The Crown, Covent Garden
The Crown, Monmouth Street, Covent Garden (2015)
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 Shorts 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 is part of the Taylor Walker pub chain.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Crown in Covent Garden". taylor-walker.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
- ↑ "The Crown - Seven Dials, London". sevendials.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
- ↑ Richard Jones (2004). Walking Dickensian London. New Holland Publishers. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-1-84330-483-8.
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