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Mitre Inn, Chipping Barnet

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Mitre Inn, Chipping Barnet
The Mitre Inn
Mitre Inn is located in London Borough of Barnet
Mitre Inn
Mitre Inn
Mitre Inn is located in Greater London
Mitre Inn
Mitre Inn
General information
Address58 High Street, Chipping Barnet
Town or cityLondon
CountryEngland
Coordinates51°39′10.67″N 0°12′5.1″W / 51.6529639°N 0.201417°W / 51.6529639; -0.201417
Construction started1636
Designations
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameMitre Inn Public House
Designated7 April 1983
Reference no.1287050
Location of the Mitre Inn (arrowed)

The Mitre Inn is a public house at 58 High Street, Chipping Barnet, London. It was established by 1633 and is probably the oldest remaining of the town's once numerous coaching inns. It is a grade II listed building with Historic England and is currently styled "Ye Olde Mitre Inne".

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Background

The development of Chipping Barnet after the Middle Ages is attributable to the granting of a charter for a cattle and horse market by Queen Elizabeth I in 1588,[1] after which Barnet Fair came to dominate the meat trade in London, and the town's position on the Great North Road, of which its High Street forms a part.[2] The town became so famous for its coaching inns that it acquired the nickname of the "Town of Inns".[1]

History

In 1633, there were three inns adjacent to each other on the east side of the High Street: the Rose (kept by Robert Briscoe), the Crown, and a wine tavern known as the Man. In 1663, they joined to become the Man and Rose and Crown. In 1667, the inn became The Rose and Crown and Mitre, and simply the Mitre soon after.[3] The Mitre primarily catered for the large number of stage coaches that passed through Chipping Barnet each day and a War Office survey of 1756 reported that it could provide 12 beds and stabling for 26 horses.[3]

The name "Mitre" has traditionally been used to suggest affinity with the established church and the Mitre Inn is overlooked by Chipping Barnet's St John the Baptist Church (1560) in the diocese of Diocese of St Albans. Vestry accounts record that in 1720 ten shillings was spent at the Mitre entertaining the Archdeacon of St Albans plus sixpence for a new chamberpot.[3]

In 1774, Samuel Johnson called at the Mitre, accompanied by Mrs Thrale, when the innkeeper was James O'Connor. In 1785, the inn was described as "new built" with "stabling for upwards of one hundred horses", and in 1790 as having "roomy conveniences for carriages".[2] By 1817, 150 coaches a day were passing through Chipping Barnet,[4] but the meat trade had already shifted from Barnet to more central areas of London and after the coach trade declined too with the development of the railways in the mid nineteenth century,[1] the Mitre became a public house rather than the larger establishment typical of a coaching inn.[2]

Later licensees of the Mitre included Conner in the 1780s, F.W. Sedgewick a brewer from Watford before 1885, and A. Conquer in 1895.[3]

Legends

In February 1660, General Monck is supposed to have stayed at the Mitre Inn on his way to London to restore Charles II to the throne, after the Commonwealth.[1][3]

According to the Mitre's own legend, a bet was placed at the Barnet horse fair that a horse could not be ridden backwards up Barnet Hill, at the top of which the pub is located, but the rider was not able to collect his money as he was dismounted from his horse and killed after colliding with the pub's sign.[3]

Today

Today, the Mitre is styled "Ye Olde Mitre Inne". It occupies a much smaller plot than in its coaching heyday but is probably the oldest remaining of the town's once numerous coaching inns[5] and a grade II listed building with Historic England. It retains its timber frame but has been refronted and stuccoed.[6] Its etched windows were added in the twentieth century. The land at the rear, once used for stabling, has long since been turned to other uses. An archaeological investigation of that area was carried out in 2005.[2]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d Hibbert, Christopher; Ben Weinreb; John Keay; Julia Keay (2010). The London encyclopaedia. London: Pan Macmillan. p. 396. ISBN 978-0-230-73878-2.
  2. ^ a b c d "Medieval and post-medieval activity at Victors Way, Barnet." by Catherine Edwards in Transactions, London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, Vol. 58, 2007, pp. 141–150.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Selby, Richard. (1995) Barnet's pubs. Barnet: Barnet & District Local History Society. pp. 117–119. ISBN 0952598809
  4. ^ Slater, Terry & Nigel Goose (2008). A county of small towns: The development of Hertfordshire's urban landscape to 1800. Hatfield: Hertfordshire Publications. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-905313-44-0.
  5. ^ A brief history of Chipping Barnet. The Barnet Society. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  6. ^ Historic England. "The Mitre Public House (1287050)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 January 2016.

External links

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