Duke of Gloucester
| Status: | Closed and demolished |
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| Address: | 497 Oxford Street, W1C (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview) |
| London borough: | City of Westminster |
| Former name(s): | Duke's Head |
| Former address: | 248 Oxford Street (pre-1882) [also listed as 248-249 Oxford Street (1869)] |
| Historical parish: | St George Hanover Square |
| Dates open: | by 1789-at least 1806, by 1869-at least 1959 |
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| Notes: | In the 1856 and 1841 directories and in Sun fire insurance records back to 1826, this is listed as the "Gloucester coffee house", so was probably not a pub during this period. However, it is listed as a pub before this, up until at least 1806. |
| Sources: | Open date: Archives OS 1959 PO 1841 (as "Glo'ster Coffeehouse")/1856 (as "Glo'ster coffee house")/1869 (as "wine merchant")/1882/1895/1915 (all as "Duke of Gloucester") |
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| References: | MS 11936/363/563737 (as "Dukes Head") MS 11936/413/682954 (as "Dukes Head") MS 11936/434/785068 MS 11936/510/1049415 (as "Gloucester Coffee House") MS 11936/513/1076647 (as "Gloucester Coffee House") MS 11936/513/1076648 (as "Gloucester Coffee House") MS 11936/544/1178548 (as "Gloucester Coffee House") MS 11936/544/1178549 (as "Gloucester Coffee House") |
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