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Hampstead - Spaniard's Inn c.1948 |
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![DPI-10404 Hampstead - Spaniard's Inn [c.1948]](http://www.digital-photographic-images.co.uk/images/DPI-10404-Hampstead-Spaniards-Inn.jpg)
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This historic pub stands next to Hampstead Heath. Parts of the
building are thought to date back to 1585. The two main theories
concerning the pub's name are that either it was the country
retreat of the Spanish Ambassador to James I of England and VI
of Scotland, or it was named after a Spanish landlord, Francis
Porrero. Dick Turpin's father once kept the Spaniard's Inn and
some believe that the highwayman was actually born in this
building. The pub was also mentioned by Charles Dickens in "The
Pickwick Papers." It is also claimed that the poets Keats,
Shelly and Byron all found inspiration at the Spaniard's Inn and
many a line was penned here. |
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