Green Man, Putney

The pub was once frequented by highwaymen and was a popular place for participants to fortify themselves before or after a duel on nearby Putney Heath.

[2] Notable regulars have included the poet, playwright, novelist, and critic Algernon Charles Swinburne, who lived at The Pines, Putney, and is said to have always stopped in for a drink en route to the Rose and Crown in Wimbledon.

[4] In May 1798, the then Prime Minister, William Pitt fought a duel with George Tierney, the MP for Southwark, on Putney Heath.

Joseph Witlock and William Brown preyed on the intoxicated as they went home from the Green Man.

[2]In recent years it has undergone considerable modifications and enlargement of the interior and garden.