Cope's Wine Lodge

Status: Closed and demolished
Address: 145 Aldersgate Street, EC1A (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: City of London
Former name(s): Old White Bear
White Bear
Former address: 126 Aldersgate Street (1869)
Historical parish: St Botolph without Aldersgate
Dates open: by 1822-at least 1940
Owner: Bodega Co. (former)
Notes: In 1891 onwards, the site of "Manchester Hotel" includes this address (it is listed as 136-145 Aldersgate Street), though earlier the hotel is separate and at the corner of Long Lane (at 136-137 Aldersgate Street and 89-92 Long Lane).
Sources: Open date: Archives
Close date: Pub Wiki
PO 1839/1841/1856/1869/1882 (all as "Old White Bear")/1895 (as "Marble Restaurant, Manchester Hotel")/1915
References: MS 11936/492/999185
MS 11936/513/1082537 (all as "White Bear")
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