The Duke of York, Fitzrovia
The Duke of York is a public house at 47 Rathbone Street, Fitzrovia, London, W1. It is located in the north of the street on the corner with Charlotte Place and bears the year 1791.[1]
In 1943 Anthony Burgess and his wife were drinking in the pub when they witnessed it invaded by a "razor gang". It has been speculated that this influenced the content of his later novel A Clockwork Orange.[2]
The current landlords are Debbie Sickelmore and Alan Monks.
In 2012, the pub's licence was reviewed, after it was wrongly accused of failure to control customers outside the pub. The owners won their court case against Westminster council allowing customers to drink outside.[3]
In 2014, Prince Andrew, Duke of York gave permission for his image to be used on the new pub sign, making it the only known pub to bear the current Duke of York's image on its sign.[4]
References
- "Rathbone Street", Survey of London, Volume 21, The parish of St Pancras part 3: Tottenham Court Road & Neighbourhood. 1949. British History Online. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- "Dr Tony Shaw: The Literary Pubs of Fitzrovia: Literary London #5". 30 April 2010.
- "Westminster Council licence review on Duke of York pub is "warning shot" to licensees". The Publican's Morning Advertiser, Adam Pescod, 18 October 2012.
- London pub receives Royal approval for new signage. Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Greene King, 8 July 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
