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History
It was founded in 1824 by Robert Owen as a combination of co-operative society and centre for co-ordinating Owenite propaganda (Johnston Birchall, Co-Op: The People’s Business, 1994)
As well as political meetings, the Society held social events at its headquarters (Rowland Hill Harvey, Robert Owen: Social Idealist, 1949)
It also published a journal, the Co-Operative Magazine and Monthly Herald, from 1826 (Arthur John Booth, Robert Owen: The Founder of Socialism in England, 1869)
It no longer exists
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What was reforming about it?
Like the other co-operative societies of its time, it was designed to allow working men to come together in a community by co-operative buying and perhaps, eventually, some form of communal living
Where in Bloomsbury
By 1827 it had moved to 36 Red Lion Square, having apparently been in Chancery Lane for some time prior to this move (Arthur John Booth, Robert Owen: The Founder of Socialism in England, 1869)
Website of current institution
It no longer exists
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Books about it
None found
The Society published a journal, the Co-Operative Magazine and Monthly Herald; copies are are held in the British Library
Archives
None found (those held in Bishopsgate are from a different society of the same name)
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