Prospect of Whitby

Name: Prospect of Whitby
Age: Built in 1543
Location: 57 Wapping Wall, Wapping
Information: In the seventeenth century it had a reputation as a meeting place for smugglers and villains, and became known as 'Devil's Tavern'. A fire gutted the Devil's Tavern in the eighteenth century. It was rebuilt and renamed the Prospect of Whitby, after a ship that was moored nearby.
Has original flagstone floor and a wonderful pewter bar.
The noose hanging outside is a reference to one of its most famous customers - 'Hanging' Judge Jeffreys.