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'''Cardinal Cap Alley''' is an [[alley]] in [[Bankside]]. It used to lead to a [[brothel]] called ''The Cardinal's Cap'' named because it had been owned by [[Henry Cardinal Beaufort]], the [[Bishop of Winchester]], who had paraded here wearing his [[Galero|red hat]], after being appointed a [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] by the Pope.<ref name=EL/> |
'''Cardinal Cap Alley''' is an [[alley]] in [[Bankside]]. It used to lead to a [[brothel]] called ''The Cardinal's Cap'' named because it had been owned by [[Henry Cardinal Beaufort]], the [[Bishop of Winchester]], who had paraded here wearing his [[Galero|red hat]], after being appointed a [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] by the Pope.<ref name=EL/> |
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The architectural critic [[Ian Nairn]] highlighted it in his 1966 guidebook to London, and the following year it featured in the documentary ''The London Nobody Knows'', based on the [[Geoffrey Scowcroft Fletcher|Geoffrey Fletcher]] book of the same name. It has been gated since the 1990s.<ref>http://bermondseyphotographs.blogspot.co.uk/p/the-strange-tale-of-cardinal-cap-alley.html</ref> |
The architectural critic [[Ian Nairn]] highlighted it in his 1966 guidebook to London, and the following year it featured in the documentary ''The London Nobody Knows'', based on the [[Geoffrey Scowcroft Fletcher|Geoffrey Fletcher]] book of the same name. It has been gated since the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bermondseyphotographs.blogspot.co.uk/p/the-strange-tale-of-cardinal-cap-alley.html|title = Bermondsey Photographs: The strange tale of Cardinal Cap Alley}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:54, 30 January 2022
Cardinal Cap Alley is an alley in Bankside. It used to lead to a brothel called The Cardinal's Cap named because it had been owned by Henry Cardinal Beaufort, the Bishop of Winchester, who had paraded here wearing his red hat, after being appointed a cardinal by the Pope.[1]
The architectural critic Ian Nairn highlighted it in his 1966 guidebook to London, and the following year it featured in the documentary The London Nobody Knows, based on the Geoffrey Fletcher book of the same name. It has been gated since the 1990s.[2]
References
- ^ Benedict Le Vay (2007), Eccentric London, Bradt, p. 202, ISBN 9781841621937
- ^ "Bermondsey Photographs: The strange tale of Cardinal Cap Alley".
Nairn, Ian (1966) Nairn's London, Penguin Books