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Old Blue Boar Inn: A Glimpse of London's Lost Past
#4987 Old Blue Boar Holborn Here at scanning HQ we love an old inn! And this one, the Old Blue Boar at High Holborn, London brings that passion to provocative life. Shown on a scarce London map of 1682, it lay between High Holborn & Eagle street to the north. It gained the ‘old’ appurtenance by the mid-1700s, described as ‘one of London’s oldest houses’, additionally serving as a masonic lodge. It gained greater notoriety as the venue of choice for Newgate prisoners to have a
May 25, 2025
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