Building    From 1500  To 1868

Saracen's Head Inn

Categories: Commerce, Food & Drink

Mentioned in 1522 as an inn with 30 beds and stalls for four horses. Removed (as shown in the picture) for the formation of Holborn Viaduct and its approaches 1868.

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Saracen's Head Inn

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Saracen's Head

Corporation of the City of London Site of the Saracen's Head Inn, demolished...

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original HMV store

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