |
| Historical parish: | Clerkenwell |
| Dates open: |
by 1695-c1762
demolished 1762 |
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| Notes: | Located opposite the "Cobham's Head" (1 Cobham Row, see separate entry), and now the site of the Post Office. The name is taken by a later Wetherspoons pub to the south on Farringdon Road (see separate entry). It is said to be the site of Oldcastle's mansion (he is also known as Lord Cobham), who lived in the early-15th century and was the basis for Shakespeare's Falstaff character. |
| Sources: | Dates: Survey of London |
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