In regard to the Market Tavern the mention of the "notorious Market Tavern" amused me on page 12 of the '10 May 2014 14/01877 Add. Phase 1 Archaeological Report Part 1'. This is an extract that contains the mention:-LS1 wrote:Corner of George Street/ Harewood St/ Ludgate Hill had a cemetery there. When they were excavating behind the closed barriers I managed to get some pics.
About 10 years ago they were also excavating the same area and found an old whiskey bottle, antler from a deer and some other stuff. Would have been in the cellar of the Market Tavern.
"The last surviving buildings on the site were a row of shops fronting George Street, but these were single-storey construction that had replaced the 19th-century buildings. This row of shops and the last 19th-century building, the notorious Market Tavern situated at the corner of Harewood Street and George Street, were demolished in the mid-1990s. There are currently two remaining buildings on the site; the former Weights and Measures building located at the corner of Millgarth and George Street and the electricity sub-station in the north-west corner of the site."
PS. I happened to spot that when doing a rapid scan of some of the first pages of that very long document (I have not tried to do more!). The document can be accessed through the excellent link in Cardiarm's post on Wed Jan 21, 2015 2:23 pm.