Wheat Sheaf Inn, Highgate

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No longer standing this building was probably 29 Highgate and was demolished when the Town Hall was extended and the site is now occupied by the northern part of the current frontage. (NGR 351490 492633 approx.)

Curwen, 1900 p41-45

Adjoining to the south was Nat Tyson's grocery shop (27 Highgate), now occupied by Mr. Birkett, and further on the "Wheat Sheaf," the site of which is now occupied by the Municipal Buildings.

In the last will of Edward Whitehead, dated 23rd day of July, 1732, we find the bequest of "all that tenement lately purchased by James Ashburner and formerly known by the name Seale Hall, and now by the name or sign of the Wheat Sheaf.