The Crown, Covent Garden

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The Crown, Monmouth Street, Covent Garden (2015)
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The Crown, Monmouth Street, Covent Garden (2016)

The Crown is a pub in Covent Garden, London, at 43 Monmouth Street facing on to Seven Dials and Short's Gardens.

The pub was established in 1833. [1] The ceramic tiling outside is original. [2]

It was known as The Clock House in the time of Charles Dickens, when it was a "hot bed of villainy", in an area well known for prostitutes and pickpockets. [3]

The pub was part of the Taylor Walker pub chain. [1] It is now owned by the pub chain Greene King.

References

  1. 1 2 "Crown in Covent Garden". taylor-walker.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  2. "The Crown – Seven Dials, London". sevendials.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. Richard Jones (2004). Walking Dickensian London. New Holland Publishers. pp. 93–94. ISBN   978-1-84330-483-8.

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