What was the name of the Oxford pub where C.S. Lewis and the Inklings often met?

The Eagle and Child was the Oxford pub where C.S. Lewis and the Inklings often met.

The Eagle and Child, a public house on St Giles’ Street in Oxford, hosted meetings of the Inklings, an informal literary discussion group. Lewis was one of its central members, and the group included J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, and other writers and academics.

The Inklings generally met on Thursday evenings in a private room known as the Rabbit Room. Lewis and his friends read drafts aloud, argued about literature and ideas, and offered criticism. These gatherings helped create a social setting around works that later became famous, including Tolkien’s developing mythology and Lewis’s fiction.

The pub was also known by its older nickname, the Bird and Baby. That nickname can cause confusion in trivia questions, but it refers to the same Oxford establishment. The Inklings met at other places too, including Lewis’s rooms at Magdalen College, but the Eagle and Child is their best-known pub association.