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Sign: London - The place where the first coffee shop in London was located


Address:
Jamaica Wine House, 3 St Michael’s Alley, London EC3V 9DS, UK
Category:
Monuments and History
City:
London For all manhole covers in London
Country:
United Kingdom For all manhole covers in United Kingdom
Shape:
Square
Material:
Stone, marble …
Placement:
Wall or fence
Tags:
Restaurants and foods 


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On the sign:
HERE STOOD THE FIRST LONDON COFFEE HOUSE
AT THE SIGN OF PASQUA ROSEE’S HEAD
1652
Photography:
2025
Eli Zvuluny
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Comments:
At this site stood London’s first coffee house, established by Pasqua Rosée, the Greek servant of an English merchant of the Levant Company, whom he had met in Turkey. The name of the coffee house was apparently “Pasqua Rosée’s Head” (as stated on the sign), or “The Turkish Head”.

The site was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

More information about London’s coffee houses, and this coffee house in particular, can be found on the next sign located nearby .

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