Ye Old Mitre review: Historic Holborn pub

Often described as the hardest pub to find in London, the Mitre is located through a narrow passageway off Hatton Garden. Queen Elizabeth I is said to have once danced around a cherry tree in it’s back garden with Sir Christopher Hatton, one of her favourite subjects, whom Hatton Garden is named after.

Until as recently as the 20th century the pub and the surrounding area belonged to the Bishops of Ely, making it technically part of Cambridgeshire. As such, the owners had to go to Cambridgeshire to get their licenses. The first Mitre Tavern was built in 1547 for the servants of the Bishops of Ely, but the present building dates from around 1772.