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Lamb and Flag (London)

United Kingdom / England / London
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The Lamb and Flag is a Grade II listed public house at Rose Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2.

The building is erroneously said to date back to Tudor times, and to have been a licensed premises since 1623, but in fact dates from the early 18th century. The building became a pub in 1772.

Situated in what was a violent area of Covent Garden, the pub's upstairs room once hosted bare-knuckle prize fights,[3] leading to it being nicknamed "The Bucket of Blood". A plaque on the building commemorates an attack on John Dryden in a nearby alley in 1679, when Charles II sent men to assault Dryden in objection to a satirical verse against Louise de Kérouaille, Charles II's mistress. Writer Charles Dickens frequented the pub in the 19th century.

The pub was refaced with brick in 1958.

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Coordinates:   51°30'42"N   -0°7'32"E

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  • W~ (guest)
    This is the oldest Lamb & Flag in London, the atmosphere is excellent. Original style pub with no music drowning out everyone, just the pure sound of people chatting away.
  • chrisjy (guest)
    Used to be nicknamed "The Bucket of Blood" because of the bare-knuckled fist fights held in the courtyard.
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