The Flying Horse

The Flying Horse (HM23RO)

Location: London, England W1D 1AL Greater London
Country: United Kingdom
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N 51° 30.989', W 0° 7.845'

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The Flying Horse is the last remaining pub on Oxford Street. The current building was built in 1892 and had been called The Tottenham since then. Prior to 1892, another pub called The Flying Horse was located on the site which dates back to at least 1790.

The Flying Horse sits on the St Giles Circus crossroads where Oxford Street, Tottenham Court Road, Charing Cross Road and New Oxford Street meet.

St Giles Circus was once the location of the gallows until the 15th century and was also the area that the Great Plague started in 1665.

St. Giles became one of the most popular saints in the West of lepers, beggars, cripples, and of those struck by sudden misery.

In its early days regulars of The Flying Horse, then called The Tottenham, were theatregoers from the nearby Tottenham Street Theatre an auditorium that was once London's finest music hall. The three curvaceous ladies on the pub walls were painted by Felix de Jong, the leading decorative artist in music hall.
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HM NumberHM23RO
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Placed ByNicholson's Freehouse
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Date Added Wednesday, December 13th, 2017 at 4:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)30U E 699071 N 5711165
Decimal Degrees51.51648333, -0.13075000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 51° 30.989', W 0° 7.845'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds51° 30' 59.34" N, 0° 7' 50.7" W
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near 4 Oxford St, London England W1D 1AL, GB
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