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The address was earlier given as 37 St John Street. It was originally called the Hoop & Adze and was rebuilt in its present form in around 1803. The name was changed to Crown at some point between 1862 and 1871. The pub closed in around 1895 – it has now been partially rebuilt and is in residential use. **
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Crown, 146 St John Street, EC1 - in May 2009
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1791/Godfrey Lloyds/victualler and cooper/../../Sun Fire Office records held
at the London Metropolitan Archives *
1807/Godfrey Lloyds/cooper and victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held
at the London Metropolitan Archives *
1811/Godfrey Lloyd, wine vaults, 37 St John street/../../Holdens Directory
1827/Godfrey Lloyds/licensed victualler, Hoop and Adze/../../Treasury
Solicitors records held at the National Archives *
1827/John Morgan, Hoop & Adze, 37 St John street, Clerkenwell/../../Pigots Directory
1839/John Wilcox/../../../Pigot's Directory *
Morning Advertiser 23 November 1863
Crown, St John street, William Farrar to Susannah Spratley
March 1866/Susannah Spratley/License renewal/../Clerkenwell News
April 1868/Susannah Spratley/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
April 1868/George Lawrence Barnard/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1869/Barnard Geo Lawrence/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/Henry Henshall/../../../1871 census **
June 1871/Henry Hemshall/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
June 1871/Thomas Proctor/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1873/Thomas Proctor/../../../P.O. Directory **
1876/John Martin/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1876/Robert Calvin/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
Islington Gazette 21 May 1877
Finsbury Licensing Sessions
Crown, St John street, R Calvin to J Dwight
1877/Henry Dwight/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1878/Henry Dwight/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1879/Henry Dwight/../../../P.O. Directory **
1879/Charles Burdett Green/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1880/Charles Burdett Green/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1881/George B Green/Licenced Victualler/41/St James, Middlesex/Census
1881/Lucy Green/Wife/41/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1881/Jane Green/Daughter/16/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census
1881/Julia Green/Daughter/13/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census
1881/Henry Green/Son/7/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census
1881/Jane Yeats/Servant/13/Battersea, Surrey/Census
1881/Charles Burdett Green/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1882/Charles Burdett Green/../../../Post Office Directory
1882/Charles Burdett Green/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1883/Charles Burdett Green/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1884/Charles B Green/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Charles Burdett Green/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1885/Charles Burdett Green/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1886/Charles Burdett Green/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1887/Charles Burdett Green/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1888/Charles Burdett Green/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1889/Charles Burdett Green/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1890/Charles Burdett Green/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1891/Charles Burdett Green/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1892/Daniel Dupuy/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1892/Frank Campbell/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1893/Frank Campbell/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1894/Frank Campbell/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1895/No Application/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
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