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The Lord Napier was situated at 49 Observatory Street in the Jericho district of North Oxford. This beerhouse was present by 1841 when the publican was William Hall and closed in the 1980s. The building is now known as Lord Napier House and used as student accommodation for Green Templeton College.

The pub was named after Field Marshal Lord Napier, who took part in numerous military campaigns in the mid-19th century. It opened in 1871 but was pulled down in 1930 and replaced with a larger building, which included two bars with oak furnishings, a mosaic floor at the entrance and a black wrought iron balustrade outside. It closed in the 1980s and was replaced by a suite of offices which retained the old name as Napier House.

Andrew Ffrench, The Oxford Mail, 17th January 2022

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