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Date of photo: 2018	Picture source: Rose Freeman
The Crown & Anchor was situated on Long Buckby Wharf. We bought the property in July 2016 and are having difficulties finding out when it was built. It appears on the 1841 Census and was probably built in the early 1830s. It was built to service canal and railway workers and had a separate large room above the main bar for overnight visitors who had their own staircase from the main bar. The building was extended slightly at some point to accommodate a separate small cottage. It closed in 1934. The main house is called Crown Cottage and the smaller cottage is Anchor Cottage. There is no road access except over bridge 12 on the Grand Union and then across a field at the back. At the side of the property were 5 x 2up2down terraced cottages that were rented out for 5 shillings a week (in the 1930s) to people working on the Grand Union Canal which were demolished around 1964. In the 1930s beer was delivered from the Abington Brewery in Northampton.
Source: Rose Free,am
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