The Leather Bottle is a pub at 538

Garratt Lane Garratt Lane is a long street (numbered to 1085) in the London Borough of Wandsworth, part of the A217 road. It connects Wandsworth High Street to Tooting Broadway and is approximately long. It passes through the Earlsfield and Summerstown nei ...

Earlsfield Earlsfield is an area within the London Borough of Wandsworth, London, England. It is a typical London suburb and comprises mostly residential Victorian terraced houses with a high street of shops, bars, and restaurants between Garratt Lane, Al ...

, London SW17. It is a

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

building, built in the early 18th century. The introduction to

Samuel Foote Samuel Foote (January 1720 – 21 October 1777) was a British dramatist, actor and theatre manager. He was known for his comedic acting and writing, and for turning the loss of a leg in a riding accident in 1766 to comedic opportunity. Early l ...

's play '' The Mayor of Garratt'' mentions the pub, describing Earlsfield's mock

Garrat Elections The Garrat Elections were a carnival of mock elections in Wandsworth, Surrey (now London), England in the 18th century. The events were organized around 20 May and would see crowds of tens of thousands travelling from London to take part. The ele ...

of the 18th century as having been founded by "a party of watermen, belonging to Wandsworth, dining at the Leather Bottle".

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* * Grade II listed pubs in London Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Wandsworth Pubs in the London Borough of Wandsworth {{pub-stub