St Martins pub history index
The Crown is at the junction with Little Newport street.
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in St Martins in Fields, London.
Residents at this address.
1891/Fras Joseph Buttgenbach, Crown, 43 Charing Cross road/../../../Post Office Directory
1905/Horatio Buttgenbach, Crown, 43 Charing Cross road/../../../Post Office Directory
1906/Horatio Buttgenbach, Crown, 43 Charing Cross road/../../../Post Office Directory
1910/Horatio Laxton Seddon, Crown, 43 Charing Cross road/../../../Post Office Directory
1912/Horatio Laxton Seddon, Crown, 43 Charing Cross road/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Isaac Arthur Franks & Ezekiel Levy, Crown, 43 Charing Cross road/../../../Post Office Directory
1927/Levy & Franks Ltd, Crown Hotel, 43 Charing Cross road/../../../Post Office Directory
Prior to being licensees of the
Builders Arms in
Stratford, Essex, my Grandparents, William and Margaret Kelly , ran the
Crown Hotel in Charing Cross. I think it is now a Garfunkels Restaurant. I
have a letter from Levy & Franks brewery thanking my Grandfather for his
work during the war. He stayed on in London whilst my Mum and Nana were sent
to the country to live with contacts from the brewery industry. He kept the
Crown open, collected furniture from other bomb-damaged pubs and buildings
and looked after it and I think he was authorised to distribute excess
furniture to people who needed it. The letter thanks him “for the loyal
manner in which you have carried on your duties in the times of danger
through which we have passed in the arduous War years” and states that “your
devotion to your task has played an important part in maintaining the morale
of the Public generally”. *
1942/Levy & Franks Ltd, Crown, 43 Charing Cross road/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Levy & Franks Ltd, Crown, 43 Charing Cross road/../../../Post Office Directory
1971/Chef & Brewer Steak Houses, Crown, 43 Charing Cross road WC2/../../../Post Office Directory
* Provided by Fiona Ryan-Watson