Hit or Miss

Status: Closed and demolished
Address: Swallow Street, W1B (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
Note: The location on these maps is approximate.
London borough: City of Westminster
Former address: [now Regent Street]
Historical parish: St James Westminster
Dates open: by 1788-at least 1812
Notes: Swallow Street was largely demolished for the construction of Regent Street in the 1820s. Location on the map is a guess, but one of the Sun fire insurance records in the Archives which names this pub (MS 11936/440/802646) insures a number of properties around the intersection of Little Argyll Street and Swallow Street.
Sources: Dates: Archives
References: MS 11936/349/538942 (as "Hit or Miss")
MS 11936/410/673064 (as "Hit and Miss")
MS 11936/440/802646 (as "Hit or Miss")
MS 11936/459/873726 (as "Hit or Miss")
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