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The most famous pub in Ripper history. Annie Chapman was seen drinking alone at The Ten Bells on the morning of 8 September 1888 — her body was found on Hanbury Street a few hours later. Mary Jane Kelly, the final canonical victim, was a regular here and picked up clients on the pavement outside. The pub leans into this. It was renamed "The Jack the Ripper" in 1976 and filled with murder memorabilia, until a sustained Reclaim the Night campaign forced the brewery to revert the name in 1988. What earns The Ten Bells a visit beyond the history is the interior. Floor-to-ceiling Victorian ceramic tiling — blue-and-white floral panels, a raised dado, and a painted mural called "Spitalfields in ye Olden Time" that predates the murders. Grade II listed since 1973. The pub sits on the corner of Fournier Street directly opposite Hawksmoor's Christ Church, which is worth a look on the way in.