🍺 The Angel, Islington

The Angel, Islington, is a historic landmark and a series of buildings that have stood on the corner of Islington High Street and Pentonville Road in Islington, London, England. The land originally belonged to the Clerkenwell Priory and has had various properties built on it since the 16th century. An inn on the site was called the Angel Inn by 1614, and the crossing became generally known as the Angel. The site was bisected by the New Road, which opened in 1756, and properties on the site were rebuilt several times up to the 20th century. The corner site gave its name to Angel tube station, opened in 1901, and the surrounding Angel area of London.