The Fortune of War (public house)

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The White Hart P H, 7 Giltspur St, London EC1A 9DE, UK

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N51° 31' 1.776" W0° 6' 5.652"   (51.51716, -0.10157) Start navigation »

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The Fortune of War was an ancient public house in Smithfield, London. It was located on a corner originally known as Pie Corner, today at the junction of Giltspur Street and Cock Lane where the Golden Boy of Pye Corner resides, the name deriving from the magpie represented on the sign of an adjoining tavern. It is allegedly the place where the Great Fire of London stopped, after destroying a large part of the City of London in 1666. The statue of a cherub, initially built in the front of the pub, commemorates the end of the fire.

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