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| Description | As I was walking past the Eagle Tavern on North Street I noticed some putty coming away from the window frame, it had been a long while since I had seen a window frame with putty on it. Seeing it made me wonder how old the Eagle Tavern might be so I took some pics and decided I would see what I could find out. Turns out there used to be eleven pubs on North Street most had long gone leaving just the Eagle Tavern and the White Stag which was demolished a few years back leaving just the Eagle Tavern. At first, I thought the Eagle Tavern was Victorian but it predates even Queen Victoria. This fine old building is actually the Georgian original and started life as a private house. It became a beer house in 1832, following the famous "Wellington Beerhouse Act" which halved the tax on beer and allowed anyone of good character to obtain a licence for just two guineas. Within ten years of the act being passed, the number of pubs in Leeds doubled from 270 to 545. The Eagle was first known as the Builders Inn - after the profession of its first owner - and changed its name to The Ordnance, owing to its proximity to the Leeds Cavalry Barracks. It later became the Golden Eagle, and finally the Eagle Tavern. The Eagle, like so many older pubs, is reputedly haunted. The tale is that a spirit inhabits a room on the top floor - but it is supposedly quite benign, and though its presence has been occasionally felt, it has never interrupted anyone's sleep. |
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| Author | Mark Stevenson |
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