White Lion, Covent Garden Explained

The White Lion is a pub in Covent Garden, London, on the corner of James Street and Floral Street.

There has been a pub called the White Lion on the site since at least 1839,^[1] and the current pub was rebuilt in 1888, as can be seen under the rampant lion at the top of the building.

The White Lion Group, a radical political group in the 1820s and 1830s, with members including Dr Watson, and John Gale Jones, was named after the pub, as that had been their first meeting place.^{[2] [3]}

The White Lion was once used just by market traders and local people, but is now used mainly by tourists, office workers and opera goers.^{[4] [5]}

The pub is part of the Nicholson's pub chain.^[4]

External links

51.5128°N -0.1239°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: White Lion, 24 James Street, St Paul, Covent Garden - A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Covent Garden . Pubshistory.com . 2 April 2015. 20 February 2016.
2. Book: Christina Parolin. Radical Spaces: Venues of Popular Politics in London, 1790 - C. 1845. 20 February 2016. 2010. ANU E Press. 978-1-921862-00-7. 161–164.
3. Book: Iorwerth Prothero. Artisans and Politics in Early Nineteenth-Century London (Routledge Revivals): John Gast and His Times. 20 February 2016. 14 October 2013. Routledge. 978-1-136-16386-9. 126–129.
4. Web site: White Lion . Nicholsonspubs.co.uk . 20 February 2016.
5. Web site: Peter Ackroyd's historical tour of Covent Garden. www.coventgarden.london. 4 July 2016.