This London pub was until quite recently in Cambridgeshire. The strange part is ..the pub never moved. First built in 1546, The Tavern, along with the nearby Chapel of St Ethaldreda, Ely Place (and at the time an orchard, vineyard and fine gardens), were all subsequently walled off and declared part of Cambridgeshire by the Bishops of Ely and their men who used it as their private residence when visiting London. Until as recently as the 1970s, thieves targeting the nearby jewellery stalls would hide out in the Old Mitre Tavern as it lay beyond the jurisdiction of London Police!
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nice beer and a great atmosphere I hope- next time I am in the area I am heading here and as I visit both Hatton Garden and leather lane at least every other month it should be soon!
5th May 2012
im very often in the mitre. it was also in the film Snatch. it also have a tunnel underneath from the Mitre to St,Ethaldreda.Plenty oftales from that pub
5th May 2012
This pub is entered through a tunnel which leads from Ely Place to Hatton Garden. There is the stump of an ancient cherry tree inside where Elizabeth 1st isaid to have danced around. As Ely Place belongs to Cambridgeshire the Metropolitan Police are only allowed there upon invitation.
10th May 2012
During the 50s I went to the convent school in Ely Place. There was a Beadle{Just like in Oliver Twist}} who stood at the gate.The church is the oldest Catholic church in London.
18th May 2012
My Hexham Pubs of a mispent youth,. Starting from west end, excluding clubs,. The Fox, The Skinners The Railway, The North Eastern Tavern, The Turks Head, The Criterion, The White Horse, The Rising Sun, The Grapes , The Heart of Ole England, The Globe, The Tavern, Tap In Spiyle, The Royal, Coach N Horses, The Beaumont,,. The County, AND GODS HOME YE OLDE GREY BULL, any of us bullocks left, Add a club the Hextol club, The Albert n George Club, Tory Clu, Catholic clu, Ex Srvice Club, Eastgarth .
20th May 2012
Old London pubs what a lot of memories but none more so Than the Marquis of Granby in the Old Kent Road a frequent watering hole in the late 50's early 60's when I was manager of the Astoria Old Kent Road for Rank organisation
21st May 2012
I find it hard to believe police aren't allowed to cross county borders. If they're chasing you on the M25 in Kent surely they don't suddenly give up when the road crosses the border into Surrey!
21st May 2012
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nice beer and a great atmosphere I hope- next time I am in the area I am heading here and as I visit both Hatton Garden and leather lane at least every other month it should be soon!
5th May 2012
im very often in the mitre.
it was also in the film Snatch.
it also have a tunnel underneath from
the Mitre to St,Ethaldreda.Plenty
oftales from that pub
5th May 2012
This pub is entered through a tunnel which leads from Ely Place to Hatton Garden. There is the stump of an ancient cherry tree inside where Elizabeth 1st isaid to have danced around. As Ely Place belongs to Cambridgeshire the Metropolitan Police are only allowed there upon invitation.
10th May 2012
During the 50s I went to the convent school in Ely Place. There was a Beadle{Just like in Oliver Twist}} who stood at the gate.The church is the oldest Catholic church in London.
18th May 2012
My Hexham Pubs of a mispent youth,. Starting from west end, excluding clubs,.
The Fox, The Skinners The Railway, The North Eastern Tavern, The Turks Head, The Criterion, The White Horse, The Rising Sun, The Grapes , The Heart of Ole England, The Globe, The Tavern, Tap In Spiyle, The Royal, Coach N Horses, The Beaumont,,. The County, AND GODS HOME YE OLDE GREY BULL, any of us bullocks left, Add a club the Hextol club, The Albert n George Club, Tory Clu, Catholic clu, Ex Srvice Club, Eastgarth .
20th May 2012
Old London pubs what a lot of memories but none more so Than the Marquis of Granby in the Old Kent Road a frequent watering hole in the late 50's early 60's when I was manager of the Astoria Old Kent Road for Rank organisation
21st May 2012
I find it hard to believe police aren't allowed to cross county borders. If they're chasing you on the M25 in Kent surely they don't suddenly give up when the road crosses the border into Surrey!
21st May 2012
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29th Mar 2013