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Just a note to say that the Crown Inn appears at different places on the early maps, and there may be some poetic licence. The Crown is listed on maps from 1682 and also in 1708 and 1746.
Aldgate High Street, then named Whitechapel - in Morgans Map of London in 1682 listing 890 Crown Inne ; 891 Three Nunn Inne ; 893 White bear alley ; 894 Sunn & Trumpet ; 895 Black bull alley ; 896 Blew boar lane and 898 White horse alley.
Aldgate High Street, then named Whitechapel - in John Strype Survey of London in 1720 listing 44 Three Nun Inn ; 47 Sun & Trumpet alley ; 48 The Bell Brewhouse ; 49 Black Bull Inn ; 50 Blue Bore Inn and 51 The Bores Head Tavern
Aldgate High Street, then named Whitechapel - in John Rocques Map of London in 1746 listing St Botolphs Church ; Three Nuns Inn ; White Bear Alley ; Sun Court ; Crown Inn ; Black Bull yard ; Blue Boar Inn ; and Black Horse yard.
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The 1682 Morgans map lists the '890 Crown Inne', in Whitechapel which is later renamed as in Aldgate High street.
In 1708 : A New View of London by Edward Hatton lists Crown Inn, on the Northerly side of Aldgate High street, near the Gate.
The John Rocques Map of London in 1746 listing lists the Crown Inn.
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