2, Fleet Street. Demolished 1787. Full title was the Devil and St Dunstan, the sign being the Devil's nose being tweaked by pincers wielded by the saint. It appears in a Hogarth illustration. The dramatist Ben Jonson established the Apollo Club here, named after a room in the pub. A bust of Jonson and a plaque carrying a verse used to be mounted over the door of this room. These items, apparently, still exist in Child's Bank which is now on the site.
Members of the Apollo Club included: Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Jonathan Swift, Oliver Goldsmith and Dr. Samuel Johnson.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Devil Tavern
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Devil Tavern
Site of the Devil Tavern, demolished 1787. The Corporation of the City of Lo...
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Walter David Lambert
Works director of the Brilliant Sign Company in 1938. Walter David Lambert was born on 7 May 1876 in Nunhead, Surrey (now Greater London), one of the twelve children of David Robert Lambert (1850-...
1 memorial
Fakeblueplaques / Society for the Promotion of Historic Buildings
Londonist informs that the registered address of the website, where you can order a plaque, is 118 Hillfield Avenue N8, the site of plaque no 4. We have 3 of these non-plaques still to publish, no ...
3 memorials
W. H. Fowler
Director of the Brilliant Sign Company in 1938.
1 memorial
Royal Palace Hotel
The hotel stood at 6 Kensington High Street, at the corner with Palace Avenue. Designed by Basil Champneys and built in 1892-93 on the site of the King’s Arms Hotel (basically a large tavern). Wil...
1 memorial
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