Brentford High Street Project logo - lines represent the High Street and Rivers Brent and Thames

Basics

Home and Search
Site Guide
Brentford Basics New
Privacy Policy
Contact

People

Families
Photos of people
Surname indexes New
Memories
Lists of names

Properties

Properties: High Street
Photos
Maps
Old Brentford Tithe
1909/10 Valuation Index
Pubs Poem

Can You Help?

Seeking...
Mystery photos

Roads Off

A-Z list

Janet's Research

History
Beach's Jam
Nowell Parr
Turner the Artist
Queen Victoria 1840
Brentford Market
80 High Street
Clitherow of Boston House
Four Croxford Brothers New

Sources & More

They Said
Memories
Books etc.
Web Links
Occupations
Document Samples

Next
Site Technology
Author

Home and Search

Brentford Pubs Poem

The Brentford Pubs Poem names the beerhouses and public houses you would encounter if you walked westwards from Kew Bridge, along Kew Bridge Road, Brentford High Street and then across Brentford Bridge and along London Road, Brentford End.

Whether the pubs all existed at the same time is doubtful, but one has to admire the effort in creating the poem.

To find out more about many of the local pubs and breweries try Gillian Clegg's book "Brentford & Chiswick Pubs".

Thanks to the person who sent a typescript copy of the poem in 2004.

Address: KBR = Kew Bridge Road; LR = London Road; the rest are High Street.

Poem Address Notes
When I was knighted with a Star and Garter KBR  
I was pushed into an Express. KBR  
On my way to Oxford and Cambridge 18 KBR  
I smashed into a Plough. 24 KBR  
And stood aside by the Waggon and Horses, 26 KBR  
Little beyond a Jolly Tar   1
With a Lamb by his side 409  
Receiving a Salutation. 401  
Presently Fox and Hounds dashed by 384  
A beautiful Hand and Flower. 378  
When I met the Marquis of Granby 369  
He fell into the Queens Arms 366  
Tugging with a Barge Aground 361  
A Bull starred me in the face 350  
As I crossed by the Brewery Tap 22  
The Prince of Wales stood the other side 346  
Up above Half Moon and Seven Stars 25  
With a Glittering Star by his side   2
Cross yonder stood a Drum 319  
Attacked by a Lion. 318 3
When I reached Alexandria 307  
I shook hands with George the Fourth. 50  
He advised to Salute the Waterman’s Arms Ferry Lane  
Then I was back into the Kings Arms 273  
Up went the roaring Cannon 267  
At the Rising Sun. 68  
I tried to lift one Ton, 254  
While Britannia stood one side 72 4
And I met the Duke of Cambridge 247  
He told me he had lost his Feathers 232  
A little beyond the Beehive 225  
And a Black Boy and Still 87  
Playing with a Catherine Wheel 94  
As I crossed the Barley Mow 98 5
There was a magnificent Castle 208  
Nearby stood a Lion 198 6
Three Pigeons overhead 195  
With Magpie and Stump, 124  
Beside it Magpie and Crown. 128  
Two Black Boys ... 140  
...ringing Six Bells 149  
Stood staunch the Magnet ... 152  
...with Lord Nelson 154  
I got in the Junction Arms, 166 7
They pushed me into the Duke of Northumberland 11 LR  
Beyond Stood the George and Dragon, 29 LR  
The Standard floating high   8
With the Angel of Peace LR  
When the Coach and Horses passed by LR  

Notes

  1. The Jolly Tar in the poem was before The Lamb; I thought the poem might be referring to the Royal Tar at no. 3, but this lay beyond The Lamb: so perhaps the Jolly Tar was a different pub. (But then why not mention the Royal Tar?)
  2. The Glittering Star is a mystery. Next to the Half Moon and Seven Stars was the Royal Hotel, which was never known as The Star. There was a Star Brewery in the mid C19 but it was in Boston Manor Road (B22).
  3. The Red Lion at no. 318 (Old Brentford)
  4. There was a beerhouse at around no. 72 in 1841 - 1861 (before the High Street was numbered) and it appears to be in about the right place to be the Britannia
  5. A beerhouse was established at no. 98 by 1841; in the 1881 census it was named as The BarleyCORN
  6. The Red Lion at no. 197 (New Brentford)
  7. You would come across the Grand Junction Arms before the Magnet and Lord Nelson
  8. I have not found The Standard on London Road Isleworth
Top