Jamaica Tavern
| Status: | Closed and demolished |
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| Address: | 495 Southwark Park Road, SE16 (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview) |
| London borough: | Southwark |
| Former name(s): | New Jamaica Jamaica Tavern Jamaica House |
| Former address: | Jamaica Level, Blue Anchor Road (1873) [also listed as Little Cherry Garden Street (1856/1851/1848) and Cherry Garden Street (1833/1820)] |
| Historical parish: | Bermondsey |
| Dates open: | by 1745-at least 1968 |
| Owner: | Courage (former) |
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| Notes: | Sun Fire Office insurance records in 1791, 1792 and 1793 refer to an "Island House" near the Mill Pond Bridge and Jamaica Level, which may be the same pub, marked as "Jamaica House" on Horwood's 1799 map of London and in other archival records. |
| Sources: | Open date: Archives Owner: Pub Wiki Census 1861 [W Rawlinson] (as "Jamaica Tavern") OS 1875/1895/1950 (as "Jamaica Tavern")/1968 (as "Jamaica Tavern") PO 1839/1856 (as "Jamaica")/1869 (as "New Jamaica")/1882 (as "New Jamaica")/1895/1915 (all as "Jamaica Tavern" except where noted) |
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| References: | MS 11936/376/585084 (as "Island House") MS 11936/381/592191 (as "Island House") MS 11936/391/608618 (as "Jamaica House") MS 11936/395/617714 (as "Island House") MS 11936/423/732926 (as "Jamaica House") MS 11936/484/974561 (as "Jamaica House") MS 11936/532/1141876 (as "Jamaica House") MS 11936/532/1141877 (as "Jamaica House") MS 11936/534/1168289 (as "Jamaica House") QS2/6/1745/Eas/5 (as "Jamaica House") |
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