Saracen’s Head, London

The Saracen’s Head was a public house on the north side of the street to the west of the church of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in Snow Hill, London. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, stayed at the inn in 1522. Samuel Pepys and Jonathan Swift were reported to be regular patrons.

About Saracen’s Head, London in brief

Summary Saracen's Head, LondonThe Saracen’s Head was a public house on the north side of the street to the west of the church of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in Snow Hill, London. The pub dated from the Middle Ages, when it was a coaching inn.

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, stayed at the inn in 1522. Samuel Pepys and Jonathan Swift were reported to be regular patrons. The inn was demolished in 1868 to construct the Holborn Viad