The Peacock Inn is a former

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Islington High Street Islington ( ) is an inner-city area of north London, England, within the wider London Borough of Islington. It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington's High Street to Highbury Fields and Regent's Canal, ...

, London, that dates from 1564.

History

The pub closed in 1962 although the building still stands.Places of Interest in Islington
. Islington Council. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

In fiction

The inn features in '' Tom Brown's Schooldays'' as the inn at which Tom stays prior to travelling to Rugby School. It is also mentioned in Charles Dickens's '' Nicholas Nickleby'' as the place where Nicholas stops on his coach journey to Yorkshire.

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Pubs in the London Borough of Islington History of the London Borough of Islington 1564 establishments in England Former pubs in London Buildings and structures in Islington {{pub-stub