William IV
| Status: | Closed and demolished |
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| Address: | 1 Eyre Street Hill, EC1R (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview) |
| London borough: | Camden |
| Former name(s): | Duke of Clarence White Bear |
| Former address: | [street since renumbered] [or 1 Eyre Street] [also listed as 1 Back Hill (1839)] |
| Historical parish: | St Andrew Holborn |
| Dates open: | by 1791-at least 1875 |
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| Notes: | Demolished for the construction of Clerkenwell Road. Sun Fire Office insurance records in the late-18th century mention a "White Bear" on the corner of Eyre Street, and old maps show a White Bear Yard running just to the rear of the pub (the north-eastern part of which still exists), so this is presumably the same premises. |
| Sources: | Open date: Archives OS 1875 PO 1839 (as "George IV" and "Duke of Clarence")/1841 (as "William Fourth")/1856 (as "William Fourth")/1869 (as "William IV") |
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| References: | MS 11936/376/583399 MS 11936/386/599856 MS 11936/427/745515 (all as "White Bear") |
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