Chapter II: Part 2
The Thicket Anerley
The Royal Forest Chingford
The Wood's End Bramerton
The Lane Ends Bradford
The Marlbank Welland
The Roadside Wingate
The Hill Top Castleford
NAUTICAL
The Maritime Brixham
The Marine Barmouth
The Navigation Runcorn
The Look Out Sunderland
The Grand Junction Canal Buckingham
The Pier Scarborough
The Ferry Bawdsey
The Dock Penzance
The Lock Ipswich
The Wharf Hebden Bridge
The Haven Christchurch
The Harbour Lowestoft
The Harbour View Poole
The Safe Harbour Ipswich
The Clarence Harbour Norwich
The Breakwater Plymouth
The Lighthouse Walcot
The Dublin Packet Chester
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 New 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 Wherry Norwich
The Schooner Alnmouth
The Galleons Albert Docks
The Spanish Galleon East Greenwich
The Smack Leith
The Fishing Smack Deptford
The Oyster Smack Burnham
The Lobster Smack Canvey
The Barking Smack Norwich
The Barking Fishery Yarmouth
The Greenland Fishery Norwich
The Suffolk Fishery Gorleston
The Anchor Stamford
The Foul Anchor King's Lynn
The Anchor in Hope Wilby
The Ship Levington
The Ship Afloat Bridgwater
The Ship Aground Bridgwater
The Ship in Distress Worsell
The Ship Launch Harrington
The Ship on Launch Cardiff
The Ship Argo London Docks
The Ship Defiance Wisbech
The Ship Victory Chester
The Plimsoll Ship Hull, _note_ 135
The China Ship Wapping
The Steam Ship Blackwall
The Ship and Lobster Gravesend
The Ship and Lighter Rotherhithe
The Ship and Pilot Bermondsey
The Ship and Sailor East Greenwich
The Ship and Turtle Leadenhall Street
The Ship and Whale Rotherhithe
The Shannon Bucklesham, _note_ 136
The Shannon and Chesapeake Todmorden
The Victory Eton
The Barge Ware
The Barge Aground Brentford
The City Barge Kew
The Pilot Barge Deptford
The Row Barge Woking
The Admiral Woolwich
The Lord High Admiral Vauxhall Bridge Road
The Captain of the Man of War Poplar
The Royal Midshipman Clerkenwell
The Royal Sailor Bath
The Royal Tar Kew
The Jovial Sailor Ripley
The Jolly Sailors Whitburn
The Valiant Sailor Folkestone
The Welcome Sailor Maldon
The Sailor Boy Walworth
The Fisherman's Boy West Pinchbeck
The Mariners Norwich
The Jolly Waterman Waterbeach
The Jack on a Cruise Hull
The Sailor's Farewell Fratton
The Sailor's Return Ickenham
The Fisherman's Return Winterton
The Boatswain's Call Norwich
The Mermaid Wisbech
The Sea Witch East Greenwich
NEW
The New Brewery Norwich
The New Beehive Bradford
The New Bell Lambeth
The New Bell and Crown Winchester
The New City Norwich
The New Concord Bermondsey
The New Crane Gosberton
The New Crown Whittlesea
The New Clown Islington, _note_ 137
The New Corn Exchange Norwich
The New Falcon Gravesend
The New Ferry Windermere
The New Fountain City Road
The New Globe Mile End
The New Gardener's Arms Ipswich
The New Inn Gloucester
The New Jolly Caulkers Lower Road, _note_ 138
The New Mill Romford
The New Market Lowestoft
The New Park Battersea
The New Quay Preston
The New River Head Stainsby Street
The New Stag Cumberland Market
The New Swan Harwich
The New Star Norwich
The New White Hart Newark
The New White Rose Leeds
NUMERICAL
The Number One Tower Smithfield
The One Bell Crayford
The One Bull Bury St. Edmunds
The One Crown Watford
The One Pin Wexham
The One Tun Saffron Hill, _note_ 139
The Doublelock Alphington
The Two Bears Yarmouth
The Two Brewers Windsor
The Two Beehives Dunston Street
The Two Bells Whitechapel
The Two Brothers Lambeth
The Two Blue Posts Mount Pleasant
The Two Chairmen Charing Cross
The Two Doves Bromley
The Two Eagles Kinglake
The Two Friends Blofield
The Two Greyhounds Kirkby Ravensworth
The Two Hunters Hunwick
The Two Mile Brook Bath Road
The Two Mariners Hardinge Street
The Two Necked Swan Norwich
The Two Pointers Woodlesford
The Two Quarts Norwich
The Two Lawyers Lambeth
The Two Spies Catherine Street
The Two Ships Soho
The Two Towers Penge
The Three Crosses Malmesbury
The Triple Plea Bedingham
The Treble Tile West Bergholt
The Three Ashes Romford
The Three Blackbirds Ely
The Three Boars Wymondham
The Three Cups Colchester
The Three Cats Sevenoaks
The Three Cocks Hay
The Three Cannons Carlisle
The Three Cranes Mile End
The Three Colts Bethnal Green
The Three Crowns Loughborough
The Three Compasses Bromley
The Three Daws Gravesend
The Three Elms Chignal
The Three Firs Sulhampstead Bannister
The Three Frogs Bracknell
The Three Feathers Wymondham
The Three Furnaces Brierley Hill
The Three Fishes Sunbury
The Three Goats Bury St. Edmunds
The Three Greyhounds Borough Bridge
The Three Harts Stapleford
The Three Houses Sandal
The Three Horseshoes Great Mongeham*
The Three Horses Otley
The Three Hammers St. Albans
The Three Hills Bartlow
The Three Herrings Yarmouth
The Three Johns Pentonville, _note_ 140
The Three Jolly Butchers Wood Green
The Three Jolly Gardeners Hammersmith
The Three Jolly Sailors Norbiton
The Three Jolly Wheelers Chigwell Row
The Three Jolly Weavers Lever Street
The Three Kings Clerkenwell
The Three Kingdoms Thames Street
The Three Lords Minories, _note_ 141
The Three Legs Leeds
The Three Legged Cross Crux Easton
The Three Loggerheads Mold, _note_ 142
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 Potherro
The Three Postboys Blackwater
The Three Rabbits Manor Park
The Three Salmons Craig
The Three Stags Lambeth
The Three Squirrels Tisbury
The Three Swans Market Harborough
The Three Sisters Clapton
The Three Tuns Pettistree
The Three Travellers Romford
The Three Wheatsheaves Islington
The Four Alls Rokeby, _note_ 143
The Four Ashes Takeley
The Four Crosses Bicton
The Four Cross Roads Frampton
The Four Horseshoes Long Sutton
The Four Points Aldworth
The Four Swans Waltham Cross
The Five Alls Cheltenham, _note_ 144
The Five Arrows Waddesdon
The Five Bells Burnham
The Five Horseshoes Essenden
The Five Miles Wicken
The Five Oaks Twickenham
The Five Pilchards Porthallow
The Six Bells Stoke Poges
The Seven Sisters Seven Sisters Road
The Seven Stars Virginia Water
The Seven Thorns Liphook
The Seven Dials Bath
The Eight Bells Kelsale
The Eight Ringers Norwich, _note_ 145
The Nine Elms Lambeth
The Ten Bells Stonham Aspal
The Eleven Cricketers Dartford
The Fourteen Stars Bristol, _note_ 146
The Fifteen Balls Penrhyn, _note_ 147
The Hundred House Norton
The Purslow Hundred House Aston-on-Clun
The Hundred And One Mile End
THE OLD
The Old Anchor Twickenham
The Old Abbey Cambridge
The Old Axe Hackney
The Old Ball Ashton-under-Lyne
The Old Bell and Crown Winchester
The Old Bell Holborn
The Old Barge Norwich
The Old Belmont York Road
The Old Barrel Wednesbury
The Old Buck's Head Thames Street
The Old Brown Bear Aldersgate
The Old Blue Back Warrington
The Old Boar Manchester
The Old Bunch of Grapes Bermondsey
The Old Black Horse Norbiton
The Old Chapter Paternoster Row
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 Essex Street
The Old Clock House Knightsbridge
The Old Crown Girton
The Old Chesterfield Shepherd Street
The Old Castle Bridgwater
The Old Dun Cow Darlington
The Old Duke's Head Upwell
The Old English Gentleman Harston
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 Fishery Hull
The Old Guildford Barge Lambeth
The Old Guinea Cambridge
The Old Golden Lion Northallerton
The Old Greyhound Worcester
The Old Gate House Highgate
The Old Harrow Kingston
The Old Hatchet Ascot
The Old House at Home Westerham
The Old Hatch House Waterloo
The Old Hat Preston Bissett
The Old Hall Houghton
The Old Ivy House Goswell Road
The Old Inn Chard
The Old Industrious Bee Blackburn
The Old Jamaica Southwark
The Old Jail Cudham
The Old Jock Calverhall
The Old Justice Bermondsey
The Old King's Arms Pollard Street
The Old King's Head Euston Road
The Old King Harry Mile End
The Old King of Prussia Loudwater
The Old Lattice King's Lynn
The Old London Bridge Chester
The Old Magnet Hackney
The Old Maltscoop Lapford
The Old Mail Coach Croydon
The Old Northumberland Gosport
The Old Oak Hertford
The Old Plough Alnwick
The Old Plough and Harrow Pentre
The Old Post Office Shrewsbury
The Old Parr's Head Knightrider Street
The Old Quiet Woman Chapel-en-le-Frith
The Old Rock House Barton
The Old Roundabout Leeds
The Old Red House Chester
The Old Red Lion Hampton
The Old Rover's Return Manchester
The Old Row Barge Kingston-on-Thames
The Old Rodney's Head Old Street
The Old Raggles Queensferry
The Old Roebuck Holborn
The Old Robin Hood St. Ives, Hunts
The Old Rose Deptford
The Old Sugarloaf Dunstable
The Old Swan's Nest Moorgate Street
The Old Sea Lion Waterloo
The Old Six Bells Acton
The Old Sergeant Battersea
The Old Ship Brighton
The Old Swan Atherstone
The Old Star York
The Old Tippling Philosopher Caldicot
The Old White Hart Newark
The Old White Lion Ravenstonedale
The Old Windmill Hammersmith
The Old Waggon and Hors Bleasby
The Old Yew South Wingfield
PEOPLE
The Adelphi Adam Street
The Peoples Harrogate
Bacchus Hoxton
The Vulcan Sizewell
The Apollo Tottenham Court Road
The Atlas Seagrave Road
The Aurora Tewkesbury
The Pandora Restronguet
The Neptune Ipswich
The Hercules Newport
The Cupid Hemel Hempstead
The Cupid and Bow Norwich
The Duke Deptford
The Duke of Suffolk Rotherhithe
The Duke of Hamilton Hampstead
The Duke of Grafton Euston Road
The Duke of Norfolk Harwich
The Duke of Wellington Ely
The Duke of Bedford Seymour Street
The Duke of Devonshire Darnley Road
The Duke of Sutherland Lorrimore Road
The Duke of Fife King's Lynn
The Duke of Marlborough Norwich
The Iron Duke High Wycombe
The Marquis of Lorne Kirkley
The Marquis of Granby Esher, _note_ 148
The Marquis of Westminster Warwick Street
The Marquis Wellesley Cromer Street
The Marquis of Salisbury Balls Pond Road
The Marquis of Lothian Norwich
The Marquis of Anglesey Bow Street
The Marquis of Hastings Ossulston Street
The Marquis of Clanricarde Southwick Street
The Marquis of Cornwallis Chedburgh
The Marquis Cornwallis Ipswich, _note_ 149
The Marquis Canonbury
The Earl of Essex Manor Park
The Earl of Aberdeen Mile End
The Earl of Richmond King's Lynn
The Earl of Cardigan Norwich
The Earl of Leicester East Dereham
The Earl of Durham Cambridge
The Earl of Derby Cambridge
The Earl of Beaconsfield New Cross
The Earl of Warwick Whitechapel
Guy Earl of Warwick Poplar
The Earl St. Vincent Yarmouth
The Earl Grey Ipswich
The Earl Cathcart Osnaburgh Street
The Earl Russell Bristol
The Earl Percy Ladbrooke Grove
The Lord Collingwood Yarmouth
The Lord Nelson Ashbocking
The Lord Holmsdale 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 Lord 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 Vauxhall Bridge Road
The Lord John Russell City Road
The Lord Warden Dover
The Lord Chancellor Ipswich
Sir John Barleycorn Newmarket
Sir Charles Napier Blackburn
Sir Colin Campbell Kilburn
Sir John Franklin Nottingham
Sir John Falstaff Canterbury
Sir Ralph Abercromby Hatton Garden
Sir Isaac Newton Union Street
Sir Garnet Wolseley Norwich
Sir Richard Steele Haverstock Hill
The Baronet Horsington
The Lady Franklin Old Ford
The Lady Mildmay Stoke Newington
Marshal Keate Poplar
The General Elliott South Hinksey, _note_ 150
The General Draper Bristol
The General Havelock Chelsea
The General Picton Wharfedale Road
The General Wolfe Laxfield
The General Jackson Penge
The General Abercromby Blackfriars
The General Wyndham Norwich
The General Gordon Stamford
The General Garibaldi Staines
The General Canrobert Bethnal Green
The Admiral Blake Ladbroke Grove
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 McBride 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 John Burns Chiswick
The Bolingbroke Clapham
The Crosby Scunthorpe
The John Bull Bayswater
The John Barleycorn Ware
The Jane Shore Shoreditch
The Wat Tyler Loveridge Road
The Boleyn East Ham
Judge Walmesley Whalley
The Tilden Smith King's Lynn
The C. B. Arkle Town, _note_ 151
The Robin Hood Sheringham
The Robin Hood and Little John Ipswich
The Little John North Heigham
The Owen Glendower Corwen
The Garibaldi Chalvey
The Garrick Leman Street
The Nell Gwynne Strand
The Jenny Lind Norwich, _note_ 152
The Dick Turpin Finchley
The George Peabody Shadwell
The Brunel Plymouth
The William James Carlisle
The Jack of Newbury Chiswell Street, _note_ 153
The Jack of Both Sides Reading, _note_ 154
The Daniel Lambert Ludgate Hill
The Mother Shipton Hampstead
The Mother Redcap Camden Town
The Father Redcap Camberwell
The George Norton St. Philip
The Christopher Eton
The Dick Wortham
The Tumble-down Dick Mortimer
Dirty Dick's Bishopsgate
Carr's Strand
The Tom in Bedlam Redbourn
The Bess of Bedlam Norwich
The Blind Beggar 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 Houndsditch
The Man of Kent St. Michael's
The Arthur Bury
The Punch Hull
The Connoisseur Philip Lane
The Good Woman Necton, _note_ 155
The Quiet Woman Pershore
The Silent Woman Widford
The Load of Mischief Blewbury, _note_ 156
The Man Laden with Mischief Maddingley, _note_ 157
The Naked Man Settle
The Wild Man Sproughton
The Sand Boy Bawsey
The Lads of the Village St. Mary Cray
The Heather Lad Trimdon
The Highland Laddie Haughton Le Skerne
The Highland Chief Hertford
The Highlander Hitchin
The Tourist Polperro
The Running Footman Charles Street, _note_ 158
The Virgin Worcester
The Village Maid Lound
The Lucky Rover Hook
The Dick Whittington Cloth Fair
The Whittington Hull
The Dying Gladiator Brigg
The Ancient Druids Cambridge
POETRY AND LITERATURE
The Shakespeare Victoria
The Burns Milwall
The Robert Burns Darlington
The Andrew Marvel Hull, _note_ 159
The Ben Jonson Shoe Lane
The Lady of the Lake Oulton Broad
The Excelsior Charing Cross Road
The Comus Beverton Street
The Childe Harold Railway Street
The Village Blacksmith Woolwich
The Round Table Leicester Square
The Avalon Glastonbury, _note_ 160
The John Gilpin Cambridge
The Bell Edmonton, _note_ 161
The Colleen Bawn Peckham
The Paul Pry Prittlewell
The Uncle Tom's Cabin Bolton
The Touchstone Stockport
The Altisidora Hull, _note_ 162
The Ivanhoe Denmark Park
The Waverley Edinburgh
The Compleat Angler Marlow
The Darby and Joan Crowle
The Vicar of Wakefield Shoreditch
The Pindar of Wakefield Gray's Inn Road, _note_ 163
The Miller of Mansfield Goring, _note_ 164
The Valentine and Orson Pepin Place, _note_ 165
The Robinson Crusoe Earl Street
The Oliver Twist Leyton
The Mutual Friend Stevenage
POTENTATES
The Royalty King's Lynn
The Royal Bath
The Imperial Bolton
The Crown Woodbridge
The Sceptre Yarmouth
The Crown and Sceptre Brompton
The Coronet Soho
The Regalia Augustus Street
The Sovereign Osnaburgh Street
The Royal Sovereign Kirkstall
The Monarch Silchester Terrace
The Merry Monarch Herbert Street
The Emperor Ipswich
The Empress Cambridge
The African Chief Ossulston Street
The Indian Chief Chesterton
The Indian Queen Bodmin
The Queen Brentwood
The British Queen Old Kent Road
The Island Queen Islington
The Queen in the West Lincoln
The Queen of England Slough
The King and Queen Highworth
The Victoria Earl Soham
The Queen Victoria Highbeach
The Empress of India Rotherhithe
The Queen and Prince Albert Great Tichfield Street
The Prince Consort Hampstead
The Edward the Seventh York
The Alexandra Lincoln
The King and Prince of Wales Brick Street
The Prince of Wales Walpole
The Prince and Princess of Wales Walworth
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 Court
The Young Prince Reading
The Prince of Windsor Old Kent Road
The Prince Arthur Vauxhall
The Prince Albert Victor Castle Acre
The Prince Albert Edward Eccles
The Prince Albert Sunbury
The Prince Alfred Crowthorne
The Prince Edward St. John'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 Cumberland Albany Street
The Prince of Brunswick Barnsbury
The Prince of Denmark Bloomsbury
The Prince of Hesse Fieldgate Street
The Prince of Orange Dinas
The Prince of Teck Earls Court
The Prince of Saxe Coburg Old Kent Road
The Prince of Prussia Windsor
The Crown Prince of Prussia Acton
King Alfred Lisson Grove
Alfred the Great Bolton
King Harold Romford
King Edward the Sixth Islington
King Charles Newbury
King Charles the Second Spitalfields
King Charles in the Oak Ely
King John Southwark
King Harry St. Albans
King Henry the Eighth Hever
King of Denmark Old Bailey, _note_ 166
King of Prussia Ringland, _note_ 167
King of Sardinia Mile End
King Lud Ludgate Hill
William the Conqueror Widdington
The Coeur de Lion Bath
The William Rufus Simon's Bath
The George the Fourth Goswell Road
The William the Fourth Ely
The Queen Adelaide Ely
The Royal Adelaide Ewell
The Queen Anne Maidstone
The Queen Caroline Norwich
The Queen Catherine Osmotherley
The Queen Charlotte Jamaica Road
The Queen Eleanor Enfield
The Queen Elizabeth Merrow Street
The Queen Victoria Theydon Bois
The Queen Dowager Teddington
The Queen of Hungary Norwich
The Archduke Charles Rodney Road
The Duke of Albany New Cross
The Duke of Clarence Hackney
The Duke of Connaught Norwich
The Duke of Cornwall Hammersmith
The Duke of Cambridge Putney
The Duke of Cumberland Kensington
Duke William of Cumberland Hoddesdon
The Duke of Edinburgh Fairfoot Road
The Duke of Gloucester Oxford Street
The Duke of Kent Liverpool Road
The Duke of Lancaster Hornsey
The Duke of Sussex Acton
The Duke of Würtemburg Hatfield Street
The Duke of York York Road
The Duke William Kennington
The Duchess of Clarence Vauxhall Bridge Road
The Duchess of Edinburgh City Road
The Duchess of Kent Liverpool Road
The Duchess of Fife Portsmouth
The Duchess of York Kingsland Road
The Napoleon Manchester
The Peter the Great Deptford, _note_ 168
The Empress of Russia St. John'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 Westbourn Park
The Royal William Woodbridge
The Grave Maurice Whitechapel, _note_ 169
RAILWAYS
The Railway Peterborough
The Railway Bell New Barnet
The Railway Guard Clapham Junction
The Railway Porter Vauxhall
The Ticket Porter Arthur Street
The Station Melton
The Viaduct Kirkstall
The Junction Purston
The Safety Valve Forncett
The Express Kew Bridge
The Express Train Norwich
The Locomotive Derby
The Engine West Drayton
The Steam Engine High Wycombe
The Engine House Chester
The Engine and Tender Bedford
The Tramway Pakefield
The E. U. R. Ipswich
The Great Eastern Liverpool Street
The Great Western Paddington
The Great Northern King's Cross
The North Eastern York
SPORTS, GAMES AND PASTIMES
The Gun Lupus Street
The Cross Guns Thorney
The Dog and Gun Potto
The Dog and Duck Winchester
The Dog and Pheasant Bromsgrove
The Dog and Partridge Upton
The Duck and Dog Wymondham
The Fox and Pheasant Great Massingham
The Badger Box Annesley Woodhouse
The Equestrian Blackfriars
The Steeplechase St. Albans
The Stakes Stalybridge
The Turf Richmond
The Chester Cup Plymouth
The St. Leger Doncaster
The Amato Epsom
The Blink Bonny Chathill
The Diamond Jubilee Gaywood
The Flying Childers Kirkby
The Flying Fox Colchester
The Highflyer Ely
The Ladas Epsom
The Smoker Plumbley, _note_ 170
The Voltigeur Barton
The Race Horse Westhall
The Trotting Horse Ludlow
The Running Horse Sunbury
The Running H Blackfriars
The Running Cobham
The String of Horses Holbeach
The Horse and Jockey Oxford
The Horse and Groom Melton
The Man and Horse Moulton Eaugate
The Man and Saddle Chester
The Ostler Hackney, _note_ 171
The Post Boy Hitcham
The Post Boys Oxford
The Sportsman Aldham
The Huntsman's Call Worcester Park
The Huntsman and Hounds Walworth
The Merry Harriers Cullompton
The Hare and Hounds Sheen
The Fox and Hounds Barley
The Stag and Hounds Bristol
The Stag and Hunt Ponsanooth
The Stag and Hunters Brendon
The Bramhill Hunt Wokingham
The Brocklesby Hunt Goschill
The Old Berkeley Hunt Watford
The Surrey Hounds St. John's Hill
The Thornton Hunt Thornton Curtis
The Tally Ho Mettingham
The Hark to Bounty Staidburn
The Hark to Lasher Castleton
The Hark to Mopsey Normanton
The Hark to Nudger Dobcross
The Hark to Towler Bury
The Blue Cap Sandiway, _note_ 172
The Triumphal Chariot Pembroke Mews
The Royal Mail Upper Street
The Mail Coach Shepherds Bush
The Four-In-Hand Croydon
The Coach and Horses Ipswich
The Chaise and Horses Hammersmith
The Chaise and Pair Wickham Market
The Postchaise Ipswich
The Tandem Oxford
The Sedan Chair North Searle
The Wheel Ely
The Turnpike Hayle
The Horseshoes Tottenham Court Road
The Manger Bradfield
The Saddle Chester
The Pack Saddle Mapledurham
The Whip and Nag Norwich
The Whip 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
The Bird Bolt Cambridge, _note_ 173
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
The Hoop Cambridge
The Hoops Saffron Walden
The Hoop and Toy South Kensington
The Ninepin Cambridge
The Clown Islington
The Harlequin Lincoln
The Queen of Trumps West Walton
The Knave of Clubs Bethnal Green
THE MOST ANCIENT INNS
_Circa_
The Fountain Canterbury 1029
The Ostrich Colnbrook 1110
The Angel Grantham 1214
The George and Dragon Speedhurst 1250
The Seven Stars Manchester 1355
The George Norton St. Philip 1399
The Cardinal's Cap Cambridge 1400
The New Inn Gloucester 1456
The Running Horses Leatherhead 1520
The George Southwark 1555
The George Winchcombe 1583
The White Hart Scole 1655
The Lord Crewe Arms Blanchland
The Star Alfriston
The Pope's Head Norwich
The Anglers Ennerdale
The Dick Whittington Cloth Fair
The Harlequin Lincoln
THE HIGHEST INNS
_Feet_
The Tan Hill Inn Swaledale 1727
The Cat and Fiddle Cheshire 1690
The Travellers' Rest Flash Bar 1535
The Island of Skye Wessenden Head 1500
The Newby Head Ingleton 1420
The Duchy Dartmoor 1359
The Moorcock Hawes Junction 1050
"GALLOWS SIGNS"
The Fox and Hounds Barley
The Magpie Stonham Parva
The Green Man and Black's Head Ashbourne
The Red Lion Hampton
The Four Swans Waltham Cross
The George Stamford
The Swan Fittleworth
SIGNS PAINTED BY WELL-KNOWN ARTISTS
The Man Laden with Mischief Oxford St. Hogarth
The Stag Doncaster J. F. Herring
The Coach and Horses Doncaster J. F. Herring
The White Lion Doncaster J. F. Herring
The Loggerheads Llanverris David Cox
The Fox and Pelican Grayshott Walter Crane
The Row Barge Wallingford Leslie
The George and Dragon Wargrave Leslie and Hodgson
The Ferry Rosneath H.R.H. Princess Louise
The Mortal Man Troutbeck Ibbetson
The Smoker Plumbley Miss Leighton
The Two Sawyers Pockthorpe John Crome
Brewery, Norwich
INNS FAMOUS FOR ARCHITECTURE
The Reindeer Banbury
The Crown and Treaty House Uxbridge
The Feathers Ludlow
The Raven Shrewsbury
The New Inn Gloucester
The Bear and Billet Chester
FOREIGN CAFÉ SIGNS
La Briarde (nourrice) Hondeghem
La Poupée Poperinghe
Au Papegai Poperinghe
Au damier de Comines Poperinghe
Skindles Poperinghe
Au Faucon Poperinghe
Au cour de Flandre Poperinghe
À la tête 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 retour de la gare Abeele
À St. Eloi Abeele
Au cheval d'or Rexpoede
Au retour de la nouvelle Boescheppe
Calédonie
Au grand St. Sebastien Steenvoorde
Au vrai Cacillane Steenvoorde
Au drapeau Français Steenvoorde
Au Comte Géant Bailleul
À la porte d'or Bergues
À l'aviation Bergues
Au vaisseau de ligne Bergues
Hôtel Faidherbe Dunkirk
Au retour des Docks Dunkirk
À l'ancien courrier de Calais Dunkirk
Aux deux entêtés Winquin
L'as de trefle Renescure
La Bascule Ebblinghem
Trois Chevaux Hazebrouck
L'assurance contre la soif Watten
dix centimes l'action
À Paris comme à Londres le Watten
soleil luit pour tout le monde
Au Sébastopol Nort Nentinghem
La maison Blanche Monnecove
Au coeur joyeux Tilques
Au grand Marlborough St. Martin au Laert
Le Taupier de Normandie St. Omer
À l'entrée de Milan St. Pol
Au chat vert St. Pol
Trois Pigeons Fruges
La ville de Boulogne Fruges
Hôtel moderne Fruges
À la ville de Cassel Fruges
Aux Alliés vainqueurs Fruges
Cheval noir Fruges
Au Voltigeur Pont de Nieppe
À Moscou Pont de Nieppe
À Faidherbe Pont de Nieppe
Au Boeuf Armentières
Au grand homme Armentières
Aux dix chasseurs à Pied Armentières
Au fer à cheval Crépy
À la Batteuse de Trefle Roellecourt
Au bourrelier Rosult
Au razoir Americain Hasnon
Au coq Hardi Denain
Café Maubeugeois Denain
Aux Quatrième Hussards Denain
Au chat noir Denain
Au Tambour major Denain
À l'entr'acte Denain
À la colombe denaisienne Denain
Au repos des cochers Lille
Café Bellevue Lille
Café Mulhouse Lille
Hôtel de l'Europe Lille
À la gaieté Noeux les Mines
(tenancier, Meurdesoif)
À la Fraternelle 20-100-0 Ruitz
Vin sans eau Coupelle Vieille
Au vert Baudet Arras
Aux neuf Fillettes Arras
À la tête de boeuf Abbeville
Hôtel de France Abbeville
Au canon d'or Crécy
À la descente de la jeunesse Amiens
Hôtel du Rhin Amiens
À l'étoile du jour Pont Rémy
À la grâce de Dieu Pont Rémy
Aux voyageurs Etaples
Aux quatre fils d'aymon Doullens
Au petit caporal Henencourt
À la Hotte pleine de malice Villers Simon
Au Tonkin Caumesnil
Hôtel de la cloche Dijon
Hôtel du Jura Dijon
Hôtel de Bourgogne Dijon
À la chaudière Melun
Lille et Albion Paris
France et Choiseul Paris
St. James et Albany Paris
Continental Paris
Au club alpin Champex
Trois Couronnes Martigny (A.D. 1609)
Hôtel du grand St. Bernard Martigny
Café de la vapeur Vevey
Café du Transvaal Vevey
Hôtel d'Angleterre Vevey
Hôtel du château Ouchy
Hôtel Beau Rivage Ouchy
Café de la navigation Ouchy
Café du nègre blanc Lausanne
Café du Raisin Lausanne
Hôtel Gibbon Lausanne
Hôtel Beauséjour Lausanne
Hôtel Communal Pully
Café des trois chasseurs Monts de Pully
Au chasseur Prilly
Café de la Truite Villeneuve
Au cheval blanc St. Blaise
À la Turquie Chessel
NOTES
Unless otherwise stated, the House is situated in a London street.
1. A personification of malt liquor, alluded to by Robert Burns. Three
barleycorns equal 1 inch.
2. A heap of Barley; Saxon--mowe; Italian--mucchio. Appears in
Hogarth's print 'Beer Street.'
3. Horse and Dorsers or Dorsiters. An old rendering of 'Pack Horse.' Sometimes found as the FRIGHTED Horse, a corruption of 'freighted.'
4. Now a private house. Taylor the water-poet alludes to the incident of the River Nen overflowing its banks and carrying away a man asleep on a hay-cock. The old signboard illustrated this event.
5. Strike--the round piece of wood used in levelling the struck
bushel.
6. Larwood and Hotten state that this sign is found in the
neighbourhood of nursery gardens.
7. Refers to the Heart of the Holy Virgin pierced with swords.
8. Commemorates 'England's Wooden Walls.'
9. On a board is written:
This gate hangs high and hinders none
Refesh [_sic_] and pay and journey on.
10. May refer to the Papal Hand raised in blessing. See Bishop Hall's 'Satires,' Book V., Sat. 2 (Larwood).
11. During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the Turks were the bugbear of Europe. Similar signs are Black's Head and Saracen's Head and Negro's Head. Negroes with feathered heads were often seen as tobacconists' signs.
12. In this house King Charles I. was given up to the Scotch Commissioners.
13. This tavern alludes to the Duke of Bedford, ground landlord of the district. Pope recommends the house for its cuisine.
14. Lode--a ditch that guides water into a river. (Dr. Brewer.) This inn is situated in the Fen district.
15. One of the oldest licensed houses in England. The Pope's Head in Cornhill was a famous tavern; the alley still remains.
16. This inn has a sign representing this politician with a copy of the _North Briton_ under his left arm.
17. An obsolete term for a large hunting dog. _Cf._ PACKHORSE AND TALBOT.
18. One that carries baggage. _Cf._ PACKHORSE, HORSE AND DORSERS (note).
19. Common as a perfumer's sign in Europe. The Civet is said to produce musk. (Larwood.)
20. Jocularly called 'The gentleman in trouble.' Formerly a starting place for coaches.
21. Once called 'Pig and Whip.' Tradition has it that the present sign refers to a surly tenant.
22. A mammoth beast born at Ketton (near Darlington), which toured England on exhibition at fairs, etc.
23. Baldfaced--a term applied to animals which have a white strip down forehead to nose.
24. Alludes to a fabulous monster supposed to have been discovered at St. Osyth, in Essex, in the reign of Henry the Second. (Larwood.)
25. The Grasshopper was the crest of Sir Thomas Gresham, and may still be seen on weathervane of the Royal Exchange.
26. The papal arms.
27. Scutch--to strip hides. (Dr. Brewer.)
28. The Rising Sun in Islington Road gives notice in 1726 that a fine hog will be Barbecued--_i.e._ whole roasted, stuffed with spice, basted with Madeira. (Larwood.)
29. These seven stars seem to be the same that are used as a masonic emblem.
30. The Rainbow in Fleet Street has the reputation of being the smallest licensed house in London.
31. Cock and Pymat. Synonymous with Cock and Magpie, or Cock and Pie. Larwood also calls it Pynot.
At the Cock and Pymot, Old Whittington, Derbyshire, was plotted the Revolution of 1688 by the Earls of Danby and Devonshire, and Mr. D'Arcy. (Hone's Table Book.)
32. Pyewipe--a local name for the peewit.
33. A house much adorned by artists.
34. A famous carrier's inn, whence passengers and goods were dispatched to the North.
The ceremony of nicking the Royal and Corporation swans on the Thames still continues.
35. A fine brand of hops used to be imported from Würtemburg.
36. Best known as a landmark in the University boat race.
37. Said to derive its sign from Queen Elizabeth having sheltered there. Called in parish books of 1586 'The Queen's Tree.' (Larwood.)
38. Larwood states that this sign is very rare. He gives it the epithet of gloomy, referring to Psalm cxxxvii. 2.
39. Probably alludes to the Druids.
40. From Virginia came the first tobacco brought into England.
41. The best known Tabard was that inn in Southwark whence Chaucer and his party started for Canterbury. The tabard, a sleeveless jacket, still worn by heralds.
42. Does this refer to the thirsty reputation of cobblers?
43. Cravat. Derived from Croats. Introduced into France 1636. (Brewer.)
44. A sign of great antiquity. It is found in 1562, and was probably originally a tobacconist's sign.
The Calves Head Club met at the Black Boy, Newgate Street. Variations of the sign are the Arab Boy, East Sheen; the Black Boys, Aylsham.
45. Stow mentions a Black Bell in Fish Street Hill.
46. This may refer to some ghostly hound.
47. This inn is extinct. The name is a variant of leather bottle.
48. The Black Lion appears in the arms of Queen Philippa, Consort of Edward III. Also borne by Owen Glendower.
49. The badge of Richard II.
In the garden of this house is the old sign that used to be in Piccadilly on site of the present Criterion.
50. The White Horse in Kensington was frequented by Addison.
51. This house figures in the adventures of Mr. Pickwick.
52. Badge of Edward IV.
53. Refers probably to Robin Hood, or combined as Green Man and Still was found as a herbalist's sign. (Dr. Brewer.)
54. Lincolnshire 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.
55. Larwood supposes this sign to refer to the marriage of James I. with Anne of Denmark.
56. Badge of Cadwallader, ancestor of the House of Tudor.
57. The Red or Roan Horse. Washington Irving's Inn. The badge of Pedro of Castille, father-in-law of John of Gaunt.
58. The House of Martlesham has a lion painted in Post Office Red supposed to originate from a Dutch vessel taken at Sole Bay 1672.
59. 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 mares.'
60. In 1861 there were in the West Riding alone no fewer than 77 inns, etc., bearing this sign. (Larwood.)
61. This sign appears to be unique. Pied.--Variegated; spotted like a magpie.
62. Sorrel. A reddish-brown colour. French--saure.
This and the Chestnut Horse, Great Finborough, refer to the County Breed of Suffolk Horses.
63. This inn bears a pictorial sign with the words 'intactum sileo.'
Larwood also mentions Bell and Bullock; Bell and Lion; Bell and Candlestick.
64. Larwood also mentions Crown and Woodpecker (corrupted from Wool Pack); Crown and Fan (a fanmaker's sign); Crown and Rasp (used by Fribourg and Treyer, tobacconists); Crown and Can; Crown and Tower; Crown and Thistle.
65. This sign refers to the Royal Champion's (Dymoke) appearance at the Coronation ceremony.
66. This inn pays a quit rent of 4_d._ and a damask rose.
67. A large drinking glass. Dutch--roemer.
68. A curious and unique sign only equalled by the Hunchbacked Cats (les chats bossus) of Lille. (Larwood.)
69. Supposed to be a corruption of Caton le Fidèle. The sign recalls the nursery rhyme.
70. A skit on the Highland drovers who passed that way with cattle for London.
71. A nickname given to this inn by local people. 'The Red Lion.'
72. A skit on Coach and Four, 'Coach and Dogs.'
73. _Eagle and Lamb_ formerly had a pictorial board depicting an eagle preying on a lamb.
74. (_a_) Misreading of the words God encompasseth us.
(_b_) Coat of arms of Cordwainers' Company; the chevron corrupted into compasses. (Larwood.)
75. An allusion to the thirteen Protestant cantons of Switzerland; Soho being largely inhabited by Swiss. _Cf._ Sun and Thirteen Cantons.
76. An allusion to the story of King James and the tinker of Enfield.
77. The crest of the Middle Temple.
78. Maund is an old word meaning basket.
79. (_a_) A facetious rendering of Bear and Ragged Staff; (_b_) Pige washail--Salutation to Our Lady; (_c_) Pig--Scotch for pot; Whistle--Small change.
In Winchester Cathedral among the stall carvings is one showing a sow playing on a whistle and another pig playing the violin. (Larwood.)
80. Part of arms of Clothworkers' Company. Teazel--an instrument to brush velvet.
81. Larwood mentions this house, also Swan and Rummer; Swan and Helmet; Swan and Soldier (? Lohengrin); Swan and Hoop, Moorfields (Birthplace of Keats).
82. Occurs in Larwood's book.
83. This sign, now extinct, recalls the exploits of a soldier of that name during the Peninsular War.
84. It is hoped that this is a case of 'Lucus a non lucendo.'
85. At Winterslow Hut occurred the episode of the lioness attacking the leaders of the Salisbury mail. The Coach and Horses, Clerkenwell, shows a pictorial signboard of this event.
86. Famous for its living sign.
87. The Beehive, Abingdon, displays this rhyme
Within this hive we're all alive
Good liquor makes us funny
If you are dry step in and try
The flavour of our honey.
88. Larwood calls this 'An alluring but maudlin Title.'
89. Has the uncommon sight of a tombstone in the garden.
90. St. Rhadegund, 521-587. A Christian lady, Queen of Franks. Married to Clotaire I. Fête August 13. (Larousse.)
91. Patron Saint of Woolcombers.
92. This sign showed a man returning home, and to his wife's inquiry as to where he had been he replied 'No place.' _Cf._ OUTIS. Ulysses to the Cyclops.
93. Here ended the Fire of London, September 10, 1666.
94. Once on this board was written:
A soldier's fortune I tell you plain
Is a wooden leg or a golden chain.
95. This sign shows two serious looking women trying to wash a blackamoor in a dolly tub.
96. Probably refers to Adam. _Cf._ Wild Man, Green Man.
97. This inn is now extinct, but the title is supposed to refer to Bonaparte's attempt to invade England.
98. The original sign of this house bore the reputation of having been painted by George Morland.
99. See Boswell's _Life of Johnson_, vol. iii, p. 261. It is the old dog in a new doublet.
100. The Dolphin, Norwich, stands on site of a bishop's palace. The Dolphin in Bishopsgate is mentioned by Stowe 1513, and probably to this house Pepys repaired in 1661.
101. Sometimes this sign was on the signboard:
I'll go with my friend
To the world's end.
This inn was visited by Pepys in 1669.
102. Usually represented by rabbits shooting at men (near Reading), horses riding in carriages, etc.
103. The classic name for the Straits of Gibraltar. In 1667 the sign of an inn on the site of the present Hamilton Place, the end of the then inhabited world of London.
104. The Jamaica in Bermondsey was reputed to have been once the residence of Oliver Cromwell.
105. Larwood thinks that this sign dates from the Spanish Succession question, 1833.
106. Noticed by Larwood who states that the Scotch pedlars penetrated as far as Poland in 1569.
107. Larwood also mentions Golden Beard, Candlestick, Crotchet (sign of Messrs. Novello), Frying Pan, Maid, Quoit, Slipper.
108. Refers to the quest of the Argonauts. Suitable as the sign of a woollen draper.
109. An inn of this name at Fulham is supposed to have been frequented by Shakespeare in 1595. (Larwood.)
110. The Tudor Badge. Can be seen to-day in King's College Chapel, Cambridge.
111. The Trade Mark of City of London Brewery Co.
112. The Rummer. See note to Bear and Rummer (67).
113. _Cf._ the Black Jack. Another variant is Messrs. Hoare's sign the Golden Bottle at the well-known bank in Fleet Street.
114. Mentioned by Larwood, also the Flank of Beef, Spalding. Also the Shoulder of Mutton and Cucumber.
115. This house is famous for the beefsteak pudding.
116. This inn shows a very pleasing sign.
117. Originating from the hero of a famous ballad. Also gives its name to a place near St. Austell.
118. Two brothers who worked as cobblers while preaching the gospel. Henry V. mentioned them in his address to the troops on Agincourt Field, October 25, 1415. Henry V., IV. iii.
119. Larwood quotes this rhyme from a signboard at Birmingham
The Baker says 'I've the staff of life
And you're a silly elf.'
The Brewer replied, with artful pride
'Why, this is life itself.'
120. Does this house set a gin for the unwary?
121. Also in Coutts Road, Bow, in both cases he is represented with his head under his arm.
122. From this inn in Aldermanbury a regular service of stage wagons travelled from London to Liverpool.
123. Alludes to an old custom of butcher boys serenading newly-married couples.
124. Though classified here, is generally reckoned to be a corruption of Bacchanals.
125. Becket. An implement for digging peat.
126. Sprocket. Used in the Fen country.
Both these inns are near Ely.
128. This house displays a gigantic pair of shears as a sign.
129. This inn has a pictorial sign showing the weapon, half axe, half spear.
130. This inn stands on the site of the stake where the Lollards perished.
131. Supposed to commemorate a soldier buried in Winchester who died of drinking small beer.
132. Grab was the slang term used in India to denote a foot-soldier.
133. Larwood states that Bugle is the local name in the Isle of Wight for a wild bull, and is used as such by a writer of 1688. _Cf._ French--beugler--to low.
134. A musical horn. (Nuttall.)
135. Refers to the Plimsoll Mark, invented by Samuel Plimsoll, 1824-1898.
136. This sign commemorates Sir Philip Broke's victory. The family seat is quite near.
137. Larwood states that this sign has been changed from that of Joe Grimaldi.
138. Caulk or Calk. To stuff the seams of a ship with oakum.
139. The One Tun near Hungerford Market is mentioned in a newspaper of 1718.
140. Larwood mentioned this sign as depicting John Wilkes, John Horne Tooke, and Sir John Glynn.
141. Commemorates the two Lords Balmerino and Kilmarnock, executed for their share in the rebellion of 1745. Lord Nithsdale escaped, disguised as a woman.
142. Shows two grinning faces and underneath is written
We Three Loggerheads be
and the observer is the third of the trio.
143. Also Five Alls.
144. A print by Kay shows Dr. Hunter, a Scotch divine--I pray for all; Erskine the Lawyer--I plead for all; A Farmer--I maintain all; H.M. George III--I fight for all; The Devil--I take all.
145. Larwood mentions this inn.
146. Probably used as a change from Seven Stars.
147. Refers to the Cornish arms, fifteen roundles.
148. Immortalized by Sam Weller. The hero of Minden.
149. 1738-1805. Twice Governor-General of India.
150. Afterwards Lord Heathfield, Defender of Gibraltar.
151. Abbreviated from Charles Bathurst who developed the adjoining lead mines.
152. 1820-1887. The Swedish prima donna who married Mr. Goldschmidt.
153. Alias Winchcombe--a renowned clothier who equipped at his own expense 100 men to fight at Flodden, 1523.
154. Stands at a ~Y~-shaped corner, vulgarly called a 'Flat Iron.'
155. Represented as Headless. Larwood suggests a corruption of heedless. _Cf._ the virgins in the parable.
156, 157. Taken from Hogarth's print. Both this and the following inn have pictorial signs.
158. This sign is probably unique and has a painted picture. Many of these lackeys were Irish and had St. Patrick's Day as a holiday.
159. A native of Hull. A friend of Milton and confidant of Cromwell, 1620-1678.
160. Avalon--an old folk name for this district in Somerset.
161. Has a signboard showing John Gilpin on his famous ride.
162. A character in Don Quixote. (Dr. Brewer.)
163. The Pindar had charge of the village pound and looked after stray cattle. (Larwood.)
164. Hero of a ballad.
165. This inn existed in 1711. The sign commemorates the two twin brothers of that name born in a wood near Orleans. They were sons of Bellisant and nephews of King Pepin. (Dr. Brewer.)
166. Larwood mentioned this inn and states that the sign commemorates Christian IV., father-in-law of James I.--being so near Newgate the landlord was wealthy.
167. Macaulay, quoted by Larwood, mentioned that on all sides painters were touching up Admiral Vernon into K. of P. Frederick the Great, the hero of Rosbach.
168. The Czar Peter after his day's work resorted to a public-house in Great Tower Street, the sign was altered in his honour to the Czar of Muscovy Head. (Barrow's _Life of Peter the Great_.)
169. Dutch Graaf--_i.e._ Count. Probably Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, popular in this country on account of his opposition to the Spaniards in the Netherlands. (Larwood.)
170. Smoker. This sign painted by Miss Leighton alludes to a racehorse the property of Lord de Tabley.
171. Ostler. Sometimes spelt Hostler, derived from French hostelier, hôtelier; has lost its original meaning of the 'landlord.'
172. This inn commemorates a famous foxhound, 1762, whose exploits are set forth on the sign board.
173. Larwood mentioned this a sign of some antiquity. A birdbolt was an ancient implement for shooting at birds.
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