Brendan the Navigator
| Status: | Open |
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| Address: | 90 Highgate Hill, N19 5NQ (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview) |
| London borough: | Islington |
| Former name(s): | Tourian Lounge Old Crown Ye Old Crown Old Crown Inn |
| Former address: | [also listed as Holloway Hill, Holloway Road (1856), and as Hornsey Lane (1821)] |
| Historical parish: | Islington |
| Dates open: |
by 1705-
rebuilt 1904 |
| Owner: | Tavern Propco Ei Group (former) Courage (former) Barclay Perkins (former) |
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| Notes: | Renamed as the "Tourian Lounge" in 2018 (primarily a restaurant), and as "Brendan the Navigator" in 2021. Ordnance Survey maps show that the pub building was originally located about 10m to the south-east down Highgate Hill, prior to rebuilding in 1904 at the corner of Hornsey Lane (on the site of the pub's original tea gardens). |
Photo taken in August 2025
| Sources: | Open date: Archives Rebuilding date: Highgate from Old Photographs via Tris C (e-mail) Renaming: CAMRA Owner: CAMRA/CAMRA North London Beer Guide/Archives London Drinker WP28/WP31/WP40/WP43/WP44 OS 1870/1895/1915/1937/1952 (as "Old Crown")/1967 (as "Old Crown") PO 1839/1855/1856/1874/1896/1906/1914/1921 (all as "Old Crown") Tris C (e-mail) |
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| References: | ACC/2305/01/936/1-88/3 MS 11936/488/978463 |
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