Birdcage

Status: Open
Address: 80 Columbia Road, E2 7QB (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: Tower Hamlets
Former address: 68 Columbia Road (1882)
Barnet Street (1869)
[also listed as Virginia Row (now Virginia Road) (1878/1849), as 1 Wellington Row (1871), and as 1 Birdcage Walk [or 1 Bird Cage Walk] (1862/1810)]
Historical parish: Bethnal Green
Dates open: by 1760-
Owner: BrewDog [Draft House]
Truman Hanbury Buxton (former)
Website: Website
Notes: This may have been known as the "King's Head" in its earliest years.
Photo taken in June 2019
Sources: London Drinker U229/WP6
OS 1875/1895/1948 (as "Birdcage")/1968/1985
PO 1839/1869/1882/1895/1915 (all as "Bird Cage")
References: MS 11936/397/618813 (as "Bird Cage Alehouse")
MS 11936/443/821080 (as "Bird Cage")
MS 11936/446/839098 (as "Bird Cage")
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