Lion and Key Hotel
| Status: | Open |
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| Address: | 475 High Road Leyton, E10 5EL (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview) |
| London borough: | Waltham Forest |
| Former name(s): | Lion and Key House Bar Hot House Bar Lion and Key |
| Former address: | [also listed as High Street (1891) and as Leyton Street (1861)] |
| Historical parish: | Leyton |
| Dates open: |
by 1754-2009, c2017-
rebuilt 1889/1936 |
| Owner: | Enterprise Inns (former) Labatt's (former) Charrington (former) |
| Website: | Website |
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| Notes: | Reputedly dates back to as early as 1300. Renamed as the "House Bar" in 2000, and as the "Lion and Key" in 2003. Later a support centre. Now a hotel with a bar open to the public. |
Photo taken in December 2025
| Sources: | Open date: Pubs History Close date: Spitalfields Life Reopen date: CAMRA Rebuilding date: CAMRA/Lost Pubs Renaming: Behind the Bar Census 1841 [S Cooper]/1851 [T Ford]/1861 [J Reynolds] (as "Lion & Key")/1871 [J Reynolds]/1891 [W Reynolds] (as "Lion & Key")/1911 [G Elfick] (as "Lion & Key Hotel") London Drinker U228/WP23 OS 1896/1950s (as "Lion and Key") PO 1805/1839/1851/1855/1860/1862/1863/1867/1871/1872/1874/1876/1880/1884/1888/1892/1896/1898/1900/1901/1902/1903/1906/1914/1917/1922 (all as "Lion & Key") |
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| References: | t18450303-758 (as "Lion and Key") |
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