The Green Man is a

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and road junction on High Road,

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. The pub has been rebranded as part of the

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chain. The current 1920s building replaced an earlier public house, close to the original site; which was built around 1668 and mentioned by

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. A statue called ''Leaf Memory'' by Stephen Duncan was erected in 2001 at Grove Road and High Road in Bushwood depicting the Green Man sat with head lowered in his arms.

The Green Man Public House

There has been a pub at this location since around 1668. On 22 August 1722,

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and Stephen Lynch were arrested in the pub over a

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to assassinate King George I. A robbery by

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reportedly took place outside the premises on 30 April 1737, when Turpin attacked Joseph Major and took his horse and around £7 to £8 in silver. The pub is named by

in his account "Tour through the Eastern Counties of England", published as part of ''

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'' in 1724: "the great road passed up to Leytonstone, a place by some known now as much by the sign of the Green Man, formerly a lodge upon the edge of the forest". By the end of the 18th century, it had become the most important inn in the local area, as it sat on the main coaching road from London to

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and Newmarket. In the early 20th century, the pub included a room known as the "Dick Turpin chamber" and was reputed to be haunted. The current premises dates from the late 1920s. The pub has been rebranded and is now trading as part of the

chain. It is referred to in the 2014 song "

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" by

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, who grew up in Leytonstone.

Green Man Roundabout

The junction is now a

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which connects the A12, a major road from London to

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, High Road, Leytonstone and Whipps Cross Road. There are a number of cycle lanes underneath the roundabout that provide access between Leytonstone town centre and

Epping Forest Epping Forest is a area of ancient woodland, and other established habitats, which straddles the border between Greater London and Essex. The main body of the forest stretches from Epping in the north, to Chingford on the edge of the London ...

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runs through the junction and has a stop marked "Green Man Roundabout". The North Metropolitan Tramways Co constructed a tramway along High Road, Leytonstone, with the terminal junction at the Green Man opening in 1878. The original route of the

North Circular Road The North Circular Road (officially the A406 and sometimes known as simply the North Circular) is a ring road around Central London in England. It runs from Chiswick in the west to Woolwich in the east via suburban North London, connecting ...

, planned around 1916, ended at this junction. The roundabout was constructed between 1963 and 1965; the A12 underpass opened in 1999.

References

External links

Green Man, 762 High Road, Leytonstone
– Pub Wiki
Green Man Roundabout
– SABRE {{Pubs in London Pubs in the London Borough of Waltham Forest Transport in the London Borough of Waltham Forest Leytonstone