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The Queen's Head

The Queen's Head is a pub at 13 Brook Green, Hammersmith, London W6.

It was built in 1796, originally as two houses (13 and 14), built for two brothers as their out of town villas. A later resident at no 14 was the Marquis of Queensbury. The houses became the Queen's Head pub in the early 1900s. [1]

The highwayman Dick Turpin was a regular visitor. [2]

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References

  1. "History of Brook Green Area and of the Friends". Friends of Brook Green. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. Benedict Le Vay (2007). Eccentric London: The Bradt Guide to Britain's Crazy and Curious Capital. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 264. ISBN   978-1-84162-193-7.

Coordinates: 51°29′46″N0°13′16″W / 51.496169°N 0.22098720°W / 51.496169; -0.22098720