The Fortune of War, Smithfield

The Fortune of War was a pub in Smithfield, London, on the junction of Giltspur Street and Cock Lane. The location, originally known as 'Pie Corner',[1] is where a statue of the Golden Boy of Pye Corner marks the place where the Great Fire of London stopped. The statue was initially built in the front of the pub.[2]

  1. ^ Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898). "Pie Corner (London)". Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
  2. ^ [1], History Magazine - The Golden Boy of Pye Corner