Angel Inn & Hotel, 1 Islington High street, Clerkenwell N1
Clerkenwell pub history index
At the period when the northern environs of London consisted of scattered
villages, a portion of the parish of Clerkenwell, including the New
River-head, the Islington Spa, Owen's School and Almshouses, &c., was
considered to form part of the village of Islington: those objects being
detached from the town or church village of Clerkenwell, and situated close
to the Islington boundary. And whatever impropriety there may now appear in
the expression which forms the heading of this chapter, it is additionally
clear that the Village of Islington once extended into the parish of
Clerkenwell, from the fact that the local act, 12 Geo. III., c. 17, provides
for "lighting Such Part of the Town of Islington As Lies In the Parish of
St. Mary, Islington.''
"There is a tradition, that the whole of the ground, from what is now the
corner of the Back-road to the Angel-inn, was forfeited by the parish of
Islington, and united to that of Clerkenwell, in consequence of the refusal
of the Islingtonians to bury a pauper, who was accidentally found dead at
the corner of the Back-road; and the corpse being taken to Clerkenwell, the
district above described was claimed and retained by that parish. This might
possibly have happened before a single house stood on the disputed ground.
Certain it is that, on the opposite side of the way, the parish of Islington
extends to the corner of the City-road, exactly facing the angel." Gent.
Mag., Oct. 1823. - St Mary Islington History 1842
On the west side of the High-street, at the entrance of Islington from the City, were formerly several objects of interest'. The Angel Inn, which forms a conspicuous object on approaching the village, is said to have been an established inn upwards of 200 years; during the greater part of which, it was usually deemed the final resting-place for travellers to London, who, if they reached it towards night-fall, would seldom venture to encounter the remaining perils of their journey till morning. The ancient house, which was pulled down in 1819, to make way for the present one, presented the usual features of a large old country inn, having a long front, with an overhanging tiled roof, and two rows of windows, twelve in each row, independently of those on the basement story. The principal entrance was beneath a projection, which extended along a portion of the front, and had a wooden gallery at the top. The inn-yard, approached by a gateway in the centre, was nearly a quadrangle, having double galleries, supported by plain columns and carved pilasters, with caryatides and other figures. These galleries had doubtless been often thronged with spectators of dramatic entertainments, at the period when inn-yards were customarily employed for such purposes'. - St Mary Islington History 1842
Angel Inn, Islington - circa 1819
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This pub was purchased in 1921 by Lyons of Corner House fame and opened in 1922 as the Angel Café Restaurant. In the early 1960s it was acquired by the London County Council. Today (in 2010) it is a branch of the Co-operative Bank but this pub's fame lives on as it gave its name to the underground station (opposite) and the area, which features on the UK Monopoly board. ***
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Angel, Islington - in 1890s
Angel, 1 Islington High Street, in the parish of Clerkenwell, how confusing
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The Angel Hotel, Islington 1902
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Angel, 1 Islington High Street, N1 - in May 2010
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Residents at this address
1805/Anthony Percivall, Angel inn, High street, Islington/../../Holdens
Directory
1806/Mr Percival, Angel, Islington/../../London Brewery 1806 customer for supplying the public with genuine malt liquor
1825/Mr Thomas Smith/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1827/T and J Smith/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1829/J & J Smith, Angel, 1 High street, Islington/../../Robsons Directory
1833-34/Angel Inn, James & John Smith, 1 High street, Islington/../../Pigots Directory
1839/James Smith & John Smith/../../../Pigots Directory
1841/James & John Smith/../../../Post Office Directory *
1848/James Smith & John Smith/../../../Post Office Directory
1851/James Smith & John Smith/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1856/James & John Smith/../../../Post Office Directory *
March
1866/James Smith/License renewal/../Clerkenwell News
1869/James Smith/../../../Post Office Directory
1876/Henry Gascoyne/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1876/Richard Baker/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1877/Richard Baker/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1878/Richard Baker/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1879/Richard Baker/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1880/Richard Baker/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1881/Ambrose Wd Warren/Manager/57/St Georges Hanover Sq, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ada Warren/Wife, Manageress/30/Gloucester/Census
1881/Harold Warren/Son/3/Herne Hill, Surrey/Census
1881/Mable Warren/Daughter/2/Herne Hill, Surrey/Census
1881/Dorothy Warren/Daughter/10 months/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Mary A Warsome/Cook/33/Monmouth/Census
1881/Alice M French/Barmaid/21/Bridgewater, Somerset/Census
1881/Eda Southall/Barmaid/26/Dudley/Census
1881/Alice Hale/Barmaid/26/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Charles Brown/Barman/18/Bedford/Census
1881/William Rikpatick/Barman/25/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Edward Hearn/Barman/25/Cambridge/Census
1881/Mary Walsh/Housemaid/25/Brixton, Surrey/Census
1881/Alice Haps/Chamber Maid/30/Somerset/Census
1881/Emily Richards/Kitchen Maid/21/Buckingham/Census
1881/Sarah Armstrong/Kitchen Maid/22/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ganor Roberts/Nurse Maid/40/Merioneth, Wales/Census
1881/Ernest R Morrison/Visitor/36/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ruth Simpson/Cashiere/21/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Richard Baker/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1882/Henry & Richard Baker/../../../Post Office Directory
1882/Richard Baker/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1883/Richard Baker/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1884/Richard Baker/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1885/Richard Baker/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1886/Richard Baker/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1887/Richard Baker/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1888/Richard Baker/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1889/Richard Baker/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1890/Richard Baker/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1891/Richard Baker/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1891/Baker Brothers Lim/../../../Post Office Directory
1892/Richard Baker/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1893/Richard Baker/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1894/Richard Baker/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1895/Richard Baker/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1899/Frank John Sullivan/../../../Post Office Directory
Islington Gazette - 01 October 1907 Transfers granted
Angel, 1 High street, Clerkenwell, from Edwin Cash to Arthur Edwin Cash
1910/Arthur E Cash/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Edwin Cash/../../../Post Office Directory *
1921/Joseph Benjamin Crick/../../../Post Office Directory
1938/Lyons J & Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory
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