King's Head

Status: Open
Address: 10 Stafford Street, W1S 4RX (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: City of Westminster
Former name(s): Shelley's
Shelley's Hotel
King John's Head [same site]
King's Head
Former address: [also listed as 8 Albemarle Street]
Historical parish: St George Hanover Square
Dates open: 1710-
rebuilt 1870
Owner: Mitchells and Butlers [Nicholson's]
Chef and Brewer (former)
Combe and Co. (former)
Website: Website
Notes: Renamed as the "King John's Head" in 1843, as "Shelley's Hotel" upon rebuilding in 1870, and as the "King's Head" in 2006.
Photo taken in November 2008
Sources: Open date/Rebuilding/Renaming: WhatPub
Census 1851 [J Salmon]/1881 [F Shelly]
PO 1839 (as "King John's Head")/1841 (as "King's Head")/1856 (as "King John's Head")/1869 (as "King John's Head")/1882/1895/1915 (as "Shelley's Hotel")
References: 789/1025
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