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A CO L L E CT ON O F HOT L I E , T AV E RN SI G N S I N G REAT BR ITAI N AND R L N D T O H CH ARE D D D I E A , W I A E A FE W FO REI G N CA FE SI G N S

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A A D 1 0 ( fte r a write r of . . 7 7 )

I ’ m amused at the Signs ass h h t As I p t roug the own , To see the odd mixt u res

A Magpie and Crown , YVhale The and the Crow , z H e r The Ra or and ,

The Leg , Seven Stars ,

The Scissors and Pen ,

The Axe and the Bottle ,

The Tun and the Lute , h The Eagle and C ild , h v The S o el , The Boot .

CONTE NTS

AGRICULTURAL ANATOMY AN IMALS AND I N SECTS ARMS ( S elected ) AS TRONOMICAL BIRD S BOTANY CLOTH ING COLOUR S COM P OUND S— BELLS C ROW N S CUR IOU S DW ELLING PLACES E CCLESIASTICAL E X P S S I S H A S S A V B S RE ON , P R E , ND PRO ER FISH G EOGR AP H ICA L G OLDEN S ILV E R H OUSE AND T A B LE IND USTRY AND IM P LEMEN TS MILITARY MU SIC NATURE NAUTICA L N E W CONT ENTS NUMERICAL D T H E OL , PEO P LE POETRY AND LITERATURE POTEN TATES RAILW AYS S P TS G A S A S TI ES OR , ME , P M T HE MOST ANCIEN T I NN S T H E H IGH E S T I NN S INN S W ITH G A LL o ws S IGN S SIGN S P AIN TED B Y W ELL -K NOW N ARTISTS I NN S FA MOUS F OR ARCH ITECTURE FOREIGN CA FE S IGN S NOTES

i n s i n xt n t (e ) S g ifi e l ce ce e i c . i n i s i r S g fi e a p cto ial S ign . P U B S

AGRICULTURAL The Agricul t ural Penrith The Harvest Home Oakington h ff The Ploug Sutton , Su olk The Fen Plough Chatteris The Ploughshare Beeston The Plough and Fleece Co c kfi e ld The Plough and Sickle Nottingham The Plough and Harrow Cambridge

The Harrow Langley , Bucks The Ploughboy Lincoln ’ The Fa rmer s Boy Brickendon The Jolly Farmer Bagshot The J olly Farmers Bengeo The Jolly Dealers Rockland Al l Saint s The Jolly Gardener Rochdale The Jolly Gardeners Soham The Market Gardener Barnes The Yeoman Poole The Kentish Yeoman Tunbridge Wells The Graziers Wakefield The Shepherd Doddinghurst The Shepherd and Shep Aldenham Street herdess 4 AGR ICU LT URAL The Shepherd and Flock Farnham The Shepherd and Dog Foxhall The Quiet Shepherd Hollins The Sheep Shearers Knebworth The Fold Gate Stradsett The Dog and Crook B raishfi e ld The Hurdle Horningtoft

The Fleece Richmond , Yorks n o te The J ohn Barleycorn Coton , I n o te 2 The Barley Mow Witnesham , The Drovers Darlington The Little Drover Bow The Cowherds Southampton The Cow and Pail Ipswich The J olly Waggoner Ewell The J olly W aggo n e rs Hersham The Kentish Waggoners Borough The W’aggon Wix The Waggon and Horses Ipswich The J olly Carter Middleton The Cart and Horses Shalford The Cart Overthrown Edmonton The Dray and Horses Totten hill The Horse and Sacks Harrow Road e t n o te The Horse and Dors rs Ci y , 3 The Horse and Chains Bushey The Horse an d Gear Elston The Horse and Farrier Penrith The Horse and Harrow West Hagborne AGRI CULTURAL Horse and Drill Cirencester ' W n o te Haycock ansford , 4 Hay Field Mile End Load of Hay Paddington Hay Cutters Oxte d Hay Makers Chesterton Har vest Man Amber Hill ’ Labourers Union Bu rton - o n -Trent Bushel Grimstone n o te Bushel and Strike Royston , 5 ’ D rill Sq u irrel s Heath Mill Stamford Millstone Stamford “find Mill Bourne ' Water Mill W iv e lsfi e ld Market D u rham Cattle Market King ’ s Lynn Drover ’ s Call Gainsborou gh

ANATOMY

H an ds . The Hand Chirk The Cross Hands Fishponds The Bird in Hand Carlisle The Bird i ’ t h ’ Hand Scholes The Book in Hand Mablethorpe H H w The Friend in and . ounslo The Flower in H and Norwich The Hammer in Hand Brigg ANATOMY

Hand in Hand B o xhill Hat in Hand Portsea Spear in Hand No rwich

Sword in Hand Bu ry St . Edmunds Hand and Cleaver Ranton Hand and Crown n o te 6 Hand and Flower Addison Bridge , Hand and Glove Windsor H and and Marigold Bermondsey Hand an d Mace Kingston - o n -Thames Hand an d Racquet VVh it c o m be Street

' Cloth Fair Hand and Spear Weybridge Hand and Shuttle Padiham Hand and Sceptre Tu nbridge Wells

H earts .

n o te The Bleeding Heart Hatton Garden , 7 The Heart in Hand Winchester The Heart and Hand Brighton The Hearts of Gold D urham m n o te 8 The Hearts of Oak Ca bridge ,

B o n es .

n o te The Bones Gate Epsom , 9 The Blade Bone The Whale Bone H ull

' t St . Peter s Finger Ly chett Minster ANATOMY

H eads . ' The St . Andrew s Head Stepney ’ The St . Edmund s Head Ipswich ’ The St . Lu ke s Head Old Street The King ’ s Head Gunnerside ' The Queen ’ s Head Brandeston The King Al fred 's Head Newington The King Charles ’ Head Goring Heath ' The King Harold 's Head Nazeing The Admiral ’ s Head Bealings ’ v The Nelson s Head St . I es , Hunts . The Black ’ s Head Gainsborough ’ n o te The Negro s Head Cotton , I I ’ n o te I ') The Saracen s Head Southwell , The Turk 's Head Hasketon The Barnardiston Head Kedington The Beckford Head Old Street n o te 1 The Bedford Head Maiden Lane , 3 The Burns Head Hull The Birches ’ Head Hanley The Bear ’ s Head Brereton The Boar ’ s Head Cannon Street The ’ s Head Barnes ’ The Bu ffalo ’ s Head Puckeridge The Butler ’ s Head Telegraph Street The Camel ’ s Head Devonport ’ The Calf s Head \V o rst o n ’ The Duke s Head VV alt o n -o n -Thames ’ The Druid s Head Kingston -o n -Thame s 6 ANATOM Y

The Head Essex Street The Friar ’ s Head ’ The Goat s Head . Lichfi e ld The Griffin ’ s Head Mears Ashby The Garrick Head Portsmouth The Hind ’ s Head Aldermaston The Hart ’ s Head Giggleswick ’ The Ke m ble s Head Longacre The Lion ’ s Head Ipswich ’ n o te 1 The Lode s Head Wiggenhall , 4 The Marlborough Head Saxtead The Milton ’ s Head Nottingham The Maid ’ s Head Norwich ’ The Maiden s Head U c kfi e ld The Newby H ead Ingleton The Nag ’ s Head Holloway The Parr ’ s Head Camden Town The Pitt ’ s Head Little Stanhope Street The Pax' ton Head The Prince ’ s Head Buckingham Street The Princess ’ Head Tenby ’ e n o te 1 The Pope s Head Norwich ( ) , 5 The Rodney H ead Mile End The Ram ’ s Head Longton The Stag ’ s Head Swalescliffe The Squirrel ’ s Head Romford t n o te 1 6 The Wilkes Head St . Ives , Hun s , The Wallace Head Blandford Street The Wh itmore Head Hoxton AN IMALS AND I NSECTS

' AND INSECTs The 'oological Hull The Dog B e d fi e ld The Barking Dogs Tabernacle Street The Pointer Alresford The Pointers Newchurch The Spaniel Dog New Tisso n Street The Hound Stradishall The Fox Ho u nd Five Head i The Greyhound R chmond , The Greyhound Pup Ryde n o te 1 The Talbot Ripley , 7 The Dog and Badger Medmenham The Dog and Bull Croydon The Dog and Fox \V im ble d o n The Horse Bishop Burton The Arabian Horse New Lakenham The Bleeding Horse Ramsbu ry P it fi e ld Street The Pegasus Hornsey The Rampant Horse Needham Market The Wild Horse Burnham Market t n o te I 8 The Sumpter Horse Penwor ham , The Pack Horse Staines The Pack Horse and Talbot The Shetland Pony Clenchwarton (e ) The Fox and Pony South Cove 8 AN IMALS AND I NSECTS

The Fox and Yorkshire Whit e c h ap e l Grey The Fox N e wbo u rn e The Wheatland Fox Wenlock The Fox u nder the Hill Denmark Hill The Young Fox Bath The Fox and Cubs Lilley The Fox ’ s Brush Ropsley The Cat W h it e c rOss Street Th e e n o te 1 Civet Cat ( ) , 9

The Cat . and Lion Stretton The Cat and Tiger Sevenoaks The Boar Great Ry bo ro ugh The Hog Hammersmith n o te 2 0 The Hog in the Pound Oxford Street ,

. n o te 2 1 The Grunting Hog St Ives , Hunts , The Sow and Pigs Thundridge ' The B u ll Woodbridge The Little Bull Spalding The Winged Bull Rake The Bull and Dog Stokesley The Ox Lintz Green Ox n o te 2 2 The Durham Grantham , The Brocklesby Ox Ulceby The Ketton Ox Yarm The Wild Ox Stockton The Bu ffalo The Cow and Calf I E ast ch e ap

I o AN IMALS AND I NSECTS The Reindeer Banbu ry The Rabbit Cambridge The Hare Leavesden Green The Lamb and Hare Kennington The Lamb Ely The Wiltshire Lamb Southsea The Ram Tidworth

The Goat Deeping St . J ames The Royal Goat B e dge le rt The Ibex Chadle wo rt h The Wolf D e dwo rt h The Griffin Norwich The Monster Pimlico The Ph o enix Taunton The Polar Bear Hull The Grampus King ’ s Lynn The Crocodile Norwich The Porcu pine Charing Cross Road The Sea Horse Ipswich The Squirrel Wellington The Otter Ottershaw The Beaver Beverley The Cockatrice Norton Subcourse (e) n o te 2 The Essex Serpent Covent Garden , 4 The Bee Abergele The Busy Bee Bradford n o te 2 The Grasshopper Oxted , 5 The Midge Hatton ARMS I I

ARMS (SELE CTED) Arms Farnworth The Aston Arms Market Rasen The Abingdon Arms Thame The Althorpe Arms Warwick The Ashburnham Arms Hastings The Affi e c k Arms Dalham The Anson Arms South Town The Abergavenny Arms Kemp Town

‘ The Aile sbu ry Arms Marlborough The Amhurst Arms Riverhead The Abercorn Arms Stanmore The A ssh e t o n Arms Middleton The Askew Arms Ealing The Ashley Arms VValt o n -o n -Thames The Anstey Arms Poole The Acland Arms Exeter The Alford Arms Frit h sd e n The Arundel Arms Tipton The Blickling Arms The Bankes Arms Studland The Bent Arm s Lin gfi e ld The Bedford Arms VVat fo rd The Bancroft Arms Mile End The Boyne Arms Bu rwarton The Bridgewater Arms Little Gaddesden ' The Blenh eim Arms Ramilies Street 1 2 A RMS

The Beauchamp Arms Dy wo c k The Barne Arms D unwich ' ' The B e din gfi e ld Arms Eye The Bolton Arms Leyburn ' The Bidd 'ulph Arms Ledbury The Barnardiston Arms Kedington The Arms Shotley ' The Bunbury Arms Great Barton The Baker Arms B ay fo rdbury The Baker ’ s Arms Farnham ’ The Builders Arms Walton -o n -Thames The Butchers ’ Arms Bruisyard The Boat Builders ’ Arms Reading “ The Brickmakers ’ Arms Ipswich ’ The B rushm ake rs Arms Leeds The B oilermakers ’ Arms Norwich The Blacksmiths ’ Arms North Weald The Bricklayers ’ Arms Hersham ’ The Bre-we rS Arms Stonham n o te 2 6 The Cross Keys Bellerby , The Carters ’ Arms Middleton The Carriers ’ Arms South Marston The Curriers ’ A rms Norwich ’ The Coopers Arms B e ac h am we ll The Carpenters ’ Arms Windsor The Cricketers ’ Arms Norwich ’ The Co achm ake rs Arms Watford The Colliers ’ Arms Rock ’ The Clothiers Arms H o c ksm o o r ARM S 1 3

’ The Co alrn in e rs Arms Swadlincote The College Arms Hertford Heath The Cavalry Arms B irc ham c liffe The Corporation Arms Pontefract The Castle Arms XVarwic k The City Arms Esher The Caledonian Arms The County Arms Hounslow The Cadogan Arms Chelsea The Colville Arms Chelsea The Caxt on Arms Beccles The Culford Arms Ingham The Cavendish Arms Barrow The Chandos Arms Edg ware

’ The Clarendon Arms V\ at fo rd The Cranl ey Arms Road The Coburg Arms Esher The D u ndas Arms Kintbury The Dartmouth Arms Kentish Town

The Ham . The The Durell Arms Fulham The Dray ton Arms Brompton The Dyers ’ Arms Cannon Street The D ru ids ’ Arms Penrith The Arms East Grinstead The D erby Arms Sheen The Dimsdale Arms Hertford The Daniel Arms Truro I 4 ARMS Ellison Arms J arrow Exeter Arms Stamford Engineers ’ Arms Swindon Floral Arms Slough Fullers ’ Arms Berwick Footballers ’ Arms Burnley Foresters ’ Arms Ascot Farriers ’ Arms Bunwell Farmers ’ Arms Mu ker Fishmongers ’ Arms Cley Factory Arms Berwick Foundry Arms Poole Fishers ’ Arms Blackburn Fanciers ’ Arms Norwich Fife Arms : Braemar Finborough Arms Fulham Fitzroy Arms Cambridge Falkland Arms Newbury Fit zwilliam Arms Stamford Garden Arms Bedford ’ Gardeners Arms Hanin g Glovers ’ Arms Yeovil Glaziers ’ Arms Ely Gregorian Arms J amaica Road ’ h Golddiggers . Arms Peck am ’ Gravediggers Arms U xb ridge Gordon Arms Elgin Gladstone Arms Stowuplan d Gunter Arms Fulham Road ARMS I 5 The Grosvenor Arms Newmarket ’ The Haberdashers Arms P it fi e ld Street ’ The Ho t p re sse rs Arms Norwich ’ The H u nters Ar ms Middleton ’ The H u ffle rs Arms Wilmington The Hoste Arms Burnham Market The Herschel Arms Slough The Harewood Arms Northallerton The Hare Arms Stow Bardolph Th e Hoskins Arms Oxted The Hardwicke Arms Arrington The Havelock Arms Hertford Heath The Ince Arms Euxton The Ivor Arms B ry n n sadle r The Ipswich Arms Ipswich The Ironmongers ’ Arms Norwich The J ubilee Arms Islington The J oiners ’ Arms Thwaite The J erningham Arms Shifnal The K e igwin Arms Mousehole The Kimberley Arms Norwich ’ The King s Arms VVo o dbridge ’ The Lo rd Arran s Arms New Bond Street The Lord Conyers ’ Arms The Lord Monson ’ s Arms Tottenham Street The Lord Howe ’ s Arms Leicester ’ The Lord Somers Arms Stibbington Street The Lady Owen ’ s Arms C oswell Road ’ The Le at h e rse lle rs Arms Watford 1 6 A RM S The Lovat Arms Beauly The Lytton Arms Knebworth The Lowther Arms Penrith ’

The Lincoln Arms King s Cross . The Lillie Arms The Leicester Arms Penshurst The Luttrell Arms Dunster The Ly go n Arms Broadway The Leeds Arms Cleethorpes The Duke of Leeds ’ Arms Dewsbu ry The Lansdowne Arms Calne The Liverpool Arms N o rbit o n The Lyttleton Arms Hagley

The Montagu Arms Langley , Bucks The Montagu e Arms Blackburn The Millers ’ Arms Healey The Minders ’ Arms Oldham ’ The Miners Arms Gunnerside (e ) The Masons ’ Arms Louth The Mariners ’ Arms King ’ s Lynn The Mechanics ’ Arms Glossop The Merton Arms Cambridge The Manners ’ Arms Grantham The Manvers ’ Arms Lincoln The Navy Arms Truro The Norfolk Arms Burwood Place The Norwich Arms King ’ s Lynn The No rt h um be rlan d Putney Arms

1 8 ARM S R oyal Arms Peterborough Royal Nav al Arms Keyham Royal Essex Arms Brentwood Rockingham Arms Sheffield Rutlan d Arms Newmarket Redcliffe Arms Fulham Road Railway Arms West Drayton Rifle Arms Sudbury ’ Rifle m an s Arms Ely Stockton Arms East Hart burn ’ n o te Scutchers Arms Long Melford , Sportsman ’ s Arms Menheniot ’ ’ Shepherds Arm s Co wc lifi e S kinners ’ Arms Cannon Street Soldiers ’ Arms Warleggan Shipwrights ’ Arms Ipswich Spinners ’ Arms Bury Stonemasons ’ Arms Devonport Shard Arms Road Stanhope Arms Brasted Seymou r Arms East Knoyle Somerset Arms P rae d Street S e rgiso n Arms Haywards Heath Spencer Arms Barnes Sussex Arms Hammersmith Stradbroke Arms Darsham Tre go n we ll Arms Bournemouth Tharp Arms Chippenham Trevor Arms Knightsbridge ARMS I 9 The Townsend Arms Hertford Heath ‘ The Telegraph Arms Putney The Tailors ’ Arms Comberton The Turners ’ Arms Mortimer The Tanners ’ Arms Great Yarmouth ’ The Thatchers Arms Great VVarle y The Trinity Arms Norwich The Unthank Arms Norwich Th e Unwin Arms Hornsey The Union Arms Panton Street The University Arms Oxford The Uxbridge Arms Burton -o u -Trent The Victoria Arms Battersea The Volunteer Arms Sunbury The Volunteers ’ Arms Blackburn u b The Ver lam Arms St . Al ans The Vane Arms Stockton -o n -Tees The Vernon Arms Southrepps The Wine Cooper ’ s Arms Norwich The Weavers ’ Arms Stoke Newington ’ The VVat e rm an s Arms Hersham ’ The VV e lldigge rs Arms Petworth ’ The VVo o d c u t t e rs Arms Eastwood ’ The VVo o dm an s Arms Normandy ’ The VVo o dm an s Arms ’ The W o rst e dd e ale rs Arms Oldham The Wrestlers ’ Arms Newmarket The VVharn c liffe Arms Tintagel The Wh arton Arms Bedlington 2 0 ARM S

Windham Arms Np rwich Wyndham Arms Bridgend Willoughby Arms Parham Wake Arms Epping Yarmouth Arms Thames Street ’ Yacht sm an s Arms VViv e n h o e 'etland Arms South Ken sington

ASTRONOMICAL

Sun Eton n o te 2 8 Rising Sun Datchet , Noon Sun Rochdale Sun Rising Tewkesbury Sun in Wood Ashmore Green Su n in Sands Shooters Hill Sun in Portobello Road Full Moon Bath Half Moon Reeth' Moon and Stars Norwich Half Moon and Star Ipswich n o te 2 Half Moon and Brentford , 9 Seven Stars Star Wenhaston Morning Star Datchet Glittering Star Darlington Rising Star Darlington North Star Slough South Star Yarmouth ASTRONOM ICAL Star in East Black wall Star of India Go rdon Road n o te Rainbow Fleet Street , Eclipse Pimlico Magnet Addlestone Compass Exeter Compasses W enhaston Rule and Compasses Thurleigh Square and Com Carnforth passes Mariner ’ s Compass King ’ s Lynn Scales Cambridge

B IRDS

Bird Barforth Sea Birds Bridlington

Blackbird Bagnor . Blackbirds Hertford B ullfi n c h Riverhead Bustard South Ro uc e by Black Cock Falstone Cock Epping b Fighting Cocks St . Al ans Cock and Magpie Hammersmith Cock and Pye Ipswich W it t in t n n o te P m at, o Cock and y g , Cho u ghs Yeovil Cran e Yarmouth 2 2 B I RD S The Cuckoo Ashwell b The Crow St . Al ans The Crow on Gate Crowborough The Royston Crow Ware The Cygnet Norwich The Duck in the Pond Stanmore The Dove Ipswich The Doves Hammersmith The Eagle Boston The Eaglet Seven Sist ers Road The Spread Eagle Bengeo The Falcon Rushmere The Gull Framingham Pigott The Hawk Halesworth The Sparrowhawk Burnley The Hen and Chickens Canterbu ry The Moor Cock Hawes J unction The Moorhen Littletown The Magpie Stonham ' The Magpies Lincoln The Nightingale The Ostrich Wherstead ' The Owl Highbe ach The Pelican Leicester P e wi e n o te 2 The y p Lincoln , 3 The Pigeon Spalding The Plover Ever’ sley s The Parrot St . Ives , H unt The Peacock Ely B I RD S 2 3

Peahen St . Albans Pheasant Great Shefford Pheasant Cock Norwich Robin Anerley Raven Borden Swallow Swallow Street Swallows Cley Stork Birmingham Skylark Headingley it t le wo rt h n o te Swan F , 33 Swan an d Nest Wellingborough n o te Swan with Two Lad Lane . 34 Necks Swan with Two Swavesey Nicks

B OTANY

Garden Sunderland Garden Gate Histon

Angel Gardens New . Catton Orchard Gardens North Walsham Orchard Askew Road Vineyard Rochester Vint age Wellington Nursery Norwich Bower Landbeach Havering Bower Stepney 2 4 BOTAN Y

The Cherry Arbour S p arkhill The Flower of the Forest Blackfriars The Flowers of the Deptford Forest The Flower of Kent The Blossoms Chester The Flower Pot Hertford The Pot of Flowers Stowmarket The G u rn o n Bushes Co o p e rsale The Bush Farn ham The Elder Bush Soham The Fu rze Bush Aldermaston The Holly Bush Bewdley The Hollies M o o rdo wn The I vy Bush Caermarth en The May Bush Stowmarket (e ) The Hop Bine Cambridge The Hop Pole Worcester Tewkesbury W iirt e m be r e r n o te The g Hop Stepney , 3 5 The Malt and Hops Soham The Tree Bude The Trees Ripon The Tree Carlisle The Aspen Tree York Town The Ash Ash Hill The Mountain Ash Ipswich The Bay Tree Roman Road The Beech Tree Bromley

2 6 BOTAN Y

The Pound Tree S p arkhill The Palm Tree PalmStreet The Pear Tree West Row The Sycamore Tree Thornsett The Thorn Tree Derby The Thorn Burnley The Walnut Tree Norwich n o te 8 The Willow Tree Eton , 3 The Withy Trees Bambor Bridge The Yew Tree Cannock The Acorn Nicholas Passage The Oak Sudbury The Oak Shades Norwich The British Oak Berry Brow The Broad Oak Strelley The Cu ckoo Oak W add e rle y The Gospel Oak Kentish Town The King ’ s Oak High Beech The Round Oak Padworth The Royal Oak Epping The Oak and Acorn Taunton ' n o te The Oak and Ivy Walmer , 39 The Oak Branch Warrington The Olive Branch Inkpen The Rosemary Branch Lewisham The Barleycorn Euston The Barley Sheaf Dogdyke The Oat Sheaf Whittlesea The Sedge Sheaf Burnt Fen BOTAN Y The Wheat Sheaf Ide Hill The Rosemary Norwich The Rose Old Bailey The Blooming Rose Hunslet The Little Rose Cambridge The Handford Rose Ipswich The Moss Rose Preston The Rose Bu d Accrington The Rose in J une Margate The Rose of Kent Deptford The Rose of Lee Catford The Rose and Shamrock Chester le Street The Rose and Thistle B urnley

The Rose , Shamrock and Eton Thistle The Rose and Lily Bermondsey The Daisy Knightsbridge The Fleur de Lis Stoke under Ham

The Fleur de Lys St . Albans The Blooming Fuchsia Ipswich The Heartsease Norwich The Honeysuckle Gateshead The Lily Hull The Pansy G o o dge Street The Primrose Bishopsgate The Tulip She n fi e ld n The Virgi ia Plant Great Street , n o te The Virginia Planter Bethnal Green 2 8 BOTANY Water Lily Ipswich Woodbine Sou th Shields Clachan Sherborne Lane Shamrock Bath Scot ch Thistle Birkenhead Vine Mile End Vine and I vy Stow Bardolph I v y Lincoln I vy Leaf Ipswich Olive Leaf Ipswich Grapes Rochester Bunch of Grapes Brompton Road Artichoke Farringdon Street Cabbage Kingsclere Cauliflower Ilford Coconut Kingston - o n -Thames Carrots Hampton Bishop Pineapple Lambeth Rhubarb Bristol

CLOTHING

Plume Hun-ge rfo rd Feathers Waterloo Road Plume of Feathers Tewin Cape Billingsley Cardinal ’ s Cap Norwich Cardinal ’ s Hat Harleston Hat and Feather Downham CLOTH I NG 2 9

Hat and Feathers Sutton St . J ames Cap and Feathers Tillingham Wig Redisham Buckle Seaford Buffcoat Norwich

Tabard Turnham Green , n o te

n o te Boot Great Bealings , Shoe VV ro xall Boot and Shoe March Boot and Slipper Benwick i n o te Bonn e Cravat Ashford , 43 Leather Gaiters Hauxton

COLOURS

B lack.

n o te The Black Boy Alfreton , 44 The Black Boys Ay lsharn n o te The Black Bell Ipswich , 45 The Black Bull Fulham The Black Bear Tewkesbury The Black Chequers No rwich n o te 6 The Black Dog Sunbury , 4 Th e Black Dog and Duck Bury The Black Eagle Norwich Street ’ The Black Go ose King s Lynn 30 COLOU RS Lincoln Canterbury Ringsend Silchester Sheen n o te Clare Market , ’ Kin g s Lynn n o te 8 Stockton , 4 Norwich Littlehampton Bishopsgate Win chester

W hite .

n o te The White Bear Fickles Hole , 49 The Wh ite Bull Ribchester The White Bell Southery The White Cottage Norwich W The hite Cross Richmond , Surrey The Elm Monk Soham The Friars Norwich The Horn Bow h n o te 0 The W ite Horse Framlingham , 5 h n o te 1 The Great W ite Horse Ipswich , 5 The White House Faversham The W hite Heifer Sco rton The Wh ite Hart Windsor Th e White Lion Cobham o n o te 2 The Little White Lion C bham , 5 COLOU RS 3 1

The \Vhit e Lodge Attlebo rough The Wh ite Rose Norwich The White Raven Bedford Street

Green . The Island Green Edinburgh The Green Bushes Stockton — o n -Tees The Green Bank Falmouth The Green Coat Boy Westminster The Green Gardens Rochdale The Green Gate City Road The Green Gates Bethnal Green The Green Hill Histon The Green Hills Norwich The Green Market Penzance n o te The Green Man Tunstall , 5 3 The Green Shutter Sunderland The Green Tree Darlington

Southport Hertford n o te Lincoln , 5 4 Crookham Bruton Grantham Ipswich South Witham Stainby 3 2 COLOURS The Blue Eyed Maid The Blue Fox Gunby The Blue House Sunderland The Blue Horse Great Ponton Th e Blu e Last Dorset Street n o te The Blu e Lion East Witton , The Blu e Man Grantham The Blue Pig Bellerby The Blue Posts Cork Street The Blue Peter Portsea The Tru e Blu e Cambridge

Gray ’ s Inn Road Norwich Hammersmith Crowborough Hersham Kirby Lonsdale

The Red House Caxton -o n - The Red Horse Stratford Avon , n o te 5 7 Red Hart March n o te Red Lion Martlesham , Original Red Lion Brentford Carved Red Lion Essex Road Red Lodge S c riv e t o n Red Well Barnard Castle

34 BELLS AND COMPOUND S

BELLS AND COMPOUNDS

n o te 6 Bell Hertford , 3 Bow Bells Bow Road Bells of Ou se le y Runnymede Bell and Anchor Hammersmith Bell and Birdcage Wood Street Bell and Crown Peterborough Bell and Feathers Sawbridgeworth Bell and Horns Brompton Bell and Mackerel Mile End Bell and Oak Peterborough Bell and Swan Ware

CROWNS AND COMPOUNDS (N o te 64) The Crown Kenton The Cro wn and Anchor Ipswich The Crown and Anvil Minories The Crown and Angel Norwich The Crown and Appl e Tree Berwick Street The Crown and Cushion Eton The Crown and Column Devonport The Crown and Castle Orford The Crown and Compasses Cambridge The Crown and Dolphin Royston The Crown and Falcon Puckeridge AND COMPOU ND S 3 5

n o te 6 The Crown and Glove Chester , 5 The Crown and Grapes Southwick The Crown and Harp Cambridge The Crown and Hundred M u n st o w I l o u se The Crown and Horns East Ilsley The Crown and Horse Bristol sho e The Crown and Horse Edmonton shoe s The Crown and Leek Mile End The Crown and Liver Hawarden The Crown and Mitre King ’ s Lynn The Crown and Punch Horningsea bowl The Crown and Raven Bridgnorth The Crown and Shears Minories The Crown and Shuttle The Crown and Stirrup Lyn dhurst The Crown an d Seve n Ro v al Mint Street Stars The Crown and Sugarloaf Garlick Hill The Crown and Sceptre Brompton The Crown and Treaty Uxbridge I I o use

w n o te 66 The Cro n and Thistle Leicester , The Crown and Two Soho Chairmen The Crown and “fo o lp ac k Stamford 36 CU RI OU S COMPO UND S

CURIOUS COMPOUNDS

The Anchor an d Hope Dartford The Anchor of Hope King ’ s Lynn The Ap ple Tree and Cursitor Street Mitre The Boy and Barrel Wakefield The Barn an d Barrel Tenbury The Barrel and Grapes Trimdon Grange The Buck and Bel l Long Itchington The Bird and Gate U c kfi e ld The Bush Thrush and East Peckham Blackbird The Black Boy and Still B rentford The Bell and Bowl Whaplode The Boat and Gu n S ke ldy ke The Bull and Anchor Holborn The Bull and Bell Ropemaker Street The Bull and Butcher Norwich The Bull and Chain Lincoln The B ull and Gate Camden Town The Bull and Horseshoes Latt on The Bull and Last The Bull an d Mouth Holborn The Bull and Pump Shoreditch The Bull and Stars Putney The Bull and Swan Stamford The Bull and Stirru p Chester The Bear and Bells Beccles CU R IOU S COMPOUND S 3 7 Bear and Billet Chester Bear and Crown Clare Bear and Cross Great Kimble Bear and Pole Romsey Bear and Ragged Charing Cross Road Staff

Bear and Rummer Mortimer Street , n o te 6 7 f n o te 68 Cow and Snu ffers Llanda f , Cross Daggers Co ld ast o n Cross Foxes Boughton Castle and Plough Bristol Castle and Ball Marlborough Castle and Falcon Newark Castle and Anchor Stockton Castle and Keys Devonport

Cat and Fiddle Hinton Admiral , n o te 69 Cat and Mutton London Fields n o te 0 Cat and Bagpipes East Harlsey , 7 n o te 1 Cat and Custard Pot Paddlesworth , 7 Cat and Wheel Bristol Cat and Cage Drumcondra s n o te 2 Coach and Dog Oswestry , 7 Coach and ' Bell Romford Cock and Anchor Gateshead Cock and Bell Romford Cock and Bull Gadst o n e Cock and Bottle Cannon Street 3 8 CU R I OU S COMPOUND S Cock and Castle Mansford Street

Cock and Flower St . Albans Pot Cock and Hoop Cock and Lion V Vigm o re Street

Cock and Neptune St . George Street Cock and Woolpack Finch Lane Dog and Pot Windsor Dog and Bell Stokesley Donkey and Buskins Layer - de - la -H aye Dru m and Monkey Wakefie ld Elephant and Castle Kennington Eagle and Child Alderley (e) n o te Eagle and Lamb Ely , 7 3 Eagle and Wheat Connaught Street sheaf Fish and Anchor Harrington Fish and Duck Ely Fish and Ring Stepney Feathers and Ex Reading Change Five Bells and Limehouse Bladebone Fountain and Star Coleman Street French Horn and Wan dswo rt h Half Moon Charterhouse Street Fox and Ball Kentford Fox and Barrel Chester CURIOUS COMPOUNDS 39 The Fox and Crown Highgate The Fox and French Clerkenwell Horn The Great Massingham The Goat and Boot Colchester n o te The Goat and Compasses Mar y lebone , 7 4 The George and Angel Crowland The Ge orge and Vu lture George Yard The George and Horn Kingsclere The George and Chiswick shire The George and Gate Gracechurch Street The George and Guy Brick Lane i n o te The George and Th rteen Soho , 7 5 Cantons The Gun and Magpie Edmonton The Grapes and Anchor Liverpool The Globe and Engine Sittingbourne The Green Man and Ashbourne Black ’ s Head and Royal ’ r The Green Man and St . Ma tin s Lane French Horn The Green Man and Still Oxford Street The Hare and Billet Blackheath

The Hare. and Bell Edmonton The Half Moon and Crown The Hog and Chequers Huntingdon 40 CURI OU S COMPOU ND S The Horns and Chequ ers Limehouse The Horns and Horse Harlow shoes The Hope and Anchor Keighley The Hat ‘ and Tun Hatton Garden The Hoop and Grapes Farringdon Street The Horse and Gate Fen Drayton ’ The Horse and Dolphin St . Martin s Street The Horse and Trumpet Derby The Horse and Wells Woodford Wells The Horseshoe and Colt Windmill Hill The Horseshoe and Castle Co o hn g The Horseshoe and Mag Great Bath Street pie The Hors e s hoe Melior Street Wheatsheaf The J olly Sailors and Cable Street Little Billet The Key and Castle Norwich The Kings and Keys Fleet Street E n fi e ld n o te 6 The King and Tinker , 7 The King ’ s Arms and Bermondsey Hand The King ’ s Arms and Upper Thames Street Lamb The King ’ s Head and Cheyne Row Eight Bells The Lamb and Lark Printing House Lane The Lamb and Lion Bath

42 CURI OU S COMPOU ND S The Raven and Sun Woolwich The Rose and Crown Sudbury The Rose and Portcullis Butleigh The Rose and Three Tun s Little Earl Street The Royal Oak and Rail Windsor way The Ram and Magpie Bethnal Green n o te 80 The Ram and Teazle Islington, The Red Lion and Ball Red Lion Street The Red Lion and Clerkenwell French Horn The Red Lion and Key Battle Bridge Lane The Red Lion and Sun Highgate The Red Lion and Spread Wh itechapel Eagle The Red Lion and Still Drury Lane The Still and Star Limehouse The Ship and Star Sudbury The Ship and Castle Bishopsworth The Ship and Horns Louth The Ship and Shovel Barking The Ship and Blu e Ball Shoreditch The Stork and Castle Stockton -o n -Tees The Swan and Castle Buckingham The Swan and Mitre Bromley The Swan and Bottle Uxbridge The Swan and Pyramids Finchley n o te 8 1 The Swan and Sugarloaf Fetter Lane , The Serpent and Eagle Kinlet CU RIOU S COMPOUND S 43 Stag and Pheasant Stamford Shoreditch Salmon and Com Peterborough passes Sun and Anchor Sun and Thirteen Cantons Sun and York Chatham Sun and Woolpack Cheshunt Sun and VVhale bo n e Harlow Star and C art e r Pall Mall Star and Fleece Kelvedon Star and Anchor Chelsea Star'and Windmill Bermondsey Three Pigeons and Hatfield Street Star

Thistle and Crown Great Peter Street , n o te 8 2 The Talbot an d Falcon Wakefield The White Horse and G o s we ll Road Cross Keys The White Horse and Borough (e ) Half Moon The Woman and Trumpet The Wheelbarrow and Castle The Wheel and Compass The Wagon and Lamb The Windmill and Bells 44 DW ELLI NG PLACES

DWE LLING PLACES The Castle Windsor ’ Alw n e The y Castle St . Paul s Road The Aru n del Castle Brighton The King Arthur ’ s Castle Tintagel The Belinda Castle Hatton Road The Carnarvon Castle Chester The Denbigh Castle Stoke -o n - Trent The Durham Castle Seven Sisters Road The Dover Castle Lambeth The Dreghorn Castle Queen ’ s Crescent The Dublin Castle Chester The Dartmouth Castle Hammersmith The Devo nshire Harrow Road The Edinburgh Castle Sheffield The Hawarden Castle Gower Place The J ob ’ s Castle Norton Folgate The J ack Straw ’ s Castle Hampstead ’ The Ke t t s Castle Norwich The Lambton Castle Herrington The Norwich Castle Gray ’ s Inn Road The Pembroke Castle Gloucester Road The Raby Castle Wynyard Terrace The Rochester Castle Tottenham The Samson ’ s Castle Bermondsey The Stirling Castle London Wall The W arwick Castle Clacton The Windsor Castle Victoria Street DW ELLING PLACES 4 5 The House of Commons Cambridge Our House Southport The Arabian House Norwich The Assembly House Kentish Town The Allsopp House Baker Street The Bath House Dean Street The Ball House Fisht o ft The Bridge House Eton The B ro o kfi e ld House Cambridge The Club House Norwich The Country House Exeter The Cellar House Norwich The Customs House King ’ s Lynn The Festival House Norwich The Garden House Hales The Glass House Kentish Town The Gate House Norwich The Heath House Weybread The Highbridge House Lakenhe’ ath The Halfway House Staines The Irish House Strand The Lock House Ellingham The Manor House Datchet The Market Place Covent Garden The Mansion House Kennington The North Country House Portsmouth The Punch House Norwich The Rye House Hoddesdon The Ridgeway House E n fi e ld 46 DWELL I NG PLACES The Stone House Old Street The S e ss10n s House Clerkenwell The Summer House Wolverhampton The Thatched House Epping The Toll -House Coggeshall n o te 8 The Tom Brown House Yarm , 3 n o te 8 The Trouble House Tetbury , 4 The Wine House Ware The Warren House Hertford The Watch H ouse Bungay The Cottage Barton The Cottage of Content Betchworth The Eaton Cottage Norwich The Fern Cottage Oldham The Flint Cottage High Wy c o m b e The Handford Cottage Ipswich Th e I vy Cottage Malt ishall The I V V Cot Castleford The Rose Cottage Wendling V The Spring Cottage V alsall The Swiss Cottage Chelsea The Woodbine Cottage Hartley The Flyman ’ s Home Brighton The Happy Home VVe ln e y ’ The Stranger s Home B radfi e ld The Sailors ’ Home Kessingland The Hut Wisley The Deer ’ s Hut Bramshott ’ The Kisby s Hut P ap rt h Everard DWELL I NG PLACE S 47

’ The Shepherd s H u t Eton Wick \Vin t e rslo w H ut n o te 8 The Winterslow , 5 The Gipsy ’ s Tent Hagley ’ The Jack s Booth S u lhamstead Abbots i n o te 86 The Beeh ve Grantham , i n o te 8 The Beeh ve Abingdon , 7 The Falcon ’ s Nest Isle of Man ’ The Monkey s Nest Co c kfi e ld The Kite ’ s Nest Hereford The Rest Kenton The Angler ’ s Rest Staines The Cricketer ’ s Rest Norwich The Drover ’ s Rest King ’ s Lynn The Huntsman ’ s Rest Sheffield The Miner ’ s Rest Long Ashton The Rambler ’ s Rest East Dereham The Shepherd ’ s Rest Sowerby Bridge The Traveller ’ s Rest Hertford The Cloth Hall Leeds The Lilliput Hall Jamaica Road The Town Hall Kensington The West End Tit chfi e ld The Mayfair Brick Street The Chalk Farm Regent ’ s Park The Highbu ry Barn Great Cornard The Lattice Barn Ipswich The Bank Norwich The Bank of Paddington n o te 88 The Bank of Friendship Mile End , 48 DWELL I NG PLACES The Corn Exchange Norwich V The Crystal Palace V at fo rd The Guildhall Gresham Street The Inns of Court Holborn The London Stone Cannon Street The Lo ndon Hospital The Monument King William Street The Nelson Monument Yarmouth The Nelson ’ s Monument Norwich The Mall Woodhall The Mount Pleasant Dawlish The Obelisk Harrogate The Pleasant Retreat Walton le Dale The Post Offi ce Reading The Royal Exchange Middlesbrough Th e Tower Westminster Bridge The Temple Bar Walworth 'Road The Whittington Stone Highgate The Bow Bridge Leicester The Fulham Bridge Knightsbridge The London Bridge Borough The Moorgate Finsbury The Storey ’ s Gate Westminster The D u chy Princetown The Cosy Corner Bridlington The Caxton Gibbet Caxton The Cemetery B u rm an t o ft s The Duke ’ s Palace Norwich The Windsor Castle Victoria

5 0 ECCLES IAST I CAL The Saint Ann ’ s Buxton The Saint Andrew Baker Street The Saint Bartholomew Norwich The Saint Clement ’ s Poole The Saint Cuthbert ’ s Scorton The Saint James The Saint J ohn of Clerkenwell J erusalem The Saint Paul Chiswell Street The Saint Petrock Bodmin The Simon the Tanner Bermondsey Rh ad e u n d ri n o te 0 The g Camb dge , 9 The Bel an d Dragon Cookham The Good Samaritan Turner Street The Prodigal ’ s Return Battersea The Adam and Eve Eton The Rainbow and Dove Hert ingfordbury The Brazen Serpent Bermondsey The Goliat h Carlisle The Samson and Lion Coventry The Leviathan VVat fo rd The Catherine Wheel Henley The York Minster Soho The Furness Abbey Barrow The Fountain s Abbey P rae d Street The Bolton Abbey Lonsdale Road The Thomas aBecket Old Kent Ro 'ad The Bishop Bonner Bethnal Green Th h n o te 1 e Bis op Blaize Richmond , 9 X V 1 E PRESS I ONS , PH RASES , PRO ERBS 5

EX PRE SSIONS, PHRASES 8: PROVERB S The Great A Yaxh am The Q Stalybridge The First and Last Sennen The First In and Last Bideford Out The Catch All Grassington The W' elcome All Stone The Welcome Stranger W indmill Hill The Why Not Dover ’ ’ The VVh o d a Thought It Nine Mile Ride The W ho ’ d Have Thought Barking It The \Vhich You Please Devonport The J ust in Tim e Hanley The Go d Speed the S u tton Plough The Goodwill to All Pinner The Friendly Halifax The Friendship Gainsborough The Unity Hyde The Union Leicester The Happy Union Loudwater The Nowhere Devonport n o te The No Place Devonport , The Slow an d Easy Lostock The Hit or Miss Keysoe 2 X V 5 E PRESS I ONS , PH RASES , PRO ERBS The Horn of Plenty Globe Road The Peace and Plenty Yarmouth

The Good Intent Richmond , Yorks The Live and Let Live Little Downham The Civil Usage Brixham n o te The Fortune of War Pie Corner , 9 3 ’ n o te The Soldier s Fortune Kidderminster , 9 4 The Wheel of Fortune Alphington The Trip to Jerusalem Nottingham The Lame Dog Norwich The Wait for the Bus Bottisham The Cut the Wind Aberdeen The Slap Up Landbeach The Staff of Life Norwich The B ro adfac e Reading I n n o te The Labour Vain Old Swinford , 9 5 The Lost Child Mile E nd The Staffordshire Knot Smethwick The Rent Day Cambridge Street The Pass By Haverfordwest The None the Wiser Ponders End The Duke ’ s Motto Brick Lane ’ The Cat ch e m Swadlincote The Mortal Man Troutbeck The Smiling Man Dudley n o te 6 The Naked Man Settle , 9 ’ The B lin dm an s Gate Barm by The Hanging Gate Beverley The Gate Hangs High Hy the X V E PRESS IONS , PH RASES , PRO ERBS 5 3

Gate Hangs Well Cat he rt o n Merry Month of May Bushey Land of H e ro n gat e in n o te Ass a Bandbox Nidd , 9 7 Freedom of Opinion Ashford Magna Charta New Hollan d Con stitution Churton Street Commonwealth Caterham Coronation Ply mouth ’ Diamond Reign Fo u be rt s Place J u bfl e e Cambridge Diamond J ubilee Gay wood Alliance Hampstead Correction Leigh Defiance Ipswich Exh ibition Southend Endeavour Dover Long Acre Gaiety Colchester Metropolitan Clerkenwell Moderation Reading Paragon Brixton Providence Folkestone Perseverance Nor wich ’ Su ccess Bishop s Road Chelsea Salutation Ipswich Victory Newmarket Puss in Boots Mac c le sfi e ld X V 5 4 E PRESS I ONS , PH RASES , PRO ERBS

n o te 8 Goat in Boots Fulham Road , 9 Do u n o te g in Do blet Thorney , 9 9 Fox and Goose Fre ssin gfi e ld Fox and Duck Ham Fo x and Pelican Grayshott Fox and Goat Hersham Fox and Grapes Richmond

Cow and Hare St . I ves , Hu nts Farewell Castleton Finish Bermondsey Final King William Street

FISH

The Fish Crayford The Fish and Eels Roydon

' Th e Fish e ry Boxmoor The Crab S han kh n The Crab and Lobster Ve n t n o r The Lobster Coatham The Cod and Lobster Staithes The Otter and Fish Hurworth The Roach Bury h n o te 1 00 The Dolp in Norwich , The Pickerel Stowmarket The Crawfi sh Thu rsford The Salmon Cambridge The Trou t Godstow The Oyster Butley F I SH 5 5 The Butt and Oyster Chelmondiston The Eel ’ s Foot Theberton The Pike and Eel Chestert on

GE OGRAPHICAL

World Devonport ’ VV o rld s n o te 1 0 1 End Fulham , End of t h e World Tilbury u World T rned Up Old Kent Road , side Down n o te 1 0 2 Globe Bengeo Albion Blackpool Anglesey Lichfi e ld Aberfeldy East India Dock Road Britannia Porth Bath Peckh am Berkeley Piccadilly Boston J unction Road Brighton Glasshouse Stre et Bristol Cork Street Canterbury Norwich Clarendon Hammersmith Coldstream Norwich Cambridge Ashton Derby Burnley Dunraven Bridgend Duncannon Charing Cross Elgin Maida Vale 5 6 GEOG RAPH ICAL The Foxhall Blackpool ' The Granby Doncaster The Granville Corbridge The Grandison Briton Ferry The Ipswich Norwich The Leeds Stockt on The Leeds and Liverpool Burnley The Leamington Acton The Lincoln Manchester The London Stamford The Leicester Lounge Leicester Square The Malvern Bev ington Road The Manchester Aldersgate Great Yarmouth The Newcastle Sou thampton The Newcastle— o n —Tyne Lexington Street The Normanton Clumber The Oakley Rushden The Oxford and Cam The Quebec Thorp e The Ru p e rra Cardiff The Raby Stockton The Sefton Douglas The Stockton West Hartlepool The Tavistock Covent Garden The V y n e Normanton The Washington Worcester The Windsor Willesden

GEOGRAPH ICAL

Cinq ue Ports Ramsgate East Su ffolk Aldeburgh Lowestoft Lake Lothing Lowestoft

Sole . Bay Southwold Grosvenor Basin Milton Road Town of Leith Wapping City of Canton Poplar City of Carlisle Royal Mint Street City of Gloucester Chelsea (e ) City of Hereford Cleveland Street City of Lon don Soho City of Norwich S p it alfi e ld s City of New York Bedford Road City of Paris Old Ford City of Quebec Oxford Street City of Rome Roman Road City of Salisbury Rodney Road Scotland G o m sal ’ J ohn 0 Groats Blackfriars Land ’ s End Sennen Richmond Hill Norwich Tan Hill Swaledale Mount Ephraim Tunbridge Wells Skiddaw Chippenham Road Summit Royton Isle of Wight D e p t fprd Isle of Skye W e sse n d e n Head GEOGRA PH ICAL 5 9

Isle of Cyprus Fo lke st o n e Channel Islands Guernsey Scarborough Spa Shields Europa Molesey V Minorca V igan Nassau Dublin Oporto Shaftesbury Avenue Portugal Fleet Street Riviera Maidenhead Savoy Strand

Smyrna . Sunderland Swiss Soho Helvetia Soho Atlantic Ne wquay South Sea Sheffield Cape of Good Hope Albion Street Columbia Yarmouth Falls of Niagara Ryde

Hercules Pillars Great Queen Street , n o te 1 03 n o te 1 0 J amaica Cornhill , 4 W' Oriental are. Patna Devonport Simla Thornton Heath South Pole Bath Trafalgar Remingt on Street Alma Dover Heights of Alma Sheerness Blenheim New Bond Street 60 GEOGRAPH I CAL Bunker ’ s Hill Gosport Battle of Nile Landport Crimea Inkerman Road

Fort St . George Cambridge Gibraltar VVight o n Rock of Gibraltar Oxford Inkerm an Colchester Malakoff Yarmouth Navarino Dalston Neville ’ s Cross Kilburn Redan VVe st bo u rn e Grove Waterloo Colchester Arab Boy Putney American Mac c le sfi e ld Australian Westminster Canadian Oxford Street Caledonian Darlington Californian Belmont Hambletonian Stockton Norfolk Freeholders Wells Parisian Fu rn iv al Street Spaniards Hampstead n o te 1 0 Spanish Patriot Lambeth , 5 n o te 1 06 Scotchman and His Bristol , Pack J olly Scotchman Sleaford 'ulu Ipswich Ancient Briton Camden Town Generous Briton Newark GEOGRAPH ICAL 6 1 True Briton W'almer Guide Post Ryhope Toll Bar Ryhope Toll Gate Bury Gat e Dunkirk Hatchgate B u rgh fi e ld Swing Gate Dover Stocks Clap gat e

GOLDEN (N o te 1 0 7 ) The Golden Anchor Hartlepool The Golden Ball Lo ngton The Golden Bells Notting Hill The Golden Boar Fre c ke n ham The Golden Can Norwich The Go lden Cock Darlington The Golden Cro S S Charin g Cross The Golden Dog Shipdham The Golden Eagle Lincoln n o te 1 08 The Golden Fleece Stamford , The Golden Gallon Hull The Go lden Horse Coventry

The Go lden Harp St . Albans The Go ld e n ‘ He art S p it alfi e lds The Golden Key Ipswich o n o te 1 0 The G lden Lion Leyburn , 9 The Go lden Last Cannon Street The Golden Rose Cambridge 6 2 GOLD EN The Golden Rule The Golden Stream The Golden Star

SILVER

Cromer Street Lilley Rochester Burdett Road Devonport Commercial Road

HOUSE AND TABLE Brick and Tile West Bergholt Barn Norwich i Portcullis Ch pping Sodbury , n o te I Lattice King ’ s Lynn Crooked Chimney Stow Bardolph Wire Trellis Barnsley Coal Hole Leigh Dark Lantern Aylesbury Guinea North Bruton Mews Cabinet Reed Key Driffi e ld Lock and Key S m it hfi e ld Little Dustpan Reading HOUSE AND TABLE

Spinn ing Wheel Hamsterley Pin Cushion \Vy be rt o n Cold Bath Hartford Gas Malvern r L Hou glass ower Thames Street , n o te 1 1 1 Dial Swanton Morley Clock York Clock Face Bu rnley Coffee Pot Warwick Lane Imperial Measure Hull Gallon Pot Yarmouth Gallon Can Yarmouth Quart Runwell

Rummer Stoke Holy Cross , n o te 1 1 2 Rum Puncheon W hit e c ro ss Street n o te 1 1 Leather Bottle Cobham , 3 Flask Highgate Tankard Bentley Still Sleaford Punchbowl Low Row Punchbowl and P e n e le way Ladle Marylebone Pot and Glass E agle sc liffe J ug and Glass Etherley Bottle and Glass Lincoln Bottles Occold 6 4 H OU SE AND TABLE The Board Carlisle The Round Table Leicester Squ are The Willow Pattern Lincoln The Pewter Platter Hatton Garden The Frying Pan Brick Lane The Mechanic ’ s Larder Gray ’ s Inn The Knife and Steel P y m o o r The Cow -Roast Tring

The Haunch of Venison Bell Yard . The Shoulder of Mutton Old Newton The Leg of Mutton and Ashst e ad Cauliflower The Beefsteak Bath The Baron of Beef Cambridge The Round of Beef Ely Ri e n o te 1 1 The bs of B ef Norwich , 4

Rib . The Spare St Ives , Hunts The Eel Pie Stow Bardolph The Flitch of Bacon Little Dunmow The Bubble an d Squeak Stepney The Cheddar Cheese Reading n o te 1 1 The Cheese Fleet Street , 5 The Sugarloaf S p it alfi e ld s

The Sugarloaves Sible Hedingham , n o te 1 1 6 INDUSTRY AND IMPLEMENTS The Commercial Chelsea The Treaty of Commerce Lincoln

66 INDU STRY AND IMPLEMENT S The Jolly Butchers Farnham Royal The Jolly Brewer North End Road The J olly Brewers Norwich The J olly Coopers Hampton The J olly Hatters Norwich The J olly Maltster The J olly Miller Milbank Street The Jolly Crispin Boston The Bold Crispin Ipswich Cris ian u s n o te 1 1 8 The Crispin and p Rochester , The Crispin North End Road r n o te 1 1 The Brewer and Baker Covent y , 9 The Baker and Basket Limehouse The Merry Carpenters Old Street The Draymen Bradford The Engineer Wisbech The Florist Stockport The Foresters Cambridge n o te 1 2 0 The Experienced Fowler Limehouse , The But cher and Beast Heighington The Chapman Grimsby The Royal Foresters Chavey Down The Fishmongers Bushey The Dusty Miller Halifax The Maltsters l Hanworth The Maltman and Shovel Hammersmith The Malt Shovels Grantham The J e t Miners Broughton Th e gB On n ie Pit Laddie Durham I NDU STRY AND IMPLEMENTS 67 Rangers East Rudham Ringers Shipdham Rat Catcher Cawston Wood Man Ch ap m o re End Weaver Runcorn Canterbury \V e av e rs Canterbury Ambassador York Road ’ n o te 1 2 1 Honest Lawyer King s Lynn , An vi l S o t h e re y B asin hall Axe g Street , n o te 1 2 2 Axe and Anvil Linton Axe and Saw Carlton Axe and Hand Saw Mo u lton Axe and Compass Carlton Axe and Cleaver Heckington Cleaver Darlington n o te 1 2 Marrow Bone and Hull , 3 Cleaver Holy Stone Shiremoor Mallet and Tool W'hitwell Bag of Nails Buckingham Palace n o te 1 2 Road , 4 Davy Lamp Easington Forge Hammer J arrow Steam Hammer Lincoln Pick and Hammer Carlton Trowel and Hammer Marks Tey Hammer and Smithy Ossett 68 IND UST RY AND IMPLEMENT S Peat Spade Longstock

Spade and Becket Little Downham , n o te

St o n e a n t Spade and Sprocket , o e 1 2 6 Hack and Spade W asht o n Hatchet VVhit e p arish n o te 1 2 8 Shears Wantage , Crook and Shears Upper Clatford Well and Bucket Bethnal Green

MILITARY

The Royal Military Aldershot The Flag Manningtree The Flagstaff Canning Town The Royal Standard Windsor The Standard of England Bristol The Union J ack Roydon The Union Flag Wivenhoe The British Flag Clapham The Red White and Blue Ely The Stars and Stripes Walthamstow The American Flag King ’ s Lynn n o te 1 2 The Halberd Ipswich , 9 V The Battle Axes V raxall The Gun Lupus Street The Cross Guns Knarr Cross The Morning Gun Bridgwater n o te 1 0 The Evening Gun Norwich , 3 M IL ITARY

The Gun and T ent S p it alfi e ld s The Rifle Hammersmith The Cross Rifles Bridgwater The Barrack Woolwich The Horse Barracks Norwich The British Camp Malvern The Roman Camp E lm e rt o n The Fort Sandown The Garrison Cork The Battery East Stonehouse The Martello Folkestone The Armou ry Stockport The Warrior Bermondsey The Centurion Deptford The Cossack Bath The Marksman Hackney The Recru itin g Sergeant Lincoln The Horse Artillery Great Warley The Artilleryman Chelmsford The Engineers Gloucester Road The Life Guards Rettendon The Royal H o rs e gu ards Brentford man The Royal Lancers Doncaster The Lancers Yarmouth The Hussar Hounslow The Dragoon Bromsgrove The Light Dragoon Cam biidge The Light Horse Hounslow 7 0 M IL ITARY The Light Horseman Norwich The Valiant Trooper Aldbury W n o te 1 1 The hitley , 3 The J olly Guardsman Windsor The Hero Sheerness The Hero of Alma Alma Square The Hero of Inkerman Bagshot The Hero of Maida Edgware Road

’ The Hero of Mo u lt an Shrewsbury The Hero of Redan Norwich The Hero of Switzerland Brixton The Hero of Waterloo Lambeth The Norfolk Hero Swaffham The Volunteer Saxtead The Volunteers We y b ridge The British Volunteer Ponder ’ s End The Mounted Volunteer Norwich The Rifle Volunteer Reigate The Rifle Volunteers Yarmouth The Rifle m an Ely The Thirteenth Rifle m an Stalybridge The Royal Rifle m an Battersea The Chelsea Pensioner Chelsea Th e n o te 1 2 Bombay Grab Bow , 3

MUSIC

The M usical Barnsley The Musician Huddersfield MUS IC 7 1 Hark ye the Melody Haverthwaite The Lyric Great Windmill Street The Lyce u m Strand The Op era Catherine Street The Conquering Hero Upper Grange Road The Flying D u tchman New Lakenham The Merry Fiddlers Epping The Morris Dancers Scarisbrick ’ The Ring O B e lls Widcombe The Ring of Bells Chester The Chimes Plym outh The Crotchet Witham The Organ Staly bridge The Bugle Reading B u le v The g Horn Tarrant Gun ille , n o te 1 33 The Horn Knight rid e r Street The French Horn Ware The Horn and Trumpet Bewdley The Fiddle Colney Heath Great Tower Street The Harp Of Erin Deptford The Welsh Harp Hendon The J ew ’ s Harp Redhill Street n o te 1 The Cornopean Weymouth , 34 The Drum Brentwood

The Kettledrum St . George Street ’ 7 2 NATU RE

NATURE The Spring Ewell The Happy Springs Lindley Moor The Drip ping Spring Hastings The Spring View Leigh The Brook Washbrook The Well Head VVe n do v e r The -Water Head Coniston The J acob ’ s Well Hanbury Street The Fountain Tuddenham The Lake Killarney The Ocean Sandown The Dewdrop Hampton The Shore Colby The Grotto Weybridge The Beach Leaton The Ozone Bridlin gton Th e Peep of Day Bath The Sunbeam Crook The Shades Charing Cross The Cobwebs Richmond The Rock Newley The Great Stone No rt h fi e ld The Cliff Cleethorpes The Quarry Bou rne End The Vale of Health Hampstead The Cathole Keld The Dawn Castletown

7 4 NAUT ICAL The Mail Packet Folkestone The Steam Packet Ipswich The Flint Boathouse Chester The Boat Peterborough The Ferry Boat King ’ s Lynn The Fishing Boat Boulmer The Life Boat Shingle Street The Pilot Boat Ne w Brighton The Peter Boat Leigh The Pleasure Boat Hickling The Shore Boat Tilney The Steam Boat Ipswich The Boat and Anchor Whittlesea The Sloop Poole The Yacht Chester The Royal Yacht Stanhope Street The Hoy Tollesbury The Cutter Ely The Cable South Shields The Outriggers Kingston The Ketch Worcester The Hulk King ’ s Lynn The Sheer Hulk Portsea The Wherry Hulk Geldeston The Keel and Wh erry Norwich The Schooner Alnmouth The Galleons Albert Docks The Spanish Galleon East Greenwich The Smack Leith NAUTICAL 7 5 Fishing Smack Deptford Oyster Smack B u rnham Lobster Smack Canvey Barking Smack No’rwich Barking Fishery Yarmo u th Greenland Fishery Norwich Su ffolk Fishery Gorleston Anchor Stamford Foul Anchor King ’ s Lynn Anchor in Hope Wilby Ship Levington Ship Afloat Bridgwater Ship Aground Bridgwater Ship in Distress Worsell Ship Launch Harrington Ship 011 Launch Cardiff Ship Argo London Docks Ship Defiance ‘ Wisbech Ship Victory Chester n o te 1 Plimsoll Ship Hull , 35 China Ship Wapping Steam Ship Blackwall Ship and Lobster Gravesend Ship and Lighter Rotherhithe Ship and Pilot Bermondsey Ship and Sailor East Greenwich Ship and Turtle L e ad e n hall Street Ship and Wh ale Rotherhithe n o te Shannon Bucklesham , 7 6 NAUT ICAL The Shannon and Chesa Todmorden peake The Victory Eton The Barge Ware The Barge Aground Brentford The City Barge The Pilot Barge Deptford The Row Barge Woking The Admiral Woolwich The Lord High Admiral Vauxh all Bridge Road The Captam of the Man Poplar of War The Royal Midshipman Clerkenwell The Royal Sailor Bath The Royal Tar Kew The J ovial Sailor Ripley The J olly Sailors Whitburn The Valiant Sailor Folkestone The Welcome Sailor Maldon The sailor Boy Walworth ’ The Fisherman s Boy West Pinchbeck The Mariners Norwich The J olly Waterman Waterbeach The J ack on a Cruise Hull ’ The Sailor s Farewell Frat t o n The Sailor ’ s Return Ickenham The Fisherman ’ s Return Winterton The Boatswain ’ s Call Norwich The Mermaid Wisbech The Sea Witch East Greenwich NEW 7 7

NE W The New Brewery Norwich The New Beehive Bradford The New Bell Lambeth The New Bell and Crown Win chester The New City Norwich The New Concord Bermondsey T h e New Crane Gosberton The New Crown VVhit t le se a in n o te 1 The New Clown Isl gton , 3 7 The New Corn Exchange Norwich The New Falcon Gravesend The New Ferry VVin d e rm e re The New Fountain City Road The New Globe Mile End The New Gardener ’ s Ipswich Arms The New Inn Gloucester n o te 1 8 The New J olly Caulkers Lower Road , 3 The New Mill Romford The New Market Lowestoft The New Park Battersea The New Quay Preston The New River Head S t ain sby Street The New Stag Cu mberland Market The New Swan Harwich Th e New Star Norwich The New W hite Hart Newark The New XVhit e Rose Leeds N UMER ICAL

NUME RICAL

Number One Tower S m it hfi e ld Crayford

One B u ll Bury St . Edm unds

' One Crown VVat fo rd V One Pin V e xh am f n o te 1 One Tun Sa fron Hill , 39 D o uble lo c k Alphington Two Bears Yarmouth Two Brewers Windsor Two Beehives Dunst’on Street Two Bells Whitechapel Two Brothers Lambeth Two Blu e Posts Mount Pleasant Charing Cross Two Doves Bromley TW O Eagle s Kinglake TW O Friends B lo fi e ld TW O Greyho u nds Kirkby Ravensworth TW O H u nters Hunwick Two Mile Brook Bath Road Two Mariners Hardinge Street Two Necked Swan Norwich Two Pointers Woodlesford Two Quarts Norwich Two Lawyers Lambeth Two Spies Catherine Street Two Ships Soho N UMERICAL 7 9 Two Towers Penge Three Crosses Malmesbury Triple Plea Bedingham Treble Tile West Bergholt Three Ashes Romford Three Blackbirds Ely Three Boars Wy m o n dham Three Cups Colchester Three Cats Sevenoaks Three Cocks Hay Three Cannon s Carlisle Three Cranes Mile End Three Colts Bethnal Green Three Crowns Loughborough Three Compasses Bromley Three Daws Gravesend Three Elms Chign al Three Firs Sulhampstead Bannister Three Frogs Bracknell Three Feathers VVy m o n dham Three Fu rnaces Brierley Hill Three Fishes Sunbu ry

Three Goats Bury St . Edmunds Three Greyhounds Borough Bridge Three Harts Stapleford Three Hou ses Sandal Three Horseshoes Great Mongeham Three Horses Otley

Three Hammers St . Albans 8 0 NUME R ICAL The Three Hills Bartlow The Three Herrings Yarm o u t h n o te 1 0 The Three Johns Pentonville , 4 The Three J olly Butchers The Three Jolly Gar Hammersmith d e n e rs The Three J olly Sailors No rbit o n The Three J olly Wh eelers Chigwell Row The Three J olly Weavers Lever Street The Three Kings Clerkenwell The Three Kingdoms Thames Street n o te 1 1 The Three Lords Minories , 4 The Three Legs Leeds The Three Legged Cross Cr ux Easton n o te 1 2 The Three Loggerheads Mold , 4 The Three Moles Selham The Three Mile Inn Adwy The Three Moorhens Hitchin The Three Magpies Cirencester The Three Marines Southsea The Three Mariners Bagshot The Three Mackerel Mile End The Three Nuns Aldgate The Three Nags Fritton The Three Oaks Guestling The Three Pots Horse Bridge The Three Pigeons Richmond The Three Pilchards P o t h e rro The Three Postboys Blackwater

8 2 NUMERICAL

w n o te 1 Eight Ringers Nor ich , 45 Nine Elms Lambeth Stonham Asp al Eleven Cricketers Dartford n o te 1 6 Fourteen Stars Bristol , 4 n o te 1 Fifteen Balls Penrhyn , 47 Hundred House Norton Purslow Hundred Aston —o u -Clun Il on se Hundred And One Mile End

THE OLD

Anchor Twickenham Abbey Cambridge A xe Hackney Ball Ashton — u nder - Lyne Bell and Crown Winchester Bell Holborn Barge Norwich Belmont York Road Barrel Wednesbury Buck ’ s Head Thames Street Brown Bear Aldersgate Blu e Back Warrington Boar ' Manchester Bunch of Grapes Bermondsey Black Horse No rbit o n Chapter Row TH E OLD The Old Centurion New Cross The Old Cock Ware The Old Coffee Pot Downham The Old Commodore Poplar The Old Cocoa Tree Pinner The Old Coffee House Hertford The Old Cheshire Cheese Ess ex Street The Old Clock House Knightsbridge The Old Crown Girton The Old Chesterfield Sheph erd Street The Old Castle Bridgwater The Old Dun Cow Darlington The Old Duke ’ s Head Upwell The Old English Gentle Harston man The Old England Windermere The Old Farmhouse Kentish Town The Old Friend Strawberry Hill The Old Fiddle Hatfield The Old Friends Norwich The Old Green Man Steeple Morden The Old Greenland Fish Hull ery The Old Guildford Barge Lambeth The Old Guinea Cambridge The Old Go lden Lion No rt halle rt o n The Old Greyhound Worcester The Old Gate House Highgate The Old Harrow Kingston TH E OLD Old Hatchet Ascot Old House at Home Westerham Old Hatch House Waterloo Old Hat Preston Bissett Old Hall Houghton Old I v y House G o swe ll Road Old Inn Chard Old Industrious Bee Blackburn Old J amaica Southwark Old J ail Cudham Old J ock Calv e rhall Old J ustice Berm ondsey Old King ’ s Arms Pollard Street Old King ’ s Head Euston Road Old King Harry Mile End Old King of Prussia Loudwater Old Lattice King ’ s Lynn Old London Bridge Chester Old Magnet Hackney Old Malt sc o o p Lapford Old Mail Coach Croydon Old “Northumberland Gosport Old Oak Hertford Old Plough Alnwick Old Plough and Har Pentre row Old Post Office Shrewsbury ’ Old Parr s Head Kn ight rid e r Street Old Quiet Woman Chapel -e n -le -Frith TH E OLD The Old Rock House Barton The Old Roundabout Leeds The Old Red House Chester The Old Red Lion Hampton ’ The Old Rover s Ret u rn Manchester The Old Row Barge Kingston -o n -Thames The Old Rodney ’ s Head Old Street The Old Raggles Queensferry The Old Roebu ck Holborn

The Old Robin Hood St . Ives , Hu nts The Old Rose Deptford The Old Sugarloaf Dunstable The Old Swan ’ s Nest Moorgate Street The Old Sea Lion W aterloo The Old Six Bells Acton The Old Sergeant Battersea The Old Ship Brighton The Old Swan Atherstone The Old Star York The Old Tippling Philo Caldicot Sopher The Old Newark The Old White Lion Ravenstonedale The Old Windmill Hammersmith The Old Waggon and Bleasby Horses The Old Yew South W in gfi e ld 8 6 PEOPLE

PEOPLE

The Adelphi Adam Street The P e Op le s Harrogate Bacchus Hoxton The Vulcan Sizewell The Apollo Tottenham Court Road The Atlas Seagrave Road ' The Aurora Tewkesbury The Pandora Re st ro n gu e t The Neptune Ipswich The Hercules Newport The Cupid Hemel Hempstead The Cupid and Bow Norwich The Duke Deptford The Duke of Rotherhithe The D uke of Hamilton Hampstead The Duke of Grafton Euston Road The Duke of Norfolk Harwich The Du ke of Wellington Ely The Duke of Bedford Seymour Street The Duke of Devonshire Darnley Road The Duke of Su therland Lo rrim o re Road The Duke of Fife King ’ s Lynn The Duke of Marlborough Norwich The Iron Duke High Wycombe PEOPLE

The Marquis of Lo rne Kirkley n o te 1 8 Esher , 4 The Marquis of \Vest W arwick Street minster The Marquis VVe lle sle y The Marquis of Salisbu ry Balls Pond Road The Marquis of Lothian Norwich The Marquis of Anglesey Bow Street The Marquis of Hastings Ossulst o n Street The Marquis of Clan ri Southwick Street carde The Marquis of Corn Chedburgh Wallis i n o te 1 The Marquis s Ipswich , 49 The Marquis Can o n bu ry The Manor Park The Earl of Aberdeen Mile End The Earl of Richmond King ’ s Lynn The Earl of Cardigan Norwich The East Dereham The Earl of Durham Cambridge The Cambridge The Earl of B e ac o n sfi e ld New Cross The Whitechapel Guy Earl of Warwick Poplar u The Earl St . Vincent Yarmo th The Ipswich The Osnaburgh Street The Bristol 88 PEOPLE

The Earl Percy Ladbrooke Grove Th e Lord Collingwood Yarmouth The Lord Nelson Ashbocking The Lord H o lm sd ale Bromley The Lord Holland Brixton The Lord Napier King ’ s Lynn The Lord Byron Leeds The Lord Rosebery Norwich The Lord Raglan Norwich The Lord Collingwood Hall Place The - Lord Kitchener Stevenage The Lord Exmouth Stepney The Lord Denman Mistley The Lord Ranelagh Richmond Road The Lord Clyde Brighton The Lord Hood Bethnal Green The Lo rd Camden Norwich The Lord Roberts Scunthorpe The Lord Keith York Street The Lord Palmerston Kilburn The Lord Morpeth Old Ford The Lord Truro Dalston The Lord Stanley Mile End The Lord Liverpool Clark Street The Lord Clive Manchester Square The Lord Wellington Old Kent Road The Lord Hill Waterloo The Lord Wellesley Mile End The Lord Burleigh Vau xhall Bridge Road

9 0 PEOPLE

The Admiral Keppel Fulham Road The Admiral Nelson Carlton Vale The Admiral Vernon Over The Admiral Hardy Greenwich The Admiral Benbow Ludlow The Admiral Hawke Boston Spa The Admiral Rous Galleywood (e ) The Admiral Mc B rid e Plymouth The Admiral Tyrell Bermondsey The Admiral Seymour Yarmouth The Admiral Carter Bartholomew Close The Admiral Codrington Chelsea The Admiral Mann Hampshire Street The Admiral Napier Margate The Bold Napier Norwich The Captain Harman Yarmouth The Captain Cook Cumberland Street The Captain Digby Margate The Pitt and Nelson Ashton - under -Lyne The Nelson Stamford The Rodney Westminster The Rodney and Hood Boston The Gladstone Brompton The George Canning Brixton The Camden Great Yarmouth The Pakenham Knightsbridge The Randolph Oxford The J ohn Burns Chiswick The Bolingbroke Clapham PEOPLE 9 1 The Crosby Scunthorpe The John Bull Bayswater The John Barleycorn Ware The Jane Shore Shoreditch The W at Tyler Loveridge Road The Boleyn East Ham J udge Walm e sle y \Vh alle y The Tilden Smith King ’ s Lynn n o te 1 1 The C . B . Arkle Town , 5 The Robin Hood Sheringham The Robin Hood and Ipswich Little J oh n The Little J ohn North Heigham The Owen Glendower Corwen The Garibaldi Chalvey The Garrick Leman Street The Nell Gwynne Strand n o te 1 2 The J enny Lind Norwich , 5 The Dick Turpin Finchley The George Peabody Shadwell The Bru nel Plymouth The William James Carlisle

The Jack of Newbury Chiswell Street , n o te

n o te 1 The J ack of Both Sides Reading , 5 4 The Daniel Lambert Ludgate Hill The Mother Shipton Hampstead The Mother Redcap Camden Town The Father Redcap Camberwell 9 2 PEOPLE

The George Norton St . Philip The Christopher Eton The Dick Wortham The Tumble -down Dick Mortimer ’ s Bishopsgate ’ Cair s Strand The Tom in Bedlam Redbourn The Bess of Bedlam Norwich Mile End The Struggler Eagle The Hob of the Well King ’ s Lynn The Man in the Moon Chelsea The Alderman Stannery Street The Citizen H o u n d sdit ch ’ The Man of Kent St . Michael s The Arthur Bury The Punch Hull The Connoisseur Philip Lane n o te 1 The Good Woman Necton , 5 5 The Quiet Woman Pershore The Silent Woman Widford i n o te 1 6 The Load of Misch ef Blewbury , 5 n o te 1 The Man Laden with Maddingley , 5 7 Mischief The Naked Man Settle The Wild Man Sproughton The Sand Boy Bawsey

The Lads of the Village St . Mary Cray

' The Heather Lad Trimdon

9 4 POETRY AND L ITERATU RE

n o te 1 6 1 The Bell Edmonton , The Colleen Bawn Peckham The Paul Pry Prittlewell The Uncle Tom ’ s Cabin Bolton The Touchstone Stockport Alt isido ra n o te 1 6 2 The Hull , The Ivanho e Denmark Park The Waverley Edinburgh The Compleat Angler Marlow The Darby and J oan Crowle The Vicar of Wakefield Shoreditch ’ The Pindar of Wakefield Gray s Inn Road , n o te 1 63

n o te 1 6 The Miller of Mansfield Goring , 4 n o te 1 6 The Valentine an d Orson Pepin Place , 5 The Robinson Crusoe Earl Street The Oliver Twist Leyton The Mutual Friend Stevenage

POTE NTATE S

Royalty King ’ s Lynn Royal Bath Imperial Bolton Crown Woodbridge Sceptre Yarmouth Crown and Sceptre Brompton Coronet Soho POTENTATES 9 5 The Regalia Augustus Street The Sovereign Osnabu rgh Street The Royal Sovereign Kirkstall The Monarch Silchester Terrace The Merry Monarch Herbert Street The Emperor Ipswich The Empress Cambridge The African Chief Ossulst o n Street The Indian Chief Chesterton The Indian Queen Bodmin The Queen Brentwood The British Queen Old Kent Road Islington The Queen in the West Lincoln The Qu een of England Slough The King and Queen Highworth The Victoria Earl Soham The Queen Victoria Highbe ach The Empress of India Rotherhithe The Queen and Prince Great Tichfi e ld Street Albert The Prince Consort Hampstead Th e Edward the Seventh York The Alexandra Lincoln The King and Prince of Brick Street Wales The Prince of Wales The Prince and Princess of Wales 9 6 POTENTATES The Princess of Wales Gateshead The Princess Royal Pimlico The Princess Amelia Stratford The Princess Louise Holborn The Princess May Durham The Princess Beatrice Camden Town The Princess Charlotte Princes Street The Princess Victoria Earls Cou rt The Young Prince Reading The Prince of Windsor Old Kent Road The Prince Arthur Vau xhall The Prince Albert Victor Castle Acre The Prince Albert Ed Eccles ward The Prince Albert Sunbury The Prince Alfred Crowthorne ’ The Prince Edward St . J ohn s Wood The Prince Leopold Derby The Prince Rupert Soho The Prince Frederick Bromley The Prince Teck Bermondsey The Prince Regent Hounslow The Prince William Henry Blackfriars The Prince George of Albany Street Cumberland The Prince of Brunswick B arn sbu ry The Prince of Denmark Bloomsbury

The Prince of Hesse . Fie ldgat e Street The Prince of Orange Dinas

9 8 POTENTATES The Queen Catherine Osmotherley The Queen Charlotte J amaica Road The Queen Eleanor E n fi e ld The Queen Elizabeth Merrow Street The Qu een Victoria Theydon Bois The Queen Dowager The Queen of Hungary Norwich The Archduke Charles Rodney Road The D uke of Albany New Cross The D uke of Clarence Hackney The Duke of Connaught Norwich The Duke of Cornwall Hammersmith The Duke of Cambridge Putney The Duke of Cumberland Kensington Duk e W illiam of Cum Hoddesdon berland The Du ke of Edinburgh Fairfo o t Road The Duke of Glou cester Oxford Street The Du ke of Kent Liverpool Road The Du ke of Lancaster Hornsey The Duke of Sussex Acton The Duke of W iirt e m b urg Hatfield Street The Duke of York York Road The Du ke William Kennington The Duchess of Clarence Vauxhall Bridge Road The Duchess of Edin City Road burgh The Duchess of Kent Liverpool Road The Du chess of Fife Portsmouth POTE NTATES 9 9 The Duchess of York Kingsland Road The Nap o le o n ' Manchester n o te 1 68 The Peter the Great Deptford , ’ The Empress of Russia St . J ohn s Road The Sultan Camberwell The Grand Sultan Dover The Shah of Persia Parkstone The Mogul Drury Lane The Great Mogul Maghull The Cleopatra Savoy Street The Royal Albert Hanley The Royal Connaught Holborn The Royal Saxon W e st bo u rn Park The Royal William Woodbridge n o te 1 6 The Grave Maurice Whitechapel , 9

RAILWAY S

The Railway Peterborough The Railway Bell New Barnet The Railway Guard Clapham J unction The Railway Porter Vauxhall The Ticket Porter Arthur Street The Station Melton The Viaduct Kirkstall The J unction Purston The Safety Valve Forncett The Express The Express Train Norwich 1 00 RA I LW AY S Locomotive Derby Engine West Drayton Steam Engine High Wycombe Engine House Chester Engine and Tender Bedford Tramway P ake fi e ld

E . U . R . Ipswich Great Eastern Liverpool Street Great Western Paddington Great Northern King ’ s Cross North Eastern York

R AND SPO TS, GAMES PASTIME S The Gu n Lupus Street The Cross Guns Thorney The Dog and Gu n Potto The Dog and Duck Winchester The Dog and Pheasant Bromsgrove The Dog and Partridge Upton The Du ck and Dog Wymondham The Fox and Pheasant Great Massingham The Badger Box Annesley Woodhouse The Equ estrian Blackfriars

The Steeplechase St . Albans The Stakes Stalybridge The Turf Richmond The Chester Cu p Plym outh

The St . Leger Doncaster

1 0 2 SPORTS , GAMES AND PASTIMES Stag and Hounds Bristol Stag and Hunt P o n san o o t h Stag and Hunters Brendon B ram hill Hunt Wokingham Brocklesby Hunt G o sc hill Old Berkeley Hunt Watford ’

Surrey Hounds St . J ohn s Hill . Thornton Hunt Thornton Curtis Tally Ho Mettingham Hark to Bounty S t aidbu rn Hark to Lasher Castleton Hark to Mopsey No r manton H ark to Nu dger D o b c ro ss Hark to Towler Bury S an diwa n o te 1 2 Blu e Cap y , 7 Triumpha'l Ch ariot Pembroke Mews Royal Mail Upper Street Mail Coach Shepherds Bush Four -I n —Hand Croydon Coach and Horses Ipswich Chaise and H o rses Hammersmith Chaise and Pair Wickham Market Postchaise Ipswich Tandem Oxford Sedan Chair Nort h Searle Wheel Ely Tu rnpike Hayle Horseshoes Tottenham Court Road 1 0 SPORTS , GAM ES AND PAST IMES 3

The Manger B rad fi e ld The Saddle Chester The Pack Saddle Mapledurham The Whip and Nag Norwich The W h ip and Collar Mile End The Club Ely The Recreation Faversham The Anglers Ennerdale The Ball Chard The Bat and Ball Gravesend The Cricketers Eton The Merry Cricketers Bermondsey The Cricket Players Shipham The Wrestlers Norwich The Archery Bathurst Street The Butts Aldermaston The Arrow Himbleton The Cross Bow Sotherton n o te The Bird Bolt Cambridge , The Bowling Green Badingham The Corner Pin Clerkenwell The Pin and Bowl Wokingham The Coat and Badge Hammersmith The Chequers Sudbourne The Tennis Court Bradford The Dumb Bell Taplow The Air Balloon Landport The Balloon Holbeck The Noah ’ s Ark Oxford Street 1 0 GAME S AND 4 SPORTS , PAST IMES Hoop Cambridge Hoops Saffron Walden Hoop and Toy Ninepin Cambridge Clown Islington Harle quin Lincoln Queen of Trumps West Walton Bethnal Green

THE MOST ANCIE NT INNS

The Fountain Canterbury The Ostrich Colnbrook The Angel Grantham The George and Dragon S p e e dh urst The Seven Stars Manchester i The George Norton St . Phil p The Cardinal ’ s Cap Cambridge The New Inn Gloucester The Running Horses Leatherhead The George Southwark The George Winchcombe The White Hart Scole The Lord Crewe Arms Blanchland The Star Alfriston The Pope ’ s Head Norwich The Anglers ' Ennerdale The Dick Whittington Cloth Fair The Harlequin Lin c oln

1 06 S IGNS BY WELL- KNOWN A RTI STS

The Coach and Doncaster J . F . Herring Horses W The hite Lion Doncaster J . F . Herring The Loggerheads Llan v e rris David Cox The Fox an d Pelican Grayshott Walter Crane

- The Ro wBarge VVallin g Leslie ford The Geo rge and Wargrave Leslie an d Dragon Hodgson H R H . The Ferry Rosneath . . Prin cess Louise The Mortal Man Troutbeck Ibbetson The Smoker P lu m ble y Miss Leighton The Two Sawyers Pockthorpe J ohn Crome

Brewery , Norwich

INNS FAMOUS FOR ARCHITE CTURE

The Reindeer Banbury The Crown and Treaty Uxbridge House The Feathers Ludlow The Raven Shrewsbury The New Inn Gloucester The Bear and Billet Chester FO RE IGN CAFE S IGNS 1 0 7

FOREIGN cm SIGNS

La B riard e (nourrice) Hondeghem La Poupée Poperinghe Au Papegai Poperinghe Au damier de Comines Poperinghe S kin dle s Poperinghe Au Faucon Poperinghe Au cou r de Flandre Poperinghe A la tete d 'argent Poperinghe Au Congo Dickebusch Au Transvaal La Clytte Au Tivoli La Clytte Au Faubourg Reninghelst Au cheval Boulonnais Abeele Au Comte de Flandre Abeele Au retou r de la gare Abeele

A St . Eloi Abeele Au cheval d ’ or Rexpoede Au retour de la nouvelle Calédo n ie B o e sch e p p e

Au grand St . Sebastien Steenvoorde Au vrai Cac illan e Steenvoorde Au drapeau Francais Steenvoorde Au Comte Géant Bailleul ’ A la po rte d or Bergues ’ A l av iat io n Bergu es

Au vaisseau de ligne . Bergues H otel Faidhe rbe Dunkirk 1 08 FOREIGN CAFE SIGNS Au retour des Docks Dunkirk A l ’ ancien courrier de Calais Dunkirk Au x deu x e n t ét és Win quin ’ L as de t re fi e Renescu re La Bascu‘ le Ebblinghem Trois Chevaux Hazebrouck L ’ assurance contre la soif Watten ’ dix centimes l act io n A Paris comme aLondres Watten le soleil luit pour tout le monde Au Sebastopol Nort Ne n t in gh e m La maison Blanche Mo n n e c o v e Au coeur j oyeux Tilques a Au grand Marlborough St . Martin u Laert

Le Taupier de Norm andie St . Omer ’ A l e n t rée de Milan St . Pol

Au chat vert St . Pol Trois Pigeons Fruges La ville de Boulogne Fruges Ho tel moderne Fruges A la ville de Cassel Fruges Aux Alliés vainqu eurs Fruges Cheval noir Fruges Au Voltigeur Pont de Nieppe A Moscou Pont de Nie p p e A Faidh e rb e Pont de Nieppe Au Boeuf Armentieres

1 1 0 FOREIGN CAFE SIGNS

HOt e l d u Rhin Amiens ’ A l etoile d u j our Pont Remy A la grace de Dieu Pont Remy Au x voyageurs Etaples ’ Aux q uatre fi ls d ay m o n Doullens Au petit caporal Henencourt A la Hotte pleine de Villers Simon malice Au Ton kin Cau m e sn il HOt e l de la cloche Dij on HOt e l d a J ura Dij on HOt e l de Bourgogne Dij on A la chaudiere Melun Lille e t Albion Paris France e t Choiseul Paris

St . J ames e t Albany Paris Continental Paris Au club alpin Champex A D 1 60 Trois Couronnes Martigny ( . 9 ) o d u H tel grand St . Martigny Bernard Cafe de la vapeur Café d u Transvaal ’ Ho tel d An gle t e rre HOt e l d u chateau HOt e l Beau Rivage Café de la navigation Café d u negre blanc Café d u Raisin FOREIGN CAFE SIGNS 1 1 1

HOt e l Gibbon Lausanne ’ HOt c l Beausej ou r Lausanne HOt e l Communal Pully Café des trois chasseurs Monts de Pully Au chasseur Prilly Café de la Truite Villeneu ve

Au cheval blanc St . Blaise A la Turquie Chessel

I I 4 NOTES

2 0 ’ . Jocularly called The gentleman in trouble . Formerly a

starting place for coaches . ’ 2 1 . O nce called Pig and Whip . Tradition has i t that the present

Sign refers to a surly tenant .

2 2 . A mammoth beast born at Ketton ( near Darlington) , which

toured E ngland on exhibition at fairs , etc . 2 — 3 . Baldfaced a term applied to animals which have a white strip down forehead to nose . 2 4 . Alludes to a fabulous monster supposed to have been discovered

S t . h at Osyt , in Essex , in the reign of Henry the Second . ( Lar wood )

2 . G resham an d 5 The Grasshopper was the crest of Sir Thomas , may still be seen on weathervane of the Royal Exchange . 2 6 . The papal arms . 2 — 7 . Scutch to strip hides . (Dr . Brewer . ) 2 8 . The Rising Sun i n Islington Road gives notice in 1 7 2 6 that a — Le . s t ufi e d fine hog will be Barbecued whole roasted , with spice , d basted with Madeira . ( Larwoo ) 2 9 . These seven stars seem to be the same that are used as a masonic emblem . 0 h a 3 . The Rainbow in Fleet Street s the reputation of being the smallest licensed house in London . 1 Ma i an d P m at . e o r 3 Cock y Synonymous with Cock and gp , Cock and

P . s ie Larwood al o calls it Pynot . P m o t 01d A t the Cock and y , Whittington , , was plotted 1 688 the Revolution of by the Earls of Danby and Devonshire , and Mr . ' ’ D A rc y . ( Hone s Table Book . ) — P wi a . 3 2 . y e p e local name for the peewit A house much adorned by artists . f ’ 3 4 . A amous carrier s inn , whence passengers and goods were N dispatched to the orth . The ceremony of nicking the Royal and Corporation swans on the Thames still continues .

. fi n e W u 3 5 A brand of hops used to be imported from rtemburg .

6 U . 3 . Best known as a landmark i n the niversity boat race l z 3 7 . Said to derive its sign from Queen E i abeth having sheltered ‘ ’ ’ . C 1 86 there alled i n parish books of 5 The Q ueen s Tree . (Lar

wood . )

8 is . 3 . ; Larwood states that this sign very rare He gives i t the 2 epithet of gloomy , referring to Psalm cxxxvii . . d 3 9 . Probably alludes to the Drui s . 0 4 . From Virginia came the first tobacco brought into England . 1 s 4 . The be t known Tabard was that inn i n Southwark whence C haucer and his party started for Canterbury . , a sleeveless

'acket , still worn by heralds . s s ' 4 2 . Does thi refer to the thir ty reputation of cobblers

. . . 1 6 6 4 3 Cravat Derived from Croats Introduced into France 3 . ( Brewer . ) NOTES I I 5

1 6 2 44 . A sign of great antiquity . I t is found in 5 , and was probably i ’ orig nally a tobacconist 5 sign . C N The alves Head Club met at the Black Boy , ewgate Street , Variations of the sign are the Arab Boy , ; the Black Boys , Aylsham . 4 5 . Stow mentions a Black Bell in Fish Street Hill .

6 . 4 . This may refer to some ghostly hound 4 7 . This inn is ex tinct . The name is a variant of leather bottle . 8 4 . The Black Lion appears in the arms of Queen Philippa , Consort of Edward III . Also borne by Owen Glendower .

I I . 4 9 . The badge of Richard I n the garden of this house is t he old Sign that used to be in P C iccadilly on site of the present riterion . 0 W was n 5 . The hite Horse i n Kensington frequented by Addiso . 1 5 . This house figures in the adventures of Mr . Pickwick . 2 5 . Badge of Edward IV . 5 3 . Refers probably to Robin Hood , or combined as Green Man ’ and Still was found as a herbalist s Sign . ( Dr . Brewer . ) 5 4 . seems very partial to blue ; we find the Blue Man ,

Boar , Dog , Fox , Bull . Larwood also mentions in the same county Blue Cow and Greyhound . m 5 5 . Larwood supposes this sign to refer to the arriage of James I . with Anne of Denmark .

6 . . 5 Badge of Cadwallader , ancestor of the House of Tudor W ’ d 5 7 . The Red or Roan Horse . ashington Irving s Inn . The ba ge - - Cast illo in . of Pedro of , father law of John of Gaunt Ofiic e 5 8 . The House of Martlesham has a lion painted in Post Red 1 6 2 supposed to originate from a Dutch vessel taken at Sole Bay 7 . 5 9 . Thus the old nursery rhyme I had a bonny nag His name was dapple grey He would bring me to an alehouse A mile out of the way . ‘ ’ Pope also refers to Dappled Flanders m ares . 0 1 86 1 h 6 . I n there were in t e West Riding alone no fewer than L w 0 n ar 0 d . 7 7 in s , etc . , bearing this sign . ( 6 1 d — . This Sign appears to be unique . Pie Variegated spotted like a magp ie . - — 6 2 . t . Sorrel . A reddish brown colour . French sa ire C This and the hestnut Horse , Great Finborough , refer to the County ff Breed of Su olk Horses . ’ 6 e 3 . This inn bears a pictorial sign with the words inf ctum sileo . Larwood also mentions Bell an d Bullock ; Bell and Lion ; B e ll and Candlestick . r t 64 . Larwood also mentions Crown and W o o dp ec ke ( c0rrup e d from ’ Wool Pack) ; Crown an d Fan ( a fan rn ake r s sign) ; Crown an d Rasp . T re er C (used by Fribourg and y , tobacconists) rown and Can Crown and Tower ; Crown and Thistle . 1 1 6 NOTES

’ a 6 5 . This sign refers to the Royal s (Dymoke) appe rance at the Coronation ceremony .

6 d . . 6 . This inn pays a qui t rent of 4 and a damask rose — : 67 . A large drinking glass . Dutch roemer 8 i 6 . A curious and un que sign only equalled by the Hunchbacked Cats (les chats bossus) of Lille . (Larwood . r i le Fidelc 69 . Supposed to be a cor upt on of Caton . The sign recalls the nursery rhyme . 0 i 7 . A sk t on the Highland drovers who passed that way with cattle for London . ‘ ’ 1 . 7 . A nickname given to this inn by local people . The Red Lion ’

2 . 7 . A skit on Coach and Four , Coach and Dogs E a le an d Lamb 7 3 . g formerly had a pictorial board depicting an eagle preying on a lamb .

a e n c o m as e t h . 7 4 . ( ) Misreading of the words God p s us ’ (b) Coat of arms of Cordwainers Company the chevron corrupted d into compasses . (Larwoo ) i z 7 5 . An allusion to the th rteen Protestan t cantons of Swit erland Soho being largely inhabited by Swiss . Cf . Sun and Thirteen Cantons . r 7 6 . An allusion to the sto y of King J ames and the tinker of

E n fi e ld . l 7 7 . The crest of the Midd e Temple .

8 is ni . 7 . Maund an old word mea ng basket a ff 6 P 7 9 . ( ) A facetious rendering of Bear and Ragged Sta ; ( ) ige washail —Salutation to Our Lady ; ( c) Pig— Scotch for pot ; Whistle Small change . I n Winchester Cathedral among the stall carvings is one showing a s o w playing on a whistle and another pig playing the violin . (Larwood ) ’ 80 Clo t hwo rke rs z — an u . Part of arms of Company . Tea el instr ment to brush velvet . 8 1 . Larwood mentions this house , also Swan and Rummer ; Swan

and Helmet ; Swan and Soldier Lohengrin) ; Swan and Hoop , Mo o rfi e ld s (Birthplace of Keats) . ’

8 2 . . Occurs in Larwood s book

8 . 3 This Sign , now ex tinct , recalls the exploits of a soldier of that W name during the Peninsular ar . 8 ‘ ’ 4 . I t is hoped that this is a case of Lucus a non lucendo . 8 5 . At Winterslow Hu t occurred the episode of the lioness attacking

i . the leaders of the Sal sbury mail The Coach and Horses , Clerkenwell , shows a pictorial signboard of this event .

86 fo r it s liv in si n . . Famous g g 8 i 7 . The Beeh ve , Abingdon , displays this rhyme Within this hive we ’ re all alive Good liquor makes us funny If y o u are dry step i n and try fl The avour of our honey . ’

88 l l ri . . Larwood ca ls this An a lu ng but maudlin Title

1 1 8 NOTES

’ 1 1 C f s 3 . . the Black Jack . Another variant is Me srs . Hoare s sign - the Golden Bottle at the well known bank in Fleet Street . 1 1 4 . Mentioned by Larwood , also the Flank of Beef , Spalding . Also the Shoulder of Mutton and Cucumber . 1 1 5 . This house is famous for the beefsteak pudding .

1 1 6 . This inn shows a very pleasing Sign .

1 1 . r i l 7 O ig nating from the hero of a famous ballad . A so gives its name to a place near St . Austell .

1 1 8 . Tw0 b r0t he rs a _ who worked s cobblers while preaching the

r . d s . gospel . Hen y V mentioned them in his ad re s to the troops on 2 1 1 V i . I V . . Ag ncourt Field , October 5 , 4 5 Henry . , iii Larwood quotes this rhyme from a signboard at Birmingham ’ The Baker says I ve the s t afi of life ’ ’ And you re a silly elf . The B re we r i repl ed , with artful pride Wh y , this is life itself . 1 20 e in . Do s this house set a g for the unwary

1 2 1 . s is Also in Coutts Road , Bow , in both ca es he represented with his head under his arm . 1 2 2 v . From this inn in Aldermanbury a regular ser ice of stage wagons travelled from London to Liverpool . 1 Al 2 3 . ludes to an old custom of butcher boys serenading newly married couples . 1 2 is 4 . Though classified here , generally reckoned to be a corruption of Bacchanals . 1 2 i 5 . Becket . An implement for digg ng peat .

1 2 6 . . U Sprocket sed in the Fen country . ar Both these inns e near Ely .

1 2 8 . . This house displays a gigantic pair of shears as a Sign 1 2 has 9 . This inn a pictorial Sign showing the weapon , half axe , half spear . 1 0 r 3 . This inn stands on the site of the stake where the Lolla ds perished . . 1 1 r s 3 . Supposed to commemorate a soldier bu ied in Winche ter who n died of dri king small beer . 2 was o 1 3 . Grab the slang term used in India to denote a f ot soldier . 1 33 . Larwood states that Bugle is the local name in the Isle of

as 1 688 . . Wigh t for a wild bull , and is used such by a writer of Cf — — French beugler to low .

N . 1 . 34 . A musical horn ( uttall ) P m P l 1 . 35 Refers to the limsoll Mark , invented by Sa uel limsol , 1 8 2 4— 1 89 8 ’ 1 6 i P . i 3 . Th s sign commemorates Sir hilip Broke s victory The fam ly seat is quite near . 1 has d 3 7 . Larwood states that this sign been change from that of J oe Grimaldi .

1 8 l st uff . 3 . Cau k or Calk . To the seams of a ship with oakum N OTES 1 1 9

1 r 39 . The One Tun near Hungerford Ma ket is mentioned i n a 1 1 8 newspaper of 7 . i i i 1 40 . Larwood mentioned this Sign as dep ct ng J ohn W lkes , J ohn

Horne Tooke , and Sir John Glynn . e k 1 1 B alm er mo h ikn arn o , 4 . Commemorates the two Lords and l 1 Nith sd aie executed for their share in the rebel ion of 7 45 . Lord

s . e caped , disguised as a woman ' 1 2 writ t e rl : 4 . Shows two grinning faces and underneath is We Three Loggerheads be and the observer is the third of the trio . 1 4 3 . Also Five Alls . w — I 1 Ka sho s : . 44 . A print by y , Dr Hunter , a Scotch divine pray for all ; Ers kine the Lawyer— J plead for all ; A Farmer— I maintain all ; — — H M I I . . . George III fight for all ; The Devil take all

1 . 4 5 . Larwood mentions this inn

1 6 . 4 . Probably used as a change from Seven Stars

1 . 4 7 . fers to the Cornish arms , fifteen roundles Re W 1 8 iz . . 4 . Immortal ed by Sam eller The hero of Minden — - 1 1 8 1 8 0 . 49 . 7 3 5 . Twice Governor General of India

1 0 fi . 5 . Afterwards Lord Heath eld , Defender of Gibraltar 1 5 1 Abbreviated from Charles Bathurst who developed the ad'oining e lead min s . 2 1 8 20— 1 88 5 . 7 . The Swedish prima donna who married Mr . Gold m sch idt . 1 — a 5 3 . Alias Winchcombe renowned clothier who equipped at 1 00 fl 1 2 his own expense men to ight at Flodden , 5 3 . 1 - l ’ 5 4 . Stands at a Y shaped corner , vulgarly ca led a Flat Iron .

1 as . 5 5 . Represented Headless Larwood suggests a corruption of heedless . Cf . the virgins in the parable . ’ 1 6 1 Ho art h s 5 , 5 7 . Taken from g print . Both this and the following n n i have pictorial signs . 1 8 5 . This sign is probably unique and has a painted picture . ’ Many of these lackeys were Irish and had St . Patrick s Dav as a i hol day .

1 . . 5 9 A native of Hull A friend of Milton and confidant of Cromwell , 1 20 — 6 1 67 8 . — 1 60 . an s Avalon old folk name for this district in Somer et .

1 6 1 . Has a signboard showing John Gilpin on his famous ride . 1 62 . A character in Don Q uixote . (Dr . Brewer . ) 1 6 3 . The Pindar had charge of the village pound and looked after d stray cattle . ( Larwoo ) 1 6 ballad 4 . Hero of a . .

1 6 . 1 1 5 This inn existed in 7 1 . The sign commemorates the two O twin brothers of that name born in a wood near rleans . They were B e llisan t s sons of and nephew of King Pepin . ( Dr . Brewer . ) 1 66 . Larwood mentioned this inn an d states that the Sign c o m m o r - - — e m at e s s . in I Chri tian IV , father law of J ames . being so near N wa ewgate the landlord s . 1 2 0 NOTES

1 6 7 . Macaulay , quoted by Larwood , mentioned that on all sides P painters were touching up Admiral Vernon into K . of . Frederick e the Great , the h ro of Rosbach ’ 1 68 z a i - . The C r Peter after h s day s work resorted to a public house t was i n G reat Tower Stree , the sign altered in his honour to the ' z L 0 P ter th r at i e e e G e . C ar of Muscovy Head . ( Barrow s f / ) 1 — t P N P 6 . e . 9 . Dutch Graaf Count . robably Maurice of assau , rince of Orange , popular i n this country on account of his opposition to the N Spaniards i n the etherlands . ( Larwood . ) 1 0 7 . Smoker . This Sign painted by Miss Leighton alludes to a racehorse the property of Lord de Tabley . 1 1 7 . Ostler . Sometimes spelt Hostler , derived from French ’ h t li r o o s e e . , h telier ; has lost its original meaning of the landlord 1 2 h 1 62 7 . This inn commemorates a famous fox ound , 7 , whose t exploits are se forth on the sign board . 1 birdbo lt 7 3 . Larwood mentioned this a sign of some antiquity . A was i an ancient implement for shooting at b rds .

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