The World's End, Camden
- Mother Red Cap
- Mother Damnable's
Camden Town
London
NW1 0NE
The World's End is a pub and music venue at 174 Camden High Street in Camden Town, London, England, just south of Camden Town tube station with an additional branch at Finsbury Park, 23 Stroud Green Rd, London. It is a long established business, formerly known as Mother Red Cap or Mother Damnable's.
Mother Red Cap and Mother Damnable's
The first reference to a tavern in the area occurs in 1690. At that time the locality was entirely rural and the proprietors relied on trade passing by on the road from London to Hampstead and Highgate. The name Halfway House was accordingly also used. It is not clear whether there was one establishment in the first half of the 18th century or two, but by 1751 the Mother Red Cap and the Mother Black Cap (later renamed The Black Cap) were both in business.[1] The location was at or near the location of the cottage of a famous supposed witch, Mother Damnable.[2] In the late 18th century the Mother Red Cap was at its present location, and it had acquired a tea garden. Camden Road was later built across the grounds, and the building was reconstructed. The present building dates from 1875 and was designed by H. H. Bridgman.
The World's End
The pub and venue in its present large guise is the work of Andrew Marler, a serial developer of Licensed Premises, who owned it as a 200 capacity pub and in 1988 bought the whole 'island site' on which it stands. He then enlarged the pub to a capacity of 1,000 and built the 500 capacity Underworld venue beneath the pub. Marler went on in 1994 to buy the BBC Television Theatre from the BBC and refurbish and launch the site as The Shepherd's Bush Empire, continuing with the business model of selling drinks to customers whilst being professionally entertained.
The World's End and its Underworld Club have won Venue of the Year and hosted bands/artists like Dave Stewart, The Cranberries, Stuck Mojo, The Datsuns, The Darkness and Radiohead, as well as a host of extreme metal bands.
See also
References
- ^ Walford, Edward (1878). "XXIV: Camden Town and Kentish Town". Old and New London: Volume 5. London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin. pp. 309–324. ISBN 978-1371485122. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ Castleton, David (4 March 2021). "Mother Damnable – the Wicked Witch of Camden Town Tube Station". The Serpent's Pen. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- Camden Town and Primrose Hill Past by John Richardson (1991). ISBN 0-948667-12-5
- London 4: North by Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner (1998). ISBN 0-14-071049-3
External links
- Official website
- v
- t
- e
- Windermere
- former
- Assembly House
- Black Lion
- Bull & Gate
- The Camden Head
- Cittie of Yorke
- The Crown
- Devonshire Arms
- Dublin Castle
- Fitzroy Tavern
- The Flask, Hampstead
- The Flask, Highgate
- George and Dragon
- Greene Man
- The Holly Bush
- Museum Tavern
- The Old Bull and Bush
- Old Red Lion
- Old White Bear
- Ye Olde Mitre
- The Perseverance
- The Pineapple
- Princess Louise
- The Queen's
- Rising Sun, Fitzrovia
- The Rocket
- Ship Tavern
- Sir Richard Steele
- Spread Eagle
- The Washington
- Wells Tavern
- The Wheatsheaf
- The Winchester
- The World's End
- The Yorkshire Grey
- former
- Aragon House
- Black Lion
- Blue Anchor
- The Cock
- The Cross Keys
- The Dove
- Duke of Cumberland
- Eight Bells
- The George
- Golden Lion
- Hampshire Hog
- The Hop Poles
- Hope and Anchor
- The King's Head
- Laurie Arms
- Princess Victoria
- The Queen Adelaide
- Queen's Head
- Rutland Arms
- Salutation
- The Swan
- Temperance Billiard Hall
- The White Horse
- former
- Coachmakers Arms
- The Favourite
- The Old Fire Station
- Seven Stars
- The Castle
- Queen's Head
- Seven Balls
- former
- Anglesea Arms
- Bunch of Grapes
- Chelsea Potter
- The Churchill Arms
- Coleherne
- The Cross Keys
- Drayton Arms
- Elgin
- Fox and Pheasant
- Gloucester Arms
- The Goat
- The Greyhound
- The Hansom Cab
- The Hollywood Arms
- The King's Head and Eight Bells
- The Phene
- Prince of Teck
- Scarsdale Tavern
- The Shuckburgh Arms
- Windsor Castle
- The World's End
- Zetland Arms
- former
- Crooked Billet
- former
- Green Man
- former
- Admiral Duncan
- Admiralty
- The Albert
- Angel and Crown
- Argyll Arms
- The Barley Mow
- The Beehive
- Carlton Tavern, Kilburn
- The Champion
- The Cheshire Cheese
- The Clachan
- Coach and Horses, Hill Street
- Coach and Horses, Soho
- Coal Hole
- Comptons of Soho
- Crocker's Folly
- De Hems
- The Devereux
- Dog and Duck
- Duke of Wellington, Belgravia
- The Duke of Wellington, Marylebone
- The Duke of York, Fitzrovia
- The Edgar Wallace
- The Flying Horse
- The French House
- The George
- The Green Man
- The Grenadier
- The Harp
- John Snow
- Lamb and Flag
- The Marquis of Clanricarde
- The Marquis of Granby
- The Mitre
- Morpeth Arms
- Nag's Head
- Nell Gwynne Tavern
- Newman Arms
- The Old Bank of England
- The Old Bell
- The Old Shades
- The Only Running Footman
- Paxtons Head
- Pillars of Hercules
- Plumbers Arms
- Prince Alfred
- The Punch Bowl
- Red Lion, Duke of York Street
- Red Lion, Westminster
- St Stephen's Tavern
- The Salisbury
- The Sherlock Holmes
- The Ship
- The Ship and Shovell
- Silver Cross Tavern
- The Spice of Life
- Star Tavern
- Sun and 13 Cantons
- Swan Inn
- PS Tattershall Castle
- Two Brewers
- Two Chairmen
- The Victoria
- The Warrington
- Warwick Castle
- Westminster Arms
- White Lion
- The White Swan
- The Wilton Arms
- The Yorkshire Grey
- former
- The Bell
- The Black Friar
- The Centre Page
- The Cockpit
- Dirty Dicks
- East India Arms
- George and Vulture
- The Globe
- Hand and Shears
- The Harrow
- Hoop and Grapes, Aldgate High Street
- Hoop and Grapes, Farringdon Street
- Jamaica Wine House
- The Jugged Hare
- Old Bell
- Old Doctor Butler's Head
- Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
- Ye Olde Cock Tavern
- The Olde Wine Shades
- The Punch Tavern
- Rising Sun, Carter Lane
- Rising Sun, Cloth Fair
- The Ship, Hart Street
- The Ship, Lime Street
- Simpson's Tavern
- Staple Inn
- The Tipperary
- Viaduct Tavern
- former
- Bell Savage Inn
- Blossom's Inn
- Boar's Head Inn
- Bull and Mouth Inn
- The Fortune of War Public House
- The Intrepid Fox
- London Tavern
- St Paul's Tavern
- Swan with Two Necks
- The Devil Tavern
- White Hart
- Category
- Commons