Crown and Anchor, Strand

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[[File:Crown And Anchor.jpg|thumb|The Crown and Anchor tavern is visible on the right. The Church on the left is [[St Clement Danes]].]]
The '''Crown and Anchor''', also written '''Crown & Anchor''' and earlier known as '''The Crown''', was a [[public house]] in Arundel Street, off [[The Strand, London|The Strand]] in [[London]], England, famous for meetings of political (particularly the early 19th-century [[Radicals (UK)|Radicals]]) and various other groups.<ref name=coffee>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> It is no longer in existence.<ref name=corr>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

The first tavern was built on the site before 1710, when the an Academy of Music and the [[Royal Society]] had rooms there, and [[Samuel Johnson]] and [[James Boswell]] dined at the tavern 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]].<ref name=corr/> One meeting was addressed by the Irish leader and MP in the [[United Kingdom Parliament]], [[Daniel O'Connell]].<ref name=coffee/><ref name=parolin>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

The [[Association for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers]], founded by [[John Reeves (activist)|John Reeves]] in 1792, were known as the Crown and Anchor Society or Association.<ref name=corr/>

==References==



[[Category:Buildings and structures in London]]
[[Category:Radicalism (historical)]]
[[Category:Royal Society]]

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