Elephant and Castle

Status: Open
Address: 119 Newington Causeway, SE1 6BN (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: Southwark
Former name(s): Elephant and Castle Hotel
Elephant and Castle Tavern
Elephant and Castle
Former address: [also listed as 1-5 Newington Causeway]
1 Newington Butts [now Elephant and Castle] (1959, pre-rebuilding) [different site]
[also listed as Surrey Place (1856)]
Historical parish: Newington
Dates open: by 1765-1959, 1966-
rebuilt 1819/1898/1966
Good Beer Guide: 2019
Owner: Antic
Truman Hanbury Buxton (former)
Website: Website
Notes: Originally located 40m to the south-west on an island between Newington Butts and Walworth Rd (approximately at the centre of the modern roundabout), prior to rebuilding when the street layout changed in the c1950s. The modern location is itself overlapping the former site of the "Rockingham Arms" (see separate entry).
Photo taken in July 2017
Sources: Open date: Wikipedia
Close date: pub website
Rebuilding date: Pub Wiki/pub website
Owner: Archives
London Drinker WP16
OS 1876 (as "Elephant and Castle")/1895 (as "Elephant & Castle")/1912 (as "Elephant & Castle")/1952 (as "Elephant & Castle Hotel")/1967 (as "Elephant & Castle")
PO 1839 (as "Elephant & Castle")/1841 (as "Elephant & Castle Inn")/1856 (as "Elephant & Castle")/1869/1882/1895/1915 (all as "Elephant & Castle Tavern" except where noted)
References: B/THB/D/090
B/THB/D/309
MS 11936/351/539226
MS 11936/398/628143
MS 11936/399/634914
MS 11936/528/1111959 (all as "Elephant and Castle")
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