History Today, September 1st, 2007
A TAVERN WAS THE BACKDROP for a seminal moment in the making of British history, when on December 5th, 1707, at the Bear on the Strand, a small gathering of three men met to discuss matters of antiquity. The meeting was prove the genesis of the Society of Antiquaries of London, the oldest British learned society concerned with the study of the past.
Present were Humfrey Wanley, John Talman and John Bagford: Wanley was librarian to the Earl of Oxford, a Saxonist and palaeographer; Talman was an artist and engraver; whilst Bagford was a shoemaker and collector of old ballads. New members were...
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