Cross Keys, Smithford Street
These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
1570 | 1750 | CROSS KEYS | |
1671 | ? | BLACK HORSE | |
1756 | ? | FLOWER DE LUCE AND CROWN | |
1795 | 1926 | FLEUR DE LIS | |
1835 | 1835 | BEERHOUSE | |
![]() This is a common sign in Christian heraldry referring to St Peter, to whom Jesus said, 'I will give unto thee the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven'. The papal arms show crossed keys, and they occur again in the arms of various bishops such as those of Exeter, Gloucester, Peterborough, Ripon, and St Asaph, where the cathedral in each case is dedicated to St. Peter. | |||
LICENSEES:1729 William Perkins | |||
![]() Street plan of 1851 | |||
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