Magpie and Crown PH
128 High Street
Original public house built in 1614, rebuilt in 1920-30s.
In Thames Policy Area
History
The Pye’ is recorded in 1614. Magpie & Crown by 1722. Rebuilt and for some reason set back from the building line 1920s/30s(?)
Believed by one historical source to be designed by Nowell Parr.
Further Information
Mentioned in Alfred Pearce’s poem of Fifty Pubs on Brentford’s High Street, 1948.
Currently a fine real ale pub.
Magpie and Crown
Magpie and Crown
Magpie and Crown
Magpie and Crown, rear roofline with sign
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The History of Brentford 
My father ran this pub in the early 1930s his name was William Fredrick Griffiths he met my mother Kathleen Fogden at that time she lived locally .
Hello Barbara I wondered if you know whether the frontage, being set back from the road, was used for outside seating in the 30’s and whether or not the pub sign and post existed then too? It would be very helpful to know.
hi barbara this is your cousin tony, have lost your phone number, give me a ring on dorothy nash number
Would this be the same pub that in 1855 was listed as “Crown,” Brentford Road, Middlesex, Chiswick P.O. ? It was in the London City Directory. My ancestor, Robert Thomas Corney Lee either owned it or worked there as a Licensed Victuallar. Would love to know if it is the same pub.
There are 2 ancestors of mine who have been born landlords of the Magpie and Crown. They are from different branches of my family and would almost certainly not known each other. Charles Russell Spencer Nelms had the pub in the 1890s. He was a Great Granduncle of mine. And William Thomas Broadfoot Hale was landlord 1935-1956. He was my Granduncle.
It was around 1945 that my parents first met in the Magpie and Crown and married just a few months later.
predictive text has added the word “born” for some reason. 🥴