The Peahen

The Peahen

The Peahen is a public house in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.[1] The pub has been managed by McMullens Brewery since 1936.[2]

History

There has been an inn on the site since the fifteenth century. The original half-timbered building served as one of a number of coaching inns on Holywell Hill which runs into St Albans from the south.[3]

Watling Street was diverted through the centre of St Albans in medieval times, and the town became the first major stop for coaches north from London along this road. Thomas Telford designed a new route through St Albans, avoiding Holywell Hill, as part of his large-scale scheme to improve the London to Holyhead road. The inn found itself at the junction of London Road and Holywell Hill. The inn was rebuilt at the end of the nineteenth century. By this time the coaching era was over, but the Peahen continued to offer stabling into the twentieth century.[4][1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hertfordshire Genealogy: Places: St Albans, Herts". www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
  2. ↑ "Peahen, St Albans - McMullen". www.mcmullens.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
  3. ↑ Bard, Robert (2014-03-30). St Albans Through Time. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445631042.
  4. ↑ The old Inns of St Albans
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