Peacock Inn, IslingtonThe Peacock Inn is a former public house at 11 Islington High Street, London, that dates from 1564.HistoryThe pub closed in 1962 although the building still stands.In fictionThe inn features in Tom Brown's Schooldays as the inn at which Tom stays prior to travelling to Rugby School. It is also mentioned in Charles Dickens's Nicholas Nickleby as the place where Nicholas stops on his coach journey to Yorkshire.