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One of the very few locations across London that provides public viewing. The drawing is interesting as it appears to contain notes for a later coloured version. My father’s photo shows the pub as it was following bomb damage in 1941 and subsequent demolition of some of the walls to make the building safe. 60 years later.

I know of a good house where we can have a red-hot chop for dinner and a glass of good wine.’ ‘This note’ adds Forster, ‘led to our first experience of Jack Straw’s Castle, memorable for many happy meetings in coming years.’. Aarzel niet om ons te contacteren via dit formulier indien u geen e-mail hebt ontvangen, Meer informatie over het beheer van uw persoonsgegevens en rechten, Toeristische bezienswaardigheden Richmond upon Thames, Toeristische bezienswaardigheden Potters Bar, Toeristische bezienswaardigheden Waltham Cross, Toeristische bezienswaardigheden Waltham Abbey, Toeristische bezienswaardigheden Loughton, Toeristische bezienswaardigheden Chigwell, Toeristische bezienswaardigheden City of London, Toeristische bezienswaardigheden Borehamwood, Toeristische bezienswaardigheden Hounslow, Toeristische bezienswaardigheden Mithcham, Toeristische bezienswaardigheden Kingston upon Thames, API ViaMichelin - Itineraries, Geocoding, Traffic, Mapping, Michelin POI. I remember it had a Punch and Judy show there several times a year. Also, the building on the far left of both photos, along with the brick wall with two pillars, are the same in both photos. We’d go mainly to sail my pond yacht, the pond being a favourite sailing pond for enthusiast as it was not deep and had a concrete bottom so was safe for me to wade out to retrieve a stranded model. It was originally fed by rain water and dew, however I believe it now also has an artificial supply as the height of the pond means there was no natural underground or stream sources of water.


Knowing that area really well, over a long period of time, I thought it was a pub until much later. There is one final unexpected find before heading off down into the centre of Hampstead, close to the milestone is a covered reservoir with an unusual looking dome on top.

This took me alongside Whitestone Pond. The Whitestone Pond was renovated (late 1950’s?) As can be seen from the picture, the present structure is very elegant and is also very large. In the following photo, the road on the left leads to Golders Green, the road on the right leads to Highgate (passing a building which is still a pub – the Spaniards), and I am standing by the road that leads up from Hampstead. I have read so many different interpretations of the origin of the name Jack Straw and possible associations with Hampstead so i suspect we will never know the truth behind Jack Straw, but it is good that there is still a very visible reminder of the Peasants Revolt at the highest spot in Hampstead, 638 years after the event. Jack Straw’s Castle sits on a very busy road junction, where roads from Hampstead, Highgate and Golders Green converge.
It stands empty at the moment and the present owner is seeking a new buyer.

Its neighbour, Heath House, the home of Lord Moyne, leader of the House of Lords, was also damaged.”. Jack Straw's Castle is a Grade II listed building and former public house in Hampstead, north-west London, England.. I’ve scanned it and now have placed it in a safe place. Always was a wonderful walk and still is. It is to be hoped that, before long, a new user can be found for the building that will be approved by the community who live nearby. The above photo shows how there are frequently traces of previous buildings in the buildings we see today. Ne made nevere shoutes half so shrille My dad, (born in 1901 in the area) took me many times to this part of Hampstead. The name adjacent to the entrance is “Old Court House”. Given The Canterbury Tales were written not long after the Peasants Revolt, this reference by Geoffrey Chaucer does probably confirm his existence. The site is named after the rebel leader Jack Straw, who led the Peasants' Revolt in 1381 and who is said to have taken refuge on the site until he was caught and executed. Whan that they wolden any Flemyng kille.

Gebruik de routeplanner voor uw reis van en naar , vind uw restaurant of hotel en bekijk de kaart van op ViaMichelin. It all looks rather idyllic. ( Log Out /  Picture: Hannah Somerville. Thanks for a really wonderful blog, though time does disappear quickly when I start reading here. We sat for some time in a square room at the rear of the building on the top floor (not shown in any photographs). I’ve walked past this spot many times on jaunts around the area, particularly on the way to or from the upper Heath and one of my favorite spots in London: the Hill Garden & Pergola just up North End Way a hundred yards or so. It is mentioned in Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’, where Professor Van Helsing and Doctor Jack Seward stop to dine. It is an impressive building in an equally impressive location – although I must admit that i prefer the pre-war building. Just to the left of where I was standing for the above photo, is the source of the name Whitestone Pond. It used to be a large pub which has, unfortunately, long since closed down for serving drinks. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. I live a mile or two away and my daughter was born in the maternity hospital (since demolished) on the corner of East Heath Rd. Bedankt! Vind alle informatie over Jack Straw's Castle - : tips van de Groene Michelin Gids en praktische info over Jack Straw's Castle. Often visited Jack Straws back in sixties. I cannot though find any firm evidence of Jack Straw’s association with Hampstead or the site of the pub.

I was told the pond was so farmers carts could have the country mud washed off their wheels before proceeding down the gentrified streets of London. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Never been there, but there’s still time. Jack Straw’s Castle was a Coaching Inn, and the large doors on the left have “Livery & Bait Stables”, but compare the position of these large doors with my 2019 photo above and you will also see a large set of doors in roughly the same position, although the 1964 version of Jack Straw’s Castle had no need to provide a stables. Jack Straw was born in Buckhurst Hill in Essex, the son of (Walter) Arthur Whitaker Straw – an insurance clerk and salesman and former industrial chemist born at Worsbrough near Barnsley, and raised in Woodford Green – and Joan Sylvia Gilbey, a teacher at the independent Oaklands School, whose father was a Loughton bus mechanic and shop steward, and who was distantly related to the gin-making family. Whitestone pond was renovated much more recently (last 10/15 years) with tall grass around the edges. Jack Straw's Castle is on the market after being "transferred" between companies last year at a value of £45,000. Certes, he Jakke Straw and his meynee I progressed, in the 60’s, to enjoying a tipple in Jack Straw’s Castle before returning across the heath to Parliament Hill Fields, Swains Lane, and home to Chester Road. Thanks for a marvelous post concerning a place I visit often when in town. Jack Straw, whose castle consisted of a mere hovel, or a hole in the hill-side, was to have been king of one of the English counties – probably of Middlesex; and his name alone of all the rioters associated itself with a local habitation, as his celebrated confession showed the rude but still not unorganised intentions of the insurgents to seize the king, and, having him amongst them, to raise the entire country. It used to be a large pub which has, unfortunately, long since closed down for serving drinks. There is a similar milestone near the Flask pub in Highgate (see my post here) which gives a distance of 5 miles from St Giles Pound. Jack Straw may have been another name for Wat Tyler and some sources even question his existence. However the history of Jack Straw’s connection to it is very interesting. My question to you is: Is your picture of the 4 houses identified in County History as built in 1700’s on the southwest side of Jack Straw’s Castle???

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