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The Horse & Groom was situated
on Lea Bridge Road.
This pub was situated by the River Lea
ferry which ran before the development of Lea Bridge made easier the
crossing from Clapton to Leyton. It was possibly present as early as 1630
and may well have traded in its early days as the Ferry
House Inn. The bridge was built in 1757, making the old ferry redundant,
and by 1802 the name Horse & Groom had been adopted. With no ferry business
to sustain it, the pub had by then switched to running a fishery, with an
annual season ticket available for 10/-6d. Riverside gardens were also
developed by the 1820s. The river became polluted and fishing a less-likely
diversion in the area, and the pub closed in 1860 to make way for a new
reservoir. |
