West's Brewery Tap

Status: Closed and demolished
Address: 311-315 Hackney Road, E2 (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: Hackney
Former address: [also listed as 315 Hackney Road]
313-315 Hackney Road (1915)
311-313 Hackney Road (1899)
313 Hackney Road (1895)
87 Hackney Road (1856)
Historical parish: Shoreditch
Dates open: 1822-at least 1971
Owner: Charrington (former)
West's Brewery (former)
Notes: Now the site of Hackney City Farm. The "Spitalfields Life" post names it as the "Three Crowns". The 1875 and 1895 Ordnance Survey maps show the brewery set behind the line of houses on Hackney Rd (along Boston Street, which no longer exists), with the entrance as a passage just on the east side of this "Brewery Tap" building.
Sources: Open date/Owner: Spitalfields Life
OS 1916/1948/1961/1971
PO 1856 (as "brewer")/1869 (as "brewer")/1882/1895 (as "brewer")/1899 (as "brewer")/1915/1921
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