Blue Bore Inn
Names
- Blue Bore Inn
- Boar Inn
- Blue Boar Inn
- Blue Boars Head Inn
Street/Area/District
- Aldgate High Street
Maps & Views
- 1677 A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London (Ogilby & Morgan): Blue Bore Inn
- 1720 London (Strype): Blue Boar Inn
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Blue Boar Inn
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Blue Bore Inn
North out of Aldgate High Street at No. 30 (O. and M. 1677–O.S. 1848–51). In Portsoken Ward.
"Blue Boar Inn" without Aldgate mentioned temp. Jas. I. (Chanc. Proc.).
In Horwood's map, 1799, it is called the "Boar Inn."
No. 30 is now occupied by the British Shoe Co. and the old inn and yard no longer exist.
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
[Blue Boar Inn.] near unto the Blue Boar Inn is the Boar's Head Tavern.
from London Signs, by Bryant Lillywhite (1972)
3632 Blue Boar without Aldgate. Inn 1630s–90s; Aldgate High Street 1708–1811; Blue Boar Inn No. 30 High Street Aldgate 1820s–55. In 1681 Blue Boar without Aldgate, and Blue Boar Whitechapel, both are listed. See No. 3664.
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3664 Blue Boar Inn Whitechapel 1677–90s; Blue Boar or Blue Boars Head Inn 1760s; Blue Boar Inn Whitechapel 1809–11; Blue Boar 328 High Street E.15. 1966. See No. 3632.