London - Hampstead - Spaniard's Inn - Gordon Fraser postcard c.1950s

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• Picture / Image:  Spaniard's Inn, Hampstead [this is just over the Camden border in Barnet]
• Publisher: Gordon Fraser / photo by Allan Cash AA-04-5
• Postally used: yes
• Stamp:  2&half d red Wilding 
• Postmark(s): Upper Holloway May 1960 wavy line
• Sent to:  West Kensington W14
• Notes / condition: small 1cm nick in one side - but I think this is a rarer card by a collectable publisher

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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The Spaniards Inn is a historic pub on Spaniards Road between Hampstead and Highgate in London, England. It lies on the edge of Hampstead Heath near Kenwood House. It is a Grade II listed building, dating back to the 17th century.^[1]

Quoted by unknown authority it is said to have been built in 1585 on the Finchley boundary the Spaniards tavern formed the entrance to the Bishop of London's estate – an original boundary stone from 1755 can still be seen in the front garden. Opposite it there is a toll house built c1710.

These boundaries are still relevant today – the pub is in Barnet and the tollhouse is in Camden, both are now listed buildings and traffic is reduced to one lane between the two. A suggestion to demolish the tollhouse opposite the Spaniards in 1966 was successfully resisted, partly on the grounds that it would lead to more and faster traffic.^[2]

The Inn remains a quaint, oak panelled and atmospheric pub with one of the best pub gardens in London, which were originally created as pleasure gardens, with an artificial mound from which one could see views over London and even as far as Windsor Castle.

Dick Turpin is thought to have been a regular at the Inn;^{[citation needed]} and his father is rumoured to have been a previous landlord. What is certain is that highwaymen frequented this area and likely used the Inn to watch the road; at that time the Inn was around two hours from London by coach^{[citation needed]} and the area had its fair share of wealthy travellers. Records from the Old Bailey show that on 16 October 1751 Samuel Bacon was indicted for robbery on the King's Highway and was caught 200 yards from the Spaniards. A tree (now gone) at the end of the road was a famous site where highwaymen were hanged.^{[citation needed]}