Cornmarket: Nineteenth-century inns/hotels and pubs
Three of Oxford's main coaching inns – the Golden Cross, the Clarendon (formerly the Star) and the Roebuck – were in Cornmarket, and in the nineteenth century the street had in addition twelve pubs. Below is a complete list, with landlords where known. Only the Crown survives as a pub.
Cornmarket inns and pubs listed in directories, 1794–present |
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Present No |
Name of pub |
Present building |
| East side (south to north) | ||
1 |
later renamed Original Jolly Farmers |
Site of part of Lloyds Bank |
5 |
Golden Cross Inn (later Hotel),
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Pizza Express |
8–10 |
(including the former |
Boots the Chemist |
18 |
Site of part of the former |
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20 |
Star & Garter (The Tunnel) by 1911 Tunnel Hotel by 1932 |
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White Hart Inn |
Site of the northern section of "Next" |
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(Queen's Arms in 1841) Blue Anchor by 1880 |
On site between Burger King (25) and Pret à Manger (26); later occupied site of 25 as well |
| West side (north to south) | ||
33 Formerly 32 |
George Hotel from 1853 |
On site of NatWest Bank |
36 |
Granby's Head (1794) Marquis of Granby (1842) Leopold Arms (by 1880) North Gate Tavern (by 1911) |
"The Works" remainder books |
38 |
Austin Reed Ltd |
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41 |
North half of The Orange Shop |
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52 |
The Star Clarendon Hotel from 1863 |
Site of Clarendon Centre |
58A |
The Crown |
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61 |
Part of Moss Bros site |
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63 |
Part of HSBC Bank at 62–65 |
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