At one time the pub was owned by Thomas and John Shakespeare, who liked to think they were related to the man himself. The statue dates back to about 1910 and lost a hand to a WW2 bomb.
W1, Carnaby Street, Shakespeare's Head pub
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Shakespeare's Head
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the ...
This building, 1896, designed by Ewan Christian, has 18 busts contained in medallions around the top of the facades. Starting at the east...
Building by A. W. Cooksey, 1900. The small busts of the charity children recall the statues which flanked the original Cass statue in its...
The library, by E. Vincent Harris and opened in 1960, is the building to the south, the left of our picture. The Library Time Machine mus...
The roundels on the north, river-facing, frontage are occupied by, left to right: Anson, Drake, Cook, Howard, Blake, Benbow, Sandwich, Ro...
Sculpted by Frances Segelman and erected to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the queen's coronation.
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