Mother Red Cap of Camden Town!

 

Jinney Bingham also known as 'Mother Red Cap' wearing her shawl 'that looked as if bats were embroidered apon it!'

I have always loved visiting Camden, especially Camden market. As a teen my main reason to visit Camden was to look in the record shops( showing my age!), buy cool clothes and spot interesting people including the famous. I once bumped into Suggs from Madness and Robert Smith from the Cure! Pre mobile phone day's sadly so my only proof is my memory. Little did I know in those days that Camden had many myth and legends including highwaymen, ghosts and a famous witch Jinney Bingham, more famously known as the Mother Red or Black Cap. A name I knew from having a family background in pubs. Her Ghost is rumored to haunt The Worlds End pub!

If you look up Mother Red Cap you will find many pubs had this name or her alternative name of Black cap.

Whilst researching about Mother Red Cap I found these fab articles which delve into the legend in greater detail. Please visit the links below.

The changing faces of The Mother Red Cap pub in Camden.

 Mother Red Cap (right) and Halfway House (centre/right), looking towards Kentish Town Road from Camden High Street. - circa 1930

The World's end and Underworld nightclub in April 2019. Great place to visit for alternative scene, please visit their website https://www.theworldsend.co.uk

Depiction of The Mother Blackcap!

For wonderful stories on Mother Red Cap please these website links:

http://www.information-britain.co.uk/loredetail.php?id=74

https://feralstrumpet.com/2009/12/29/mother-red-cap-or-the-crone-of-camden/amp/

https://www.squaremeal.co.uk/restaurants/news/pick-a-haunt-spooky-pubs-for-halloween-2013_1638

https://shipsbiscuit.wordpress.com/2013/08/12/mother-damnable-of-kentish-town/