The Crown and Anchor, also written Crown & Anchor and earlier known as The Crown, was a public house in Arundel Street, off The Strand in London, England, famous for meetings of political (particularly the early 19th-century Radicals) and various other groups.[1] It is no longer in existence.[2]
The Crown and Anchor tavern is visible on the right. The Church on the left is St Clement Danes.
The first tavern built on the site sometime before 1710[2] accommodated the Academy of Vocal Music[3] and the Royal Society. George Frideric Handel premiered his first oratorio, Esther, here in 1732, a significant moment in British musical life as it was the first oratorio in English (rather than the usual Italian). Samuel Johnson and James Boswell dined here during the 18th century. A second tavern was built in 1790, and both this and its earlier incarnation may have been called The Crown. Its rooms were large and able to accommodate 2,500 people, leading to its use as a venue for political meetings, particularly by the Radicals, including John Cam Hobhouse and Charles James Fox.[2] One meeting was addressed by the Irish leader and MP in the United Kingdom Parliament, Daniel O'Connell.[1][4] On 11 November 1823, George Birkbeck made a speech at the Crown and Anchor, attended by over 2000 people including Jeremy Bentham, Hobhouse and Henry Brougham, at which he proposed the foundation of an institution dedicated to educating the working-class inhabitants of London. This meeting led to the foundation of London Mechanics' Institute on 2 December 1823, which would go on to become Birkbeck, University of London.[5]
During the late 20th century, the site housed offices and a branch of HSBC Bank. It is today a residential development, 190 Strand, incorporating groundfloor retail units.[2]
References
^ ab"Crown and Anchor, Strand: London coffee houses and taverns". London coffee house and taverns. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
^ abcde"Crown and Anchor, Strand". London Corresponding Society Meeting Places. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
^Parolin, Christina (2010). "4. Radicalism and reform at the 'Gate of Pandemonium': the Crown and Anchor tavern in visual culture, 1790–1820". Radical Spaces: Venues of popular politics in London, 1790–c. 1845. ANU E Press. ISBN9781921862014. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
^"History of Birkbeck — Birkbeck, University of London". www.bbk.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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