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	OLDE MITRE TAVERN	LONDON EC1N 6SJ	Ely Court, Hatton Garden
	There’s a sense of discovery when you find the Olde Mitre Tavern. It’s hidden down an alleyway between 8 and 9 Hatton Garden, marked by an old crooked street lamp and a small sign in the shape of a bishop's mitre. Many who work in the area don't know it exists. This tiny pub has two bars, both are wood panelled and cosy. Bar staff in aprons are welcoming and attentive. Lunchtimes are often very busy and customers spill out into the courtyard on dry days. The original tavern was built in 1547 for the servants of the palace of the Bishops of Ely, Cambridgeshire. Technically the tavern is still part of Cambridgeshire and until the last century the pub license was issued there.	Even the City police had no juristiction here. The palace was built as the Bishops London base. They had power and riches and played host to Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. After the reformation, Elizabeth forced the bishops to rent some of their land to Sir Christopher Hatton, one of her courtiers. The area is now known as Hatton Garden. Both palace and pub were demolished in 1772. However the pub was soon re-built. A stone mitre from the palace gatehouse is built into a wall, just visible under the tumbling ivy. The preserved trunk of a cherry tree, which marked the boundry of the diocese, is in the corner of the front bar. It is said Elizabeth I danced the maypole around it.	Visit the 13th century St. Etheldra's chapel, the oldest catholic church in Britain. It was named after a queen of East Anglia, who in the 7th century, became a nun, founded a monastery at Ely and was the first Abbess.
			OPEN Mon-Fri 11.00-23.00 Closed Weekends TEL 020 7405 4751 TUBE Chancery Lane Farringdon
			FOOD Snacks 11.00-22.00
			BEER Burton