Crown and Sceptre

Status: Closed and demolished
Address: High Bridge, SE10 (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: Greenwich
Former address: [also listed as Crane Street (1867), and as Queen Street (1852/1826)]
Historical parish: Greenwich
Dates open: by 1811-at least 1882
Notes: There is a separate "Crown and Sceptre Tap" listed in some census returns and directories, which must have been operating from a different part of the same premises, or possibly the building straddled either side of High Bridge, where it intersected with Queen Street (this street no longer exists).
Sources: Close date: Pub Wiki
OS 1871 (as "Crown and Sceptre")
PO 1811 (as "Crown & Sceptre")/1823 (as "Crown & Sceptre")/1826/1840 (as "Crown & Sceptre")/1855 (as "Crown & Sceptre")/1862/1869 (all as "Crown & Sceptre Tavern" except where noted)
References: F/GAM/001 (as "Crown & Sceptre Tavern")
LCC/CL/GEN/08/C/78/534-537 (as "Crown and Sceptre")
LCC/CL/GEN/08/C/78/947-948 (as "Crown and Sceptre Hotel")
MS 11936/567/1315034 (as "Crown & Sceptre Tavern")
MS 11936/568/1328394 (as "Crown & Sceptre Tavern")
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