William IV

Status: Closed and demolished
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
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")
References: MS 11936/376/583399
MS 11936/386/599856
MS 11936/427/745515 (all as "White Bear")
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