Shaftesbury
| Status: | Closed and demolished |
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| Address: | 93 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview) |
| London borough: | City of Westminster |
| Former name(s): | Hicks' Tavern [same site] Hicks' Coffee House |
| Former address: | 55 King Street (pre-rebuilding) |
| Historical parish: | St Anne Soho |
| Dates open: |
by 1839-c1958
rebuilt 1880s demolished c1958 |
| Owner: | Wenlock Brewery (former) |
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| Notes: | King Street was demolished for the construction of Shaftesbury Avenue in the 1880s. The pub was renamed as the "Shaftesbury" upon rebuilding, by 1889. This site was later the "Columbia Theatre", now the "Curzon Soho" cinema. |
| Sources: | Owner: Brewery History Society OS 1873 PO 1839 (as "Hicks' Coffee House")/1841 (as "Old Hicks")/1856 (as "Hicks's Coffee House")/1869 (as "Hick's Tavern")/1882 (as "Hicks' Tavern")/1895 (as "Shaftesbury")/1915 (as "Shaftesbury") |
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| References: | MS 11936/571/1341071 (as "Hicks Coffee House") |
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