The Mitre Tavern
Preserved but no longer current.
A place of resort in the time of Shakespeare; it was in Mitre Court, leading south of Cheapside, and was in existence from before 1475 till the Great Fire (1666), when it was destroyed and not rebuilt. There are several other taverns of the same name in London (see Barrey's Ram Alley f v 1611).
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “The Mitre Tavern” mean?
A place of resort in the time of Shakespeare; it was in Mitre Court, leading south of Cheapside, and was in existence from before 1475 till the Great Fire (1666), when it was destroyed and not rebuilt. There are several other taverns of the same name in London (see Barrey's Ram Alley f v 1611).
Is “The Mitre Tavern” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.