Oriental

Status: Closed and demolished
Address: 12 Rood Lane, EC3M (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: City of London
Historical parish: St Margaret Pattens
Dates open: by 1869-at least 1910
Notes: This is listed as a "refreshment rooms" in the 1869 and 1882 Post Office directories, though it's marked as a public house on the 1875 Ordnance Survey map. It's a "wine merchant" in the 1841 directory, though not in the 1851 census, and there are Sun Fire Office insurance records of a wine and brandy merchant at this address back to 1789.
Sources: Close date: Pub Wiki
Census 1851 (not listed as a pub)
OS 1875
PO 1869/1882/1895/1899 (all as "Oriental")
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