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Olde Cheshire Cheese (London pub)

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Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese is a pub in Fleet Street, tied to the Samuel Smith brewery. A considerable portion of it is underground. It bears a sign outside which reads "Rebuilt in 1667", making it one of the oldest buildings in the area. The Great Fire of London had occurred the year before, in 1666.