A tour of pubs in Knightsbridge and a further exploration of Kensington, this time looking more at the South (and possibly West?) of Kensington.
See here for some out-takes from the Scarsdale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_bLaLsYSdA
00:00 Intro
00:28 Paxton's Head
03:44 Bunch of Grapes
07:52 Queen's Arms
10:52 Hansom Cab
13:47 Scarsdale Tavern
19:02 Outro
As always, a look at the exteriors, interiors and history of the pubs; along with a number of tenuously relevant asides. This time including the Great Exhibition of 1951, pub geology, Terry Thomas and a potted history of the threat of invasion posed by Napoleon in the early 1800s. Of course.
Pubs featured:
Paxton's Head: https://whatpub.com/pubs/WLD/16068/paxtons-head-london
Bunch of Grapes: https://whatpub.com/pubs/WLD/15994/bunch-of-grapes-knightsbridge
Queen's Arms: https://whatpub.com/pubs/WLD/16035/queens-arms-south-kensington
Hansom Cab: https://whatpub.com/pubs/WLD/16650/hansom-cab-kensington
Scarsdale Tavern: https://whatpub.com/pubs/WLD/16293/scarsdale-tavern-kensington
Three of the five pubs are on CAMRA's list of historic pub interiors, for which I am grateful as ever as it provides an invaluable source of information about these historic fixtures and fittings:
Paxton's Head: https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/2083
Bunch of Grapes: https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/2084
Hansom Cab: https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/12245
Those three are also listed buildings, and here's what Historic England has to say about them:
Paxton's Head: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1381202
Bunch of Grapes: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1358124
Hansom Cab: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1225932
The Pubs History website was also useful in making this video as always:
Paxton's Head: https://pubshistory.com/LondonPubs/WestminsterStMargaret/PaxtonsHead.shtml
Bunch of Grapes: https://pubshistory.com/LondonPubs/Kensington/GrapesTavern.shtml
Queen's Arms: https://pubshistory.com/LondonPubs/Kensington/QueensArms.shtml
Hansom Cab: https://pubshistory.com/LondonPubs/Kensington/PembrokeArms.shtml
Scarsdale Tavern: https://pubshistory.com/LondonPubs/Kensington/ScarsdaleArms.shtml
Other articles / sources I found useful in making this video:
Survey of London volume 45: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol45/pp79-88
Survey of London volume 42: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol42/pp249-263
This article from "Where London's history happened - in the pub": https://londonspubswherehistoryreallyhappened.wordpress.com/2019/07/03/queens-arms/
The UCL article on "Pub Geology": https://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucfbrxs/Homepage/walks/PubGeology.pdf
This article on William James of Kentish Town: https://london1psychotherapist.wordpress.com/2022/06/02/william-james-of-kentish-town/
Oh and lots of Wikipedia articles, including:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Palace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincrusta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dennis_Martin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwardes_Square
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trafalgar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo