1922-ill pubs signs
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Presented to the
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTOLIBRARY
by the
ONTARIO LEGISLATIVE
LIBRARY
1980
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PUBS oMi ''ir't
A COLLECTION OF HOTEL, ^'^t^rRi"^
TAVERN SIGNS IN GREAT BRITAIN
AND IRELAND, TO WHICH ARE ADDED
A FEW FOREIGN CAFfi SIGNS
CLASSIFIKD BY
G. A. TOMLIN ^548r)^
SPOTTISWOODE, BALLANTYNE ^ CO. LTD.
I NEW-STREET SQUARE, LONDON, E.C. 4
1922
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The Compiler zvishes to express his
great thanks to Miss E. P. Harrison
for her courtesy in allozving him to
use not only the title but her large
collection of names.
He also desires to state his indebted-
ness to the standard zcork of Messrs.
Larzc'ood and Hottenfor much valuable
information, and further to thank the
many friends zvho have told him of
signs both odd and otherwise.
FOREWORD
{After a ivyiter of a.d. 1707)
I'm amused at the signs
As I pass through the town.
To see the odd mixtures :
A Magpie and Crown,
The Whale and the Crow,
The Razor and Hen,The Leg, Seven Stars,
The Scissors and Pen,
The Axe and the Bottle,
The Tun and the Lute,
The Eagle and Child,
The Shovel, The Boot.
CONTENTS
Agricultural ......
vui CONTENTSNumerical .
Old, ThePeoplePoetry and LiteraturePotentates .
RailwaysSports, Games, PastimesThe Most Ancient InnsThe Highest InnsInns with " Gallows " SignsSigns painted by Well-known ArtistsInns Famous for ArchitectureForeign Caf6 SignsNotes ......
(e) Signifies licence extinct.
(*) Signifies a pictorial sign.
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PUBS
AGRICULTURALThe Agricultural
The Harvest HomeThe PloughThe Fen PloughThe Ploughshare
The Plough and Fleece
The Plough and Sickle
The Plough and HarrowThe HarrowThe PloughboyThe Farmer's BoyThe Jolly FarmerThe Jolly FarmersThe Jolly Dealers
The Jolly GardenerThe Jolly Gardeners
The Market GardenerThe YeomanThe Kentish YeomanThe Graziers
The ShepherdThe Shepherd and Shep-
herdess
Penrith
OakingtonSutton. Suffolk
Chatteris
Beeston
Cockfield
NottinghamCambridgeLangley, BucksLincoln
BrickendonBagshotBengeoRockland All Saints
RochdaleSohamBarnes
Poole
Tunbridge Wells
Wakefield
DoddinghurstAldenliam Street
AGRICULTURAL
The Shepherd and FlockThe Shepherd and DogThe Quiet ShepherdThe Sheep Shearers
The Fold GateThe Dog and CrookThe HurdleThe Fleece
The John Barleycorn
The Barley MowThe DroversThe Little DroverThe CowherdsThe Cow and Pail
The Jolly WaggonerThe Jolly WaggonersThe Kentish WaggonersThe \^'aggon
The Waggon and HorsesThe Jolly Carter
The Cart and HorsesThe Cart OverthrownThe Dray and HorsesThe Horse and SacksThe Horse and Dorsers
The Horse and Chains
The Horse and GearThe Horse and Farrier
The Horse and Harrow
FarnhamFoxhall
HoUinsKnebworthStradsett
Braishfield
Horningtoft
Richmond, YorksCoton, note i
Witnesham, note 2
Darlington
BowSouthamptonIpswich
Ewell
HershamBoroughWixIpswich
Middleton
Shalford
EdmontonTottenhill
Harrow RoadCity, note 3BusheyElston
Penrith
West Hagborne
AGRICULTURAL
The Horse and Drill
The HaycockThe Hay Field
The Load of HayThe Hay Cutters
The Hay MakersThe Harvest ManThe Labourers' L'nion
The Bushel
The Bushel and Strike
The Drill
The Mill
The Millstone
The Wind Mill
The Water Mill
The MarketThe Cattle MarketThe Drover's Call
Cirencester
Wansford, note 4Mile EndPaddingtonOxtedChesterton
Amber Hill
Burton-on-TrentGrimstoneRoyston, note 5Squirrel's HeathStamfordStamfordBourneWivelsfield
DurhamKing's LynnGainsborough
Hands.
The HandThe Cross HandsThe Bird in HandThe Bird i' th' ?Iand
The Book in HandThe Friend in HandThe Flower in HandThe Hammer in Hand
ANATOMYChirk
Fishponds
Carlisle
Scholes
MablethorpeHounslowNorwichBrigg
ANATOMY
The Hand in HandThe Hat in HandThe Spear in HandThe Sword in HandThe Hand and Cleaver
The Hand and CrownThe Hand and Flower
The Hand and Glove
The Hand and Marigold
The Hand and MaceThe Hand and RacquetThe Hand and Shears
The Hand and Spear
The Hand and Shuttle
The Hand and Sceptre
Hearts
.
The Bleeding HeartThe Heart in HandThe Heart and HandThe Hearts of Gold
The Hearts of Oak
Bones.
The Bones Gate
The Blade BoneThe WTiale Bone
St. Peter's Finger
Boxhill
Portsea
NorwichBury St. EdmundsRantonOxford Street
Addison Bridge, note 6
WindsorBermondseyKingston-on-ThamesWTiitcombe Street
Cloth Fair
\^'eybridge
PadihamTunbridge Wells
Hatton Garden, note 7Winchester
Brighton
DurhamCambridge, note 8
Epsom, note 9Bethnal GreenHull
Lytchett Minster,
note 10
ANATOMY
Heads.
The St. Andrew's HeadThe St. Edmund's HeadThe St. Luke's HeadThe King's HeadThe Queen's HeadThe King Alfred's HeadThe King Charles' HeadThe King Harold's HeadThe Admiral's HeadThe Nelson's HeadThe Black's HeadThe Negro's HeadThe Saracen's HeadThe Turk's HeadThe Barnardiston HeadThe Beckford HeadThe Bedford HeadThe Burns HeadThe Birches' HeadThe Bear's HeadThe Boar's HeadThe Bull's HeadThe Buffalo's HeadThe Butler's HeadThe Camel's HeadThe Calf's HeadThe Duke's HeadThe Druid's Head
Stepney-
Ipswich
Old Street
Gunnerside*
BrandestonNewingtonGoring Heath*NazeingBealings
St. Ives, Hunts.GainsboroughCotton, note ii
Southwell, note 12
HasketonKedingtonOld Street
Maiden Lane, note 13
Hull
HanleyBrereton
Cannon Street
Barnes
Puckeridge
Telegraph Street
DevonportWorstonWalton-on-ThamesKingston-on-Thames
ANATOMY
The Essex HeadThe Friar's HeadThe Goat's Head.The Griffin's HeadThe Garrick HeadThe Hind's HeadThe Hart's HeadThe Kemble's HeadThe Lion's HeadThe Lode's HeadThe Marlborough HeadThe Milton's HeadThe Maid's HeadThe Maiden's HeadThe Newby HeadThe Nag's HeadThe Parr's HeadThe Pitt's HeadThe Paxton HeadThe Prince's HeadThe Princess' HeadThe Pope's HeadThe Rodney HeadThe Ram's HeadThe Stag's HeadThe Squirrel's HeadThe Wilkes HeadThe Wallace HeadThe Whitmore Head
Essex Street
Ipswich
Lichfield
Mears AshbyPortsmouthAldermastonGiggleswick
Longacre -
Ipswich
Wiggenhall, note 14
SaxteadNottinghamNorwichUckfield
Ingleton
HollowayCamden TownLittle Stanhope Street
Knightsbridge
Buckingham Street
TenbyNorwich {e), note 15
Mile EndLongtonSwalescliffe
RomfordSt. Ives, Hunts, note 16
Blandford Street
Hoxton
ANIMALS AND INSECTS
ANIMALS AND INSECTS
The Zoological
The DogThe Barking DogsThe Pointer
The Pointers
The Spaniel DogThe HoundThe Fox HoundThe GreyhoundThe Greyhound PupThe Talbot
The Dog and BadgerThe Dog and Bull
The Dog and FoxThe HorseThe Arabian HorseThe Bleeding HorseThe Flying HorseThe Pegasus
The Rampant HorseThe Wild HorseThe Sumpter HorseThe Pack HorseThe Pack Horse and
Talbot
The Shetland PonyThe Fox and Pony
Hull
Bedfield
Tabernacle Street
Alresford
NewchurchNew Tisson Street
Stradishall
Five HeadRichmond, Surrey
RydeRipley, note 17
MedmenhamCroydonWimbledonBishop BurtonNew LakenhamRamsburyPitfield Street
HornseyNeedham MarketBurnham MarketPenwortham, note if
Staines
Hammersmith
Clenchwarton (e)
South Cove
8 ANIMALS AND INSECTS
The Fox and Yorkshire
Grej'^
The FoxThe Intrepid FoxThe \\^leatland FoxThe Fox under the Hill
The Young FoxThe Fox and CubsThe Fox's BrushThe CatThe Civet Cat
The Cat and Lion
The Cat and Tiger
The BoarThe Hampshire HogThe Hog in the PoundThe Grunting HogThe Sow and Pigs
The Bull
The Little Bull
The Winged Bull
The Bull and DogThe OxThe Durham OxThe Brocklesby OxThe Ketton OxThe Wild OxThe Buffalo
The Cow and Calf
Whitechapcl
NewbourneSohoWenlockDenmark Hill
BathLilley
Ropsley
Whitecrdss Street
Kensington [e), note 19
Stretton
SevenoaksGreat RyboroughHammersmithOxford Street, note 20
St. Ives, Hunts, note 21
ThundridgeWoodbridge*Spalding
RakeStokesley
Lintz GreenGrantham, note 22
UlcebyYarmStockton
Islington
Eastcheap
ANIMALS AND INSECTS
The Heifer
The Airedale Heifer
The Craven Heifer
The \\'ensleydale Heifer
The ZebraThe Giraffe
The Unicorn
The Lion and UnicornThe LionThe Lion in the WoodThe Ramping LionThe Lion and LambThe Tiger
The Tigress
The LeopardThe PantherThe ElephantThe BuckThe Buck and DogThe Running BuckThe Wounded HartThe Hart's HornsThe HornsThe StagThe Royal StagThe Bald Faced Stag
The Hunted StagThe Antelope
The Roebuck
NorwichKeighley
Stainforth
West WittonIpswich
KenningtonRichmond, YorksWellington
Barking
High \\'ycombe
HuntingdonArdleigh
Tower DockHull
Ipswich
Bethnal GreenPangbourneReeth*Stockport
Ipswich
NorwichKnaresboroughKenningtonLittle EastonDatchetFinchley, note 23
Bury St. EdmundsCobhamTottenham
ANIMALS AND INSECTS
The Reindeer
The RabbitThe HareTlie Lamb and HareThe LambThe Wiltshire LambThe RamThe GoatThe Royal GoatThe Ibex
The \^^olf
The Griffin
The MonsterThe Phoenix
The Polar BearThe GrampusThe Crocodile
The Porcupine
The Sea HorseThe Squirrel
The Otter
The BeaverThe Cockatrice
The Essex Serpent
The BeeThe Busy BeeThe GrasshopperThe Midge
BanburyCambridgeLeavesden GreenKenningtonElySouthsea
TidworthDeeping St. JamesBedgelert
ChadleworthDedworthNorwichPimlico
TauntonHull
King's LynnNorwichCharing Cross RoadIpswich
Wellington
OttershawBeverley
Norton Subcourse {e)
Covent Garden, note 24
Abergele
Bradford
Oxted, note 25
Hatton
ARMS
ARMS (SELECTED)
The Albert ArmsThe Aston ArmsThe Abingdon ArmsThe Althorpe ArmsThe Ashburnhara ArmsThe Affleck ArmsThe Anson ArmsThe Abergavenny ArmsThe Ailesbury ArmsThe Amhurst ArmsThe Abercorn ArmsThe Assheton ArmsThe Askew ArmsThe Ashley ArmsThe Anstey ArmsThe Acland ArmsThe Alford ArmsThe Arundel ArmsThe Buckinghamshire -
ArmsThe Bankes ArmsThe Bent ArmsThe Bedford ArmsThe Bancroft ArmsThe Boyne ArmsThe Bridgewater ArmsThe Blenheim Arms
FarnworthMarket RasenThameWarwickHastings
DalhamSouth TownKemp TownMarlboroughRiverhead
StanmoreMiddleton
Ealing
Walton-on-ThamesPoole
Exeter
Frithsden
Tipton
BUckUng
Studland
Lingfield
WatfordMile EndBurwartonLittle Gaddesden*Ramilies Street
ARMS
The Beauchamp ArmsThe Barne ArmsThe Bedingfield ArmsThe Bolton ArmsThe Biddulph ArmsThe Barnardiston ArmsThe Bristol ArmsThe Bunbury ArmsThe Baker ArmsThe Baker's ArmsThe Builders' ArmsThe Butchers' ArmsThe Boat Builders' ArmsThe Brickmakers' ArmsThe Brushmakers' ArmsThe Boilermakers' ArmsThe Blacksmiths' ArmsThe Bricklayers' ArmsThe Brewers' ArmsThe Cross KeysThe Carters' ArmsThe Carriers' ArmsThe Curriers' ArmsThe Coopers' ArmsThe Carpenters' ArmsThe Cricketers' ArmsThe Coachmakers' ArmsThe Colliers' ArmsThe Clothiers' Arms
DywockDunwich*Eye*Leyburn*LedburyKedingtonShotley*
Great BartonBayfordburyFarnhamWalton-on-ThamesBruisyard
ReadingIpswich
LeedsNorwichNorth WealdHershamStonhamBellerby, note 26
Middleton
South MarstonNorwichBeachamwellWindsorNorwichWatfordRockHocksraoor
ARMS 13
The Coalminers' ArmsThe College ArmsThe Cavalry ArmsThe Corporation ArmsThe Castle ArmsThe City ArmsThe Caledonian ArmsThe County ArmsThe Cadogan ArmsThe Colville ArmsThe Caxton ArmsThe Culford ArmsThe Cavendish ArmsThe Chandos ArmsThe Clarendon ArmsThe Cranley ArmsThe Coburg ArmsThe Dundas ArmsThe Dartmouth ArmsThe Dysart ArmsThe Devonshire ArmsThe Durell ArmsThe Dra^'ton ArmsThe Dyers' ArmsThe Druids' ArmsThe Dorset ArmsThe Derby ArmsThe Dimsdale ArmsThe Daniel Arms
Swadlincote
Hertford HeathBirchamcliffe
Pontefract
\\'arwick
Esher
Sunderland
HounslowChelsea
Chelsea
Beccles
InghamBarrowEdgwareWatfordFulham RoadEsher
KintburyKentish TownHamNotting Hill
FulhamBromptonCannon Street
Penrith
East Grinstead
SheenHertford
Truro
14 ARMS
The Ellison ArmsThe Exeter ArmsThe Engineers' ArmsThe Floral ArmsThe Fullers' ArmsThe Footballers' ArmsThe Foresters' ArmsThe Farriers' ArmsThe Farmers' ArmsThe Fishmongers' ArmsThe Factory ArmsThe Foundry ArmsThe Fishers' ArmsThe Fanciers' ArmsThe Fife ArmsThe Finborough ArmsThe Fitzroy ArmsThe Falkland ArmsThe FitzWilliam ArmsThe Garden ArmsThe Gardeners' ArmsThe Glovers' ArmsThe Glaziers' ArmsThe Gregorian ArmsThe Golddiggers' ArmsThe Gravediggers' ArmsThe Gordon ArmsThe Gladstone ArmsThe Gunter Arms
JarrowStamfordSwindonSlough
BerwickBurnley
Ascot
BunwellMukerCley
BerwickPoole
BlackburnNorwichBraemarFulhamCambridgeNewburyStamfordBedford
HaningYeovil
Ely
Jamaica RoadPeckhamUxbridgeElgin
StowuplandFulham Road
ARMS 15
The Grosvenor ArmsThe Haberdashers' ArmsThe Hotpressers' ArmsThe Hunters' ArmsThe Hufflers' ArmsThe Hoste ArmsThe Herschel ArmsThe Harewood ArmsThe Hare ArmsThe Hoskins ArmsThe Hardwicke ArmsThe Havelock ArmsThe Ince ArmsThe Ivor ArmsThe Ipswich ArmsThe Ironmongers' ArmsThe Jubilee ArmsThe Joiners' ArmsThe Jerningham ArmsThe Keigwin ArmsThe Kimberley ArmsThe King's ArmsThe Lord Arran's ArmsThe Lord Conyers' ArmsThe Lord Monson's ArmsThe Lord Howe's ArmsThe Lord Somers' ArmsThe Lady Owen's ArmsThe Leathersellers' Arms
NewmarketPitfield Street
NorwichMiddleton
WilmingtonBurnham MarketSlough
Northallerton
Stow BardolphOxtedArrington
Hertford HeathEuxtonBrynnsadler
Ipswich
NorwichIslington
ThwaiteShifnal
MouseholeNorwichWoodbridgeNew Bond Street
WalesTottenham Street
Leicester
Stibbington Street
Goswell Road\\atford
i6 ARMS
The Lovat ArmsThe Lytton ArmsThe Lowther ArmsThe Lincoln ArmsThe Lillie ArmsThe Leicester ArmsThe Luttrell ArmsThe L)^gon ArmsThe Leeds ArmsThe Duke of Leeds' ArmsThe Lansdowne ArmsThe Liverpool ArmsThe Lyttleton ArmsThe Montagu ArmsThe Montague ArmsThe Millers' ArmsThe Minders' ArmsThe Miners' ArmsThe Masons' ArmsThe Mariners' ArmsThe Mechanics' ArmsThe Merton ArmsThe Manners' ArmsThe Manvers' ArmsThe Navy ArmsThe Norfolk ArmsThe Norwich ArmsThe Northumberland
Arms
Beauly
KnebworthPenrith
Kind's Cross
West BromptonPenshurst
DunsterBroadwayCleethorpes
DewsburyCalne
Norbiton
HagleyLangley, BucksBlackburnHealeyOldhamGunnerside (e)
LouthKing's LynnGlossop
CambridgeGranthamLincoln
Truro
Burwood Place
King's LynnPutney
ARMS
The Needlemakers' ArmsThe Oddfellows' ArmsThe Oilmillers' ArmsThe Osney ArmsThe Orleans ArmsThe Offord ArmsThe Orford ArmsThe Oxford ArmsThe Ordnance ArmsThe Princes' ArmsThe Prince of Wales'
Feathers
The Painters' ArmsThe Printers' ArmsThe Papermakers' ArmsThe Potters' ArmsThe Porters' ArmsThe Platelayers' ArmsThe Plumbers* ArmsThe Pencutters' ArmsThe Parker ArmsThe Parkers' ArmsThe Portsmouth ArmsThe Pocock ArmsThe Poulett ArmsThe Portland ArmsThe Portman ArmsThe Queen's ArmsThe Quarryman's Arms
Ilkeston
Stoke
GrimsbyOxfordEsher
Caledonian RoadNorwichKington
York RoadBoxmoorEast Tuddenham
Belgrave MewsCrayford
Plaxtol
Poole
High WycombeHatfield
Limpsfield
Waterloo
Chorley
Colne
HurstbourneCaledonian RoadChardKing's LynnMillbank Street
Fendall Street
Blackburn
ARMS
The Royal ArmsThe Ro3'al Naval ArmsThe Royal Essex ArmsThe Rockingham ArmsThe Rutland ArmsThe Redclifife ArmsThe Railway ArmsThe Rifle ArmsThe Rifleman's ArmsThe Stockton ArmsThe Scutchers' ArmsThe Sportsman's ArmsThe Shepherds' ArmsThe Skinners' ArmsThe Soldiers' ArmsThe Shipwrights' ArmsThe Spinners' ArmsThe Stonemasons' ArmsThe Shard ArmsThe Stanhope ArmsThe Seymour ArmsThe Somerset ArmsThe Sergison ArmsThe Spencer ArmsThe Sussex ArmsThe Stradbroke ArmsThe Tregonwell ArmsThe Tharp ArmsThe Trevor Arms
Peterborough
KeyhamBrentwoodSheffield
NewmarketFulham RoadWest DraytonSudburyElyEast HartburnLong IVIelford, note 27MenheniotCowcliffe
Cannon Street
WarlegganIpswich
BuryDevonportKent RoadBrasted
East KnoylePraed Street
Haywards HeathBarnes
HammersmithDarshamBournemouthChippenhamKnightsbridge
ARMS 19
The Townsend ArmsThe Telegraph ArmsThe Tailors' ArmsThe Turners' ArmsThe Tanners' ArmsThe Thatchers' ArmsThe Trinity ArmsThe Unthank ArmsThe Unwin ArmsThe Union ArmsThe University ArmsThe Uxbridge ArmsThe Victoria ArmsThe Volunteer ArmsThe Volunteers' ArmsThe Verulam ArmsThe Vane ArmsThe Vernon ArmsThe Wine Cooper's ArmsThe Weavers' ArmsThe Waterman's ArmsThe Welldiggers' ArmsThe Woodcutters' ArmsThe Woodman's ArmsThe Woodman's ArmsThe Worsteddealers' ArmsThe W'restlers' ArmsThe \Miarncliffe ArmsThe Wharton Arms
Hertford HeathPutneyCombertonMortimerGreat YarmouthGreat WarleyNorwichNorwichHornseyPanton Street
OxfordBurton-on-TrentBattersea
SunburyBlackburn
St. Albans
Stockton-on-Tees
Southrepps
NorwichStoke NewingtonHershamPetworthEastwoodNormandyNewtonOldhamNewmarketTintagel
Bedlington
ARMS
The Windham ArmsThe Wyndham ArmsThe W'illoughby ArmsThe Wake ArmsThe Yarmouth ArmsThe Yachtsman's ArmsThe Zetland Arms
NorwichBridgend
ParhamEppingThames Street
WivenhoeSouth Kensington
ASTRONOMICAL
The SunThe Rising SunThe Noon SvmThe Sun Rising
The Sun in WoodThe Sun in SandsThe Sun in Splendour
The Full MoonThe Half MoonThe Moon and Stars
The Half Moon and Star
The Half Moon andSeven Stars
The Star
The Morning Star
The Glittering Star
The Rising Star
The North Star
The South Star
EtonDatchet, note 28
RochdaleTewkesburyAshmore GreenShooters Hill
Portobello RoadBathReeth*NorwichIpswich
Brentford, note 29
WenhastonDatchetDarlington
Darlington
Slough
Yarmouth
ASTRONOMICAL
The Star in East
BIRDS
The CuckooThe CrowThe Crow on GateThe Royston CrowThe CygnetThe Duck in the PondThe DoveThe DovesThe Eagle
The Eaglet
The Spread E^gle
The Falcon
The Gull
The HawkThe SparrowhawkThe Hen and Chickens
The Moor CockThe MoorhenThe MagpieThe MagpiesThe Nightingale
The Ostrich
The OwlThe Pelican
The PyewipeThe Pigeon
The Plover
The Parrot
The Peacock
Ashwell
St. AlbansCrowboroughWareNorwichStanmoreIpswich
HammersmithBostonSeven Sisters RoadBengeoRushmereFramingham Pigott
HalesworthBurnley
Canterbury
Hawes Junction
Littletown
Stonham*Lincoln
Canterbury\Mierstead*
HighbeachLeicester
Lincoln, note 32Spalding
Eversley
St. Ives, HuntsEly
BIRDS 23
The PeahenThe Pheasant
The Pheasant CockThe RobinThe RavenThe SwallowThe Swallows
The Stork
The Skylark
The SwanThe Swan and Nest
The Swan with TwoNecks
The Swan with TwoNicks
St. Albans
Great Shefford
NorwichAnerley
BordenSwallow Street
Cley
BirminghamHeadingley
Fittleworth, 7wie 33Wellingborough
Lad Lane, note 34
Swavesey
BOTANYThe GardenThe Garden GateThe Angel GardensThe Orchard GardensThe OrchardThe VineyardThe Vintage
The NurseryThe BowerThe Havering Bower
SunderlandHiston
New CattonNorth WalshamAskew RoadRochester
Wellington
NorwichLandbeachStepney
BOTANY
The Cherry ArbourThe Flower of the Forest
The Flowers of the
Forest
The Flower of KentThe BlossomsThe Flower PotThe Pot of Flowers
The Gurnon BushesThe BushThe Elder BushThe Furze BushThe Holly BushThe Hollies
The Ivy BushThe May BushThe Hop Bine
The Hop Pole
The Hop Poles
The ^^ iirtemberger HopThe Malt and HopsThe Tree
The Trees
The Apple TreeThe Aspen TreeThe AshThe Mountain AshThe Bay Tree
The Beech Tree
Sparkhill
Blackfriars
Deptford
LewishamChester
Hertford
StowmarketCoopersale
FarnhamSohani
AldermastonBewdleyMoordownCaermarthenStowmarket {e)
CambridgeWorcester
TewkesburyStepney, note 35SohamBudeRiponCarlisle
York TownAsh Hill .
Ipswich
Roman RoadBromley
BOTANY 25
The BeechwoodThe Birch Tree
The Box Tree
The Crab Tree
The Cherry Tree
The Chestnut TreeThe Chestnuts
The Cedar TreeThe Cedars
The Cotton Tree
The Elm Tree
The EhnThe ElmsThe Queen's ElmThe Wych ElmThe Elder Tree
The Fig Tree
The Fir Tree
The Firs
The Holly Tree
The Laurel Tree
The Laurels
The Lemon TreeThe Myrtle TreeThe Myrtle
The Mulberry TreeThe Oak Tree
The Orange TreeThe Plane Tree
Harrogate
Coalville
Gravel LaneFulham, not.? 36BromeswellWest WrattingColwyn BayPutneyWest Kensington
BuryOxfordNorwichEstcourt RoadFulham Road, note 37Norbiton
Spitalfields
Peterborough
WansteadMalvernSouthwarkBrick LaneBromleyBedfordburyTauntonIpswich
Ipswich
Richmond, Surrey
Euston RoadBurnley
26 BOTANY
The Pound Tree
The Pahn Tree
The Pear Tree
The Sycamore Tree
The Thorn Tree
The ThornThe Walnut Tree
The Willow Tree
The Withy Trees
The Yew Tree
The AcornThe OakThe Oak Shades
The British OakThe Broad OakThe Cuckoo OakThe Gospel OakThe King's OakThe Round OakThe Royal OakThe Oak and AcornThe Oak and Ivy
The Oak BranchThe Ohve BranchThe Rosemary BranchThe Barleycorn
The Barley Sheaf
The Oat Sheaf
The Sedge Sheaf
Sparkhill
Palm Street
West RowThornsett
DerbyBurnley
NorwichEton, note 38Bambor Bridge
CannockNicholas Passage
SudburyNorwichBerry BrowStrelley
WadderleyKentish Town •
High BeechPadworthEppingTauntonWalmer, note 39WarringtonInkpenLewishamEustonDogdykeWhittlesea
Burnt Fen
BOTANY 27
The Wheat Sheaf
The RosemaryThe RoseThe Blooming RoseThe Little RoseThe Handford RoseThe Moss RoseThe Rose BudThe Rose in JuneThe Rose of KentThe Rose of LeeThe Rose and ShamrockThe Rose and Thistle
The Rose, Shamrock andThistle
The Rose and Lily
The Daisy
The Fleur de Lis
The Fleur de LysThe Blooming Fuchsia
The Heartsease
The HoneysuckleThe Lily
The PansyThe Primrose
The Tulip
The Virginia Plant
The Virginia Planter
Ide Hill
NorwichOld Bailey
Hunslet
CambridgeIpswich
Preston
Accrington
MargateDeptford
Catford
Chester le Street
Burnley
Eton
BermondseyKnightsbridge
Stoke under HamSt. Albans
Ipswich
NorwichGateshead
Hull
Goodge Street
Bishopsgate
Shenfield
Great Dover Street,
note 40
Bethnal Green
28 BOTANY
The Water Lily
The WoodbineThe Clachan
The ShamrockThe Scotch Thistle
The VineThe Vine and IvyThe IvyThe Ivy LeafThe Olive Leaf
The GrapesThe Bunch of GrapesThe Artichoke
The CabbageThe Cauliflower
The CoconutThe Carrots
The Pineapple
The Rhubarb
Ipswich
South Shields
Sherborne LaneBathBirkenheadMile EndStow BardolphLincoln
Ipswich
Ipswich
Rochester
Bronipton RoadFarringdon Street
Kingsclere
Ilford
Kingston-on-ThamesHampton Bishop
LambethBristol
CLOTHING
The PlumeThe Feathers
The Plume of Feathers
The CapeThe Cardinal's CapThe Cardinal's HatThe Hat and Feather
HungerfordWaterloo RoadTewinBillingsley
NorwichHarleston
Downham
CLOTHING 29
The Hat and Feathers
The Cap and Feathers
The WigThe Buckle
The Buffcoat
The Tabard
The BootThe ShoeThe Boot and ShoeThe Boot and ShpperThe Bonnie Cravat
The Leather Gaiters
Sutton St. JamesTilhnghamRedishamSeaford
NorwichTurnhani Green,
note 41
Great Bealings, note 42WroxallMarchBenwickAshford, note 43Hauxton
COLOURSBlack
.
The Black BoyThe Black BoysThe Black Bell
The Black Bull
The Black BearThe Black ChequersThe Black DogThe Black Dog and DuckThe Black Eagle
The Black Friar
The Black Goose
Alfreton, note 44AylshamIpswich, note 45FulhamTewkesburyNorwichSunbury, note 46BuryNorwichQueen Victoria Street
King's Lynn
30 COLOURS
COLOURS
32 COLOURS
The Blue Eyed MaidThe Blue FoxThe Blue HouseThe Blue HorseThe Blue Last
The Blue Lion
The Blue ManThe Blue Pig
The Blue Posts
The Blue Peter
The True Blue
SouthwarkGunbySunderland
Great PontonDorset Street
East Witton, note 55GranthamBellerby
Cork Street
Portsea
Cambridge
Red.
The Red Bull
The Red Cat
The Red CowThe Red Cross
The Red DeerThe Red Dragon
The Red HouseThe Red Horse
The Red HartThe Red Lion
The Original Red Lion
The Carved Red Lion
The Red LodgeThe Red Well
Gray's Inn RoadNorwichHammersmithCrowboroughHershamKirby Lonsdale,
note 56CaxtonStratford-on-Avon,
note 57MarchMartlesham, note 58
Brentford
Essex RoadScriveton
Barnard Castle
COLOURS 33
Various
The Grey Bull
The Grey Eagle
The Grey Friar
The Grey Friars
The Grey GoatThe Grey HorseThe Grey ]\Iare
The Dapple Grey
The Maldon GreyThe Scotch GreyThe Yorkshire GreyThe Bay HorseThe Bay MaltonThe Brown CowThe Brown JugThe Brown BearThe Dun CowThe Dun HorseThe Pied Bull
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The Pied Calf
The Pied HorseThe Spotted CowThe Spotted DogThe Spotted HorseThe Chestnut HorseThe Roan HorseThe Sorrel Horse
StanhopeGrey Eagle Street
ChawtonKing's LynnPenrith
West RountonNorthchurchLower Park Road,
noie 59Chilton
King's LynnPiccadill}'^
York, note 60
Great Portland Street
Accrington
Barnard Castle
Barbican
Old Kent RoadSt. Ives, HuntsSibsey
Spalding, note 61
Finsbury
CambridgeWillesden
PutneyGreat Finborough
Pollard Street
Barham, note 62
34 BELLS AND COMPOUNDS
BELLS AND COMPOUNDSThe Bell
The Bow Bells
The Bells of Ousele^^
The Bell and AnchorThe Bell and Birdcage
The Bell and CrownThe Bell and Feathers
The Bell and HornsThe Bell and Mackerel
The Bell and OakThe Bell and Swan
Hertford, )iote 63Bow RoadRunnymedeHammersmithWood Street
Peterborough
SawbridgeworthBromptonMile EndPeterborough
Ware
CROWNS AND COMPOUNDS{Xote 64)
The Crown KentonThe Crown and Anchor Ipswich
The Crown and Anvil Minories
The Crown and Angel NorwichThe Crown and Apple Tree Berwick Street
The Crown and Cushion EtonThe Crown and Column DevonportTlie Crown and Castle Orford
The Crown and Compasses CambridgeThe Crown and Dolphin RoystonThe Crown and Falcon Puckeridge
CROWNS AND COMPOUNDS 35
The Crown and Glove
The Crown and GrapesThe Crown and HarpThe Crown and Hundred
HouseThe Crown and HornsThe Crown and Horse-
shoe
The Crown and Horse-
shoes
The Crown and LeekThe Crown and Liver
The Crown and Mitre
The Crown and Punch-bowl
The Cro\\^l and RavenThe Crown and Shears
The Crown and Shuttle
The Crown and Stirrup
The Crown and SevenStars
The Crown and Sugarloaf
The Crov\-n and Sceptre
The Crown and TreatyHouse
The Crown and Thistle
The Crown and TwoChairmen
The Crown and Woolpack
Chester, note 65SouthwickCambridgeMunstow
East Ilsley
Bristol
Edmonton
Mile EndHawardenKing's LynnHorningsea
Bridgnorth
Minories
Shoreditch
LyndhurstRoyal Mint Street
Garlick Hill
BromptonUxbridge
Leicester, note 66
Soho
Stamford
36 CURIOUS COMPOUNDS
CURIOUS COMPOU^fDSThe Anchor and HopeThe Anchor of HopeThe Apple Tree and
Mitre
The Boy and Barrel
The Barn and Barrel
The Barrel and Grapes
The Buck and Bell
The Bird and Gate
The Bush Thrush and
Blackbird
The Black Boy and Still
The Bell and BowlThe Boat and GunThe Bull and AnchorThe Bull and Bell
The Bull and Butcher
The Bull and Chain
The Bull and Gate
The Bull and Horseshoes
The Bull and Last
The Bull and MouthThe Bull and PumpThe Bull and Stars
The Bull and SwanThe Bull and Stirrup
The Bear and Bells
Dartford
King's LynnCursitor Street
Wakefield
TenburyTrimdon GrangeLong Itchington
Uckfield
East Peckham
Brentford
WhaplodeSkeldyke
HolbornRopemaker Street
NorwichLincoln
Camden TownLatton
HighgateHolbornShoreditch
PutneyStamford
Chester
Beccles
CURIOUS COMPOUNDS 37
The Bear and Billet
The Bear and CrownThe Bear and Cross
The Bear and Pole
The Bear and Raggetl
Staff
The Bear and Rummer
The Cow and Snuffers
The Cross DaggersThe Cross FoxesThe Castle and PloughThe Castle and Ball
The Castle and Falcon
The Castle and AnchorThe Castle and KeysThe Cat and Fiddle
The Cat and MuttonThe Cat and Bagpipes
The Cat and Custard PotThe Cat and \Vheel
The Cat and CageThe Coach and DogsThe Coach and Bell
The Cock and AnchorThe Cock and Bell
The Cock and Bull
The Cock and Bottle
Chester
Clare
Great KimbleRonisey
Charing Cross Road
Mortimer Street,
note 67Llandaff, note 68
Coldaston
BoughtonBristol
MarlboroughNewarkStockton
DevonportHinton Admiral,
note 69London Fields
East Harlsey, note 70Paddlesworth, note 71
Bristol
DrumcondraOswestry, note 72
RomfordGateshead
RomfordGadstoneCannon Street
38 CURIOUS COMPOUNDS
The Cock and Castle
CURIOUS COMPOUNDS 39
The Fox and CrownThe Fox and French
HornThe Fox and Pheasant
The Goat and BootThe Goat and CompassesThe George and AngelThe George and Vulture
The George and HornThe George and Devon-
shire
The George and GateThe George and GuyThe George and Thirteen
CantonsThe Gun and MagpieThe Grapes and AnchorThe Globe and Engine
The Green Man andBlack's Head andRoyal
The Green j\Ian andFrench Horn
The Green Man and Still
The Hare and Billet
The Hare and Bell
The Half Moon andCrown
The Hog and Chequers
Highgatc
Clerkenwell
Great MassinghamColchester
Marylebone, note 74CrowlandGeorge YardKingsclere
Chiswick
Gracechurch Street
Brick LaneSoho, note 75
EdmontonLiverpool
Sittingbourne
Ashbourne
St. Martin's Lane
Oxford Street
BlackheathEdmontonTwickenham
Huntingdon
40 CURIOUS COMPOUNDS
The Horns and Chequers
The Horns and Horse-
shoes
The Hope and AnchorThe Hat and TunThe Hoop and Grapes
The Horse and Gate
The Horse and Dolphin
The Horse and TrumpetThe Horse and Wells
The Horseshoe and Colt
The Horseshoe and Castle
The Horseshoe and Mag-pie
The Horseshoe andWTieatsheai
The Jolly Sailors andLittle Billet
The Key and Castle
The Kings and KeysThe King and Tinker
The King's Arms andHand
The King's Arms andLamb
The King's Head andEight Bells
The Lamb and LarkThe Lamb and Lion
LimehouseHarlow
Keighley
Hatton GardenFarringdon Street
Fen DraytonSt. Martin's Street
DerbyWoodford Wells
Windmill Hill
Cooling
Great Bath Street
Melior Street
Cable Street
NorwichFleet Street
Enfield, note 76Bermondsey
Upper Thames Street
Cheyne Row
Printing House LaneBath
CURIOUS COMPOUNDS 41
The Lamb and Flag
The Lamb and Star
The Lion and Castle
The Lion and CrownThe Lion and Fiddle
The Lion and French HornThe Lion and SnakeThe Lion and SwanThe Lion and WTieatsheaf
The Maund and BushThe Mermaid and Foun-
tain
The Mawson Arms andFox and Hounds
The Maid and MagpieThe Magpie and StumpThe IMagpie and CrownThe Magpie and Punch-
bowlThe Plough and Sail
The Plough and Shuttle
The Plough and DuckThe Parrot and Punch-
bowlThe Pig and Wliistle
The Peacock and RoyalThe Queen and Artichoke
The Queen's Head andFrench Horn
Batheaston, note 'j'j
Ditton
NorwichGuildford
Hilperton *
Pollen Street
Lincoln
Congleton
WareShifnal, note 78
Lynn
Chiswick
Stepney
Fetter LaneBrentford
Bishopsgate
SnapeMarshamBurnt FenAldringham
Burnt Fen, note 79BostonAlbany Street
Little Britain
42 CURIOUS COMPOUNDS
The Raven and SunThe Rose and CrownThe Rose and PortculUs
The Rose and Three TunsThe Royal Oak and Rail-
wayThe Ram and MagpieThe Ram and Teazle
The Red Lion and Ball
The Red Lion andFrench Horn
The Red Lion and KeyThe Red Lion and SunThe Red Lion and Spread
Eagle
The Red Lion and Still
The Still and Star
The Ship and Star
The Ship and Castle
The Ship and HornsThe Ship and Shovel
The Ship and Blue Ball
The Stork and Castle
The Swan and Castle
The Swan and Mitre
The Swan and Bottle
The Swan and PyramidsThe Swan and Sugarloaf
The Serpent and Eagle
WoolwichSudburyButleigh
Little Earl Street
Windsor
Bethnal GreenIslington, note 80
Red Lion Street
Clerkenwell
Battle Bridge LaneHighgate
Whitechapel
Drury LaneLimehouseSudburyBishopsworth
LouthBarking
Shoreditch
Stockton-on-Tees
BuckinghamBromleyUxbridge
Finchley
Fetter Lane, note 81
Kin'.et
CURIOUS COMPOUNDS 43
The Stag and Pheasant
The Salmon and Ball
The Salmon and Com-passes
The Sun and AnchorThe Sun and Thirteen
Cantons
The Sun and YorkThe Sun and WoolpackThe Sun and WhaleboneThe Star and Garter
The Star and Fleece
The Star and AnchorThe Star and WindmillThe Three Pigeons and
Star
The Thistle and Crown
The Talbot and Falcon
The White Horse andCross Keys
The White Horse andHalf Moon
TheWoman and TrumpetThe Wheelbarrow and
Castle
The Wheel and CompassThe Wagon and LambThe Windmill and Bells
StamfordShoreditch
Peterborough
Steeple
Soho
ChathamCheshuntHarlowPall Mall
KelvedonChelsea
BermondseyHatfield Street
Great Peter Street,
note 82
Wakefield
Goswell Road
Borough {e)
Brigg
Radford
Ashley
Chichester
Romford
44 DWELLING PLACES
DWELLING PLACESThe Castle
The Alwyne Castle
The Arundel Castle
The King Arthur's Castle
The Belinda Castle
The Carnarvon Castle
The Denbigh Castle
The Durham Castle
The Dover Castle
The Dreghorn Castle
The Dublin Castle
The Dartmouth Castle
The Devonshire
The Edinburgh Castle
The Hawarden Castle
The Job's Castle
The Jack Straw's Castle
The Rett's Castle
The Lambton Castle
The Norwich Castle
The Pembroke Castle
The Raby Castle
The Rochester Castle
The Samson's Castle
The Stirling Castle
The Warwick Castle
The Windsor Castle
\\'indsor
St. Paul's RoadBrighton
Tintagel
Hatton RoadChester
Stoke-on-Trent
Seven Sisters RoadLambethQueen's Crescent
Chester
HammersmithHarrow RoadSheffield
Gower Place
Norton Folgate
HampsteadNorwichHerrington
Gray's Inn RoadGloucester RoadWynyard Terrace
TottenhamBermondseyLondon WallClacton
Victoria Street
DWELLING PLACES 45
The House of CommonsOur HouseThe Arabian HouseThe Assembly HouseThe Allsopp HouseThe Bath HouseThe Ball HouseThe Bridge HouseThe Brookfield HouseThe Club HouseThe Country HouseThe Cellar HouseThe Customs HouseThe Festival HouseThe Garden HouseThe Glass HouseThe Gate HouseThe Heath HouseThe Highbridge HouseThe Halfway HouseThe Irish HouseThe Lock HouseThe Manor HouseThe Market Place
The Mansion HouseThe North Country HouseThe Punch HouseThe Rye HouseThe Ridgeway House
CambridgeSouthport
NorwichKentish TownBaker Street
Dean Street
Fishtoft
EtonCambridgeNorwichExeter
Norw'ich
King's LynnNorwichHales
Kentish TownNorwichWeybreadLakenheathStaines
Strand
Ellingham
Datchet "
Covent GardenKenningtonPortsmouthNorwichHoddesdonEnfield
46 DWELLING PLACES
The Stone HouseThe Sessions HouseThe Summer HouseThe Thatched HouseThe Toll HouseThe Tom Brown HouseThe Trouble HouseThe Wine HouseThe W'arren HouseThe Watch HouseThe Cottage
The Cottage of ContentThe Eaton Cottage
The Fern Cottage
The Flint Cottage
The Handford Cottage
The Ivy Cottage
The Ivy CotThe Rose Cottage
The Spring Cottage
The Swiss Cottage
The Woodbine CottageThe Flyman's HomeThe Happy HomeThe Stranger's HomeThe Sailors' HomeThe HutThe Deer's HutThe Kisby's Hut
Old Street
Clerkenwell
WolverhamptonEppingCoggeshall
Yarm, note 83Tetbury, note 84WareHertford
BungayBartonBetchworthNorwichOldhamHigh \\'ycombeIpswich
Maltishall
Castleford
Wendling^^'alsall
Chelsea
Hartley
Brighton
WelneyBradfield
Kessingland
WisleyBramshottPapworth Everard
DWELLING PLACES 47
The Shepherd's HutThe Winterslow HutThe Gipsy's TentThe Jack's BoothThe Beehive
The Beehive
The Falcon's NestThe Monkey's NestThe Kite's NestThe RestThe Angler's RestThe Cricketer's RestThe Drover's RestThe Huntsman's RestThe Miner's RestThe Rambler's RestThe Shepherd's RestThe Traveller's RestThe Cloth Hall
The Lilliput HallThe Town Hall
The West EndThe MayfairThe Chalk FarmThe Highbury BarnThe Lattice BarnThe BankThe Bank of EnglandThe Bank of Friendship
Eton WickWinterslow, note 85
HagleySulhamstead AbbotsGrantham, note 86
Abingdon, note 87Isle of ManCockfield
Hereford
KentonStaines
NorwichKing's LynnSheffield
'
Long Ashton
East DerehamSowerby Bridge
Hertford
Leeds
Jamaica RoadKensington
Titchfield
Brick Street
Regent's ParkGreat Cornard
Ipswich
NorwichPaddington
Mile End, note 88
48 DWELLING PLACES
The Corn ExchangeThe Crystal Palace
The Guildhall
The Inns of Court
The London Stone
The London Hospital
The MonumentThe Nelson MonumentThe Nelson's MonumentThe Mall
The Mount Pleasant
The Obelisk
The Pleasant Retreat
The Post Office
The Royal ExchangeThe TowerThe Temple BarThe Whittington Stone
The Bow Bridge
The Fulham Bridge
The London Bridge
The Moorgate
The Storey's Gate
The DuchyThe Cosy Corner
The Caxton Gibbet
The CemeteryThe Duke's Palace
The Windsor Castle
NorwichWatfordGresham Street
HolbornCannon Street
Whitechapel
King William Street
YarmouthNorwichWoodhallDawlish
Harrogate
W^alton le Dale
ReadingMiddlesbrough
Westminster Bridge
W'alworth [RoadHighgate
Leicester
Knightsbridge
BoroughFinsbury
WestminsterPrincetown
Bridlington
CaxtonBurmantoftsNorwichVictoria
DWELLING PLACES 49
The Round Tower WindsorThe Savoy Palace Savoy Street
The Balmoral EdinburghThe Hampton Court Palace Crampton Street
The Buckingham Palace StevenageThe Osborne Stroud Green
ECCLESIASTICAL
The ArkThe AngelThe Angel and TrumpetThe AbbeyThe Abbey in the WestThe Cross
The Priory
The Cathedral
The Chapel
The TempleThe Chinese TempleThe HermitThe HermitageThe Hermit's CaveThe George and DragonThe George and DragonThe Saint George and
DragonThe Saint Anne'sThe Saint Anne's Cross
Thctford
Islington
Stepney
St. John's WoodLincoln
BoxtedPendleton
ManchesterCoggeshall
RoydonBradford
Bedford Street
Acle
CamberwellWargraveDragon's Green, note 89Snailwell
St. Anne's-on-Sea
Faversham
50 FXCLESIASTICAL
The Saint Ann'sThe Saint AndrewThe Saint BartholomewThe Saint Clement's
The Saint Cuthbert's
The Saint JamesThe Saint John of
JerusalemThe Saint PaulThe Saint PetrockThe Simon the TannerThe RhadegundThe Bel and DragonThe Good SamaritanThe Prodigal's ReturnThe Adam and EveThe Rainbow and DoveThe Brazen Serpent
The Goliath
The Samson and LionThe LeviathanThe Catherine WheelThe York Minster
The Furness AbbeyThe Fountains AbbeyThe Bolton AbbeyThe Thomas a BecketThe Bishop BonnerTh,e Bishop Blaize
BuxtonBaker Street
NorwichPoole
Scorton
New Cross
Clerkenwell
Chiswell Street
BodminBermondseyCambridge, note 90CookhamTurner Street
Battersea
EtonHertingfordbury
BermondseyCarlisle
CoventryWatfordHenleySohoBarrowPraed Street
Lonsdale RoadOld Kent RoadBethnal GreenRichmond, note 91
EXPRESSIONS, PHRASES, PROVERBS 51
EXPRESSIONS, PHRASES & PROVERBSThe Great A "S'axhani
The Q Stalybridge
The First and Last SennenThe First In and Last Bideford
OutGrassington
Stone
\Mndmill Hill
DoverNine Mile Ride
DevonportHanleySutton
The Catch All
The Welcome All
The \\'elcon\e Stranger
The \Miy NotThe Who'd a' Thought It
The Who'd Have Thought Barking
It
The Which You Please
The Just in TimeThe God Speed the
PloughThe Goodwill to All
The Friendly
The Friendship
The UnityThe UnionThe Happy UnionThe NowhereThe No Place
The Slow and EasyThe Hit or Miss
Pinner
Halifax
GainsboroughHydeLeicester
LoudwaterDevonportDevonport, note 92Lostock
Keysoe
52 EXPRESSIONS, PHRASES, PROVERBS
The Horn of Plenty
The Peace and Plenty
The Good Intent
The Live and Let Live
The Civil UsageThe Fortune of WarThe Soldier's Fortune
The Wlieel of Fortune
The Trip to Jerusalem
The Lame DogThe Wait for the BusThe Cut the WindThe Slap UpThe Staff of Life
The Broadface
The Labour in Vain
The Lost Child
The Staffordshire KnotThe Rent DayThe Pass ByThe None the Wiser
The Duke's MottoThe Catch'em
The Mortal ManThe Smiling ManThe Naked ManThe Blindman's Gate
The Hanging Gate
The Gate Hangs High
Globe RoadYarmouthRichmond, YorksLittle DownhamBrixhamPie Corner, note 93Kidderminster, vote 94Alphington
NottinghamNorwichBottishamAberdeenLandbeachNorwichReadingOld Swinford, note 95Mile EndSmethwickCambridge Street
Haverfordwest
Ponders EndBrick LaneSwadlincote
TroutbeckDudleySettle, note 96BarmbyBeverley
Hythe
EXPRESSIONS, PHRASES, PROVERBS 53
The Gate Hangs WellThe Merry Month of MayThe Land of Liberty
The Ass in a BandboxThe Freedom of Opinion
The Magna ChartaThe Constitution
The CommonwealthThe Coronation
The Diamond ReignThe Jubilee
The Diamond Jubilee
The Alliance
The Correction
The Defiance
The Exliibition
The EndeavourThe Enterprise
The Gaiety
The Metropolitan
The Moderation
The ParagonThe Providence
The Perseverance
The Success
The Surprise
The Salutation
The Victory
The Puss in Boots
Catherton
BusheyHerongateNidd, note 97Ashford
New HollandChurton Street
CaterhamPlymouthFoubert's Place
CambridgeGaywoodHampsteadLeigh
Ipswich
SouthendDoverLong AcreColchester
Clerkenwell
ReadingBrixton
Folkestone
NorwichBishop's RoadChelsea
Ipswich
NewmarketMacclesfield
54 EXPRESSIONS, PHRASES, PROVERBS
The Goat in BootsThe Dog in DoubletThe Fox and GooseThe Fox and DuckThe Fox and PeUcanThe Fox and GoatThe Fox and GrapesThe Cow and HareThe Farewell
The Finish
The Final
Fulham Road, note 98Thorney, note 99Fressingfield
Ham *
Grayshott
HershamRichmondSt. Ives, Hunts *
Castleton
BermondseyKing William Street
FISH
The Fish
The Fish and Eels
The Fishery
The CrabThe Crab and Lobster
The Lobster
The Cod and Lobster
The Otter and Fish
The RoachThe DolphinThe Pickerel
The Crawfish
The SalmonThe TroutThe Oyster
CrayfordRoydonBoxmoorShanklin
^'entnor
CoathamStaithes
HurworthBuryNorwich, note 100
StowmarketThursford
CambridgeGodstowButley
FISH 55
The Butt and Oyster
The Eel's FootThe Pike and Eel
ChehnondistonThebertonChesterton
GEOGRAPHICAL
The WorldThe World's EndThe End of the WorldThe World Turned Up-
side DownThe GlobeThe Albion
The Anglesey
The Aberfeldy
The Britannia
The BathThe Berkeley
The BostonThe Brighton
The Bristol
The Canterbury
The Clarendon
The Coldstream
The CambridgeThe DerbyThe DunravenThe DuncannonThe Elgin
DevonportFulham, note loi
Tilbury
Old Kent Road,
note I02
BengeoBlackpool
Lichfield
East India Dock RoadForth
PeckhamPiccadilly
Junction RoadGlasshouse Street
Cork Street
NorwichHammersmithNorwichAshtonBurnleyBridgend
Charing Cross
Maida Vale
56 GEOGRAPHICAL
The Foxhall
The GranbyThe Granville
The Grandison
The Ipswich
The Leeds
The Leeds and Liverpool
The LeamingtonThe Lincoln
The LondonThe Leicester LoungeThe MalvernThe Manchester
The MagdalaThe Newcastle
The Newcastle-on-T^-ne
The NormantonThe OakleyThe Oxford and Cam-
bridge
The QuebecThe RuperraThe RabyThe Sefton
The Stockton
The Tavistock
The VyneThe WashingtonThe Windsor
Blackpool
Doncaster
Corbridge
Briton Ferry
NorwichStockton
Bvirnley
ActonManchester
StamfordLeicester Square
Bevington RoadAldersgate
Great YarmouthSouthamptonLexington Street
ClumberRushdenHammersmith
ThorpeCardiff
Stockton
Douglas
West Hartlepool
Covent GardenNormantonW'orcester
Willesden
GEOGRAPHICAL 57
The W'harfedale
The WelhngtonThe WynyardThe York and AlbanyThe Zetland
The Aire and Calder
The GrantaThe MerseyThe MedwayThe Orvvell
The ThamesThe TyneThe WithamThe WaveneyThe EssexThe Holderness
The Kent and EssexThe RutlandThe Yorkshire
The West Riding
The Worcestershire
The TorbayThe MiddevonThe YeovaleThe Stanhope and TyneThe Cheddar Valley
The Thames Valley
The Wear Valley
The Milford Haven
Arthington
Wellington College
Silksworth
Regent's ParkSaltburn
Leeds
CambridgeWidnesSheerness
Ipswich
East MoleseyShields
Lincoln
Burgh St. Peter
NorwichBeverley
GravesendNewarkBurnley
LeedsDroitwich
Rotherhithe
AshburyLapford
Anfield
Wells
MaidenheadStanhopeCaledonian Road
58 GEOGRAPHICAL
The Cinqae Ports
The East Suffolk
The East of England
The Lake Lothing
The Sole BayThe Grosvenor Basin
The Town of Leith
The Town of RamsgateThe City of CantonThe City of Carlisle
The City of Gloucester
The City of Hereford
The City of LondonThe City of NorwichThe City of New YorkThe City of Paris
The City of QuebecThe City of RomeThe City of Salisbury
The Scotland
The John q' Groats
The Land's EndThe Richmond Hill
The Tan Hill
The Mount EphraimThe SkiddawThe SummitThe Isle of WightThe Isle of Skye
RamsgateAldeburghLowestoft
Lowestoft
SouthwoldMilton RoadWappingWappingPoplar
Royal Mint Street
Chelsea {e)
Cleveland Street
SohoSpitalfields
Bedford RoadOld FordOxford Street
Roman RoadRodney RoadGomsalBlackfriars
SennenNorwichSwaledale
Tunbridge Wells
Chippenham RoadRoytonDeptford
Wessenden Head
GEOGRAPHICAL 59
The Isle of CyprusThe Channel Islands
The Scarborough SpaThe EuropaThe MinorcaThe NassauThe OportoThe Portugal
The Riviera
The SavoyThe SmyrnaThe Swiss
The Helvetia
The Atlantic
The South Sea
The Cape of Good HopeThe ColumbiaThe Falls of Niagara
The Hercules Pillars
The JamaicaThe Oriental
The PatnaThe Simla
The South Pole
The Trafalgar
The AlmaThe Heights of AlmaThe Blenheim
Folkestone
GuernseyShields
Molesey
WiganDublin
Shaftesbury AvenueFleet Street •
MaidenheadStrand
Sunderland
SohoSohoNewquaySheffield
Albion Street
YarmouthRydeGreat Queen Street,
note 103
Cornhill, note 104
\\'are
DevonportThornton HeathBathRemington Street
DoverSheerness
New Bond Street
6o GEOGRAPHICAL
The Bunker's Hill
The Battle of Nile
The CrimeaThe Fort St. GeorgeThe Gibraltar
The Rock of Gibraltar
The InkermanThe Malakoff
The NavarinoThe Neville's Cross
The RedanThe WaterlooThe Arab Bo}^
The AmericanThe Australian
The CanadianThe Caledonian
The Californian
The HambletonianThe Norfolk Freeholders
The Parisian
The Spaniards
The Spanish Patriot
The Scotchman and HisPack
The Jolly ScotchmanThe Zulu
The Ancient Briton
The Generous Briton
Gosport
LandportInkerman RoadCambridgeW'ighton
OxfordColchester
YarmouthDalston
Kilburn
Westbourne GroveColchester
PutneyMacclesfield
WestminsterOxford Street
Darlington
BelmontStockton
Wells
Furnival Street
HampsteadLambeth, note 105
Bristol, note 106
Sleaford
Ipswich
Camden TownNewark
GEOGRAPHICAL 6i
The True Briton
62 GOLDEN
The Golden Rule
The Golden StreamThe Golden Star
AmblesideNorwichNorwich
SILVER
The Silver CupThe Silver Lion
The Silver OarThe Silver TavernThe Silver Tree
The Silver Trumpet
Cromer Street
Lilley
Rochester
Burdett RoadDevonportCommercial Road
HOUSE AND TABLE
The Brick and Tile
The BarnThe Portcullis
The Lattice
The Crooked ChimneyThe Wire Trellis
The Coal HoleThe Dark Lantern
The GuineaThe Cabinet
The KeyThe Lock and KeyThe Little Dustpan
West Bergholt
NorwichChipping Sodbury,
note noKing's LynnStow BardolphBarnsley
Leigh
Aylesbury
North Bruton MewsReedDriffield
Smithfield
Reading
HOUSE AND TABLE 63
The Spinning \Mieel
The Pin Cushion
The Cold BathThe GasThe Hourglass
The Dial
The Clock
The Clock FaceThe Coffee PotThe Imperial Measure
The Gallon PotThe Gallon CanThe QuartThe Rummer
The Rum PuncheonThe Leather Bottle
The Flask
The TankardThe Still
The PunchbowlThe Punchbowl and
Ladle
The Yorkshire Stingo
The Pot and Glass
The Jug and Glass
The Bottle and Glass
The Bottles
HamsterleyWybertonHartford
MalvernLower Thames Street,
note III
Swanton Morley
YorkBurnley
Warwick LaneHull
YarmouthYarmouthRunwellStoke Holy Cross,
note 112
Whitecross Street
Cobham, note 113
HighgateBentley
Sleaford
Low RowPeneleway
MaryleboneEaglescliffe
Etherley
Lincoln
Occold
64 HOUSE AND TABLE
The Board
INDUSTRY AND IMPLEMENTS 65
The Industry
The Tontine
The Colliery
The FurnaceThe Brick Kilns
The Cinder OvensThe Tan Pits
The Repository
. The BreweryThe Bun ShopThe DiamondThe London AssuranceThe FoundryThe WoolpackThe WoolsackThe BazaarThe Silk Mills
The Yarn FactoryThe Reservoir
The Shuttles
The Fire Brigade
The Free Press
The Free TraderThe Free TradeThe FreemasonsThe British WorkmanThe Sons of CommerceThe London Apprentice
The Jolly Butcher
RochdaleTonbridge
RyhopeChesterfield
NorwichNorwichChurchLeicester
Richmond, YorksStrand
Hertford
City RoadHolbeckPenrith *
Poplar
Baker Street
YarmouthNorwichBradford
NorwichBrighton
CambridgePeckhamNorwichLong Acre
WilUnghamNorwichIsleworth, note 117Knoll Green
66 INDUSTRY AND IMPLEMENTS
The Jolly Butchers
The Jolly BrewerThe Jolly BrewersThe Jolly Coopers
The Jolly Hatters
The Jolly Maltster
The Jolly Miller
The Jolly Crispin
The Bold Crispin
The Crispin and Crispianus
The Crispin
The Brewer and BakerThe Baker and BasketThe Merry Carpenters
The DraymenThe Engineer
The Florist
The Foresters
The Experienced FowlerThe Butcher and Beast
The ChapmanThe Royal Foresters
The FishmongersThe Dusty Miller
The Maltsters^
The Maltman and Shovel
The Malt Shovels
The Jet Miners
The. Bonnie Pit Laddie
Farnham RoyalNorth End RoadNorwichHamptonNorwichMortlake
Milbank Street
BostonIpswich
Rochester, note ii8
North End RoadCoventry, note 119
LimehouseOld Street
Bradford
WisbechStockport
CambridgeLimehouse, note 120
Heighington
GrimsbyChavey DownBusheyHalifax
HanworthHammersmithGranthamBroughtonDurham
INDUSTin' AND IMPLEMENTS 67
The Rangers
68 INDUSTRY AND IMPLEMENTS
The Peat Spade
The Spade and Becket
The Spade and Sprocket
The Hack and Spade
The HatchetThe Shears
The Crook and Shears
The Well and Bucket
LongstockLittle Downham,
note 125Stonea, note 126
WashtonWhiteparish
Wantage, note 128
Upper Clatford
Bethnal Green
MILITARY
The Royal Military
The Flag
The Flagstaff
The Royal Standard
The Standard of England
The Union Jack
The Union Flag
The British Flag
The Red White and Blue
The Stars and Stripes
The American Flag
The Halberd
The Battle Axes
The GunThe Cross GunsThe Morning GunThe Evening Gun
Aldershot
Manningtree
Canning TownWindsorBristol
RoydonWivenhoeClaphamElyWalthamstowKing's LynnIpswich, note 129
WraxallLupus Street
Knarr Cross
Bridgwater
Norwich, note 130
MILITARY 69
The Gun and TentThe Rifle
The Cross Rifles
The Barrack
The Horse Barracks
The British CampThe Roman CampThe Fort
The Garrison
The Battery
The Martello
The ArmouryThe Warrior
The Centurion
The Cossack
The MarksmanThe Recruiting Sergeant
The Horse Artillery
The Artilleryman
The Engineers
The Life GuardsThe Royal Horseguards-
manThe Royal Lancers
The Lancers
The HussarThe DragoonThe Light DragoonThe Light Horse
Spitalfields
HammersmithBridgwater
WoolwichNorwichMalvernElmcrtonSandownCorkEast Stonehouse
Folkestone
Stockport
BermondseyDeptfordBathHackneyLincoln
Great WarleyChelmsford
Gloucester RoadRettendonBrentford
Doncaster
YarmouthHounslowBromsgroveCambridgeHounslow
70 MILITARY
The Liglit HorsemanThe VaUant TrooperThe Grenadier
The Jolly GuardsmanTlie HeroThe Hero ol AlmaThe Hero of InkermanThe Hero of MaidaThe Hero of MoultanThe Hero of RedanThe Hero of Switzerland
The Hero of WaterlooThe Norfolk HeroThe Volunteer
The Volunteers
The British Volunteer
The Mounted Volunteer
The Rifle Volunteer
The Rifle Volunteers
The Rifleman
The Thirteenth Rifleman
The Royal Rifleman
The Chelsea Pensioner
The Bombay Grab
NorwichAldbury *
Whitley, note 131
WindsorSheerness
Alma SquareBagshotEdgware RoadShrewsbury *
NorwichBrixton
LambethSwafthamSaxteadWeybridgePonder's EndNorwichReigate
YarmouthElyStalybridge
Battersea
Chelsea
Bow', note 132
MUSIC
The Musical
The Musician
Barnsley
Huddersfield
MUSIC 71
Hark ye the ]\Ielody
The Lyric
The LyceumThe OperaThe Conquering HeroThe Flying DutchmanThe Merry Fiddlers
The Morris Dancers
The Ring O' Bells
The Ring of Bells
The ChimesThe Crotchet
The OrganThe Bugle
The Bugle Horn
The HornThe French HornThe Horn and TrumpetThe Fiddle
The HarpThe Harp of Erin
The Welsh HarpThe Jew's HarpThe CornopeanThe DrumThe Kettledrum
HaverthwaiteGreat Windmill Street
Strand
Catherine Street
Upper Grange RoadNew LakenhamEppingScarisbrick
WidcombeChester
PlymouthWithamStalybridge
ReadingTarrant Gunville,
note 133Knightrider Street
WareBewdleyColney HeathGreat Tower Street
DeptfordHendonRedhill Street
^^'eymouth, note 134BrentwoodSt. George Street
72 NATURE
NATUREThe Spring
The Happy Springs
The Dripping Spring
The Spring ViewThe BrookThe Well HeadThe Water HeadThe Jacob's WellThe P'ountain
The LakeThe OceanThe DewdropThe Shore
The Grotto
The BeachThe OzoneThe Peep of DayThe SunbeamThe Shades
The CobwebsThe RockThe Great Stone
The Cliff
The QuarryThe Vale of HealthThe Cathole
The Dawn
Ewell
Lindley MoorHastings
Leigh
WashbrookWendoverConiston
Hanbury Street
TuddenhamKillarney
SandownHamptonColby
WeybridgeLeatonBridlington
BathCrookCharing Cross
RichmondNewleyNorthfield
Cleethorpes
Bourne EndHampsteadKeldCastletown
NATURE 73
The GroveThe Thicket
The Royal Forest
The Wood's EndThe Lane EndsThe MarlbankThe Roadside
The Hill Top
Beauchanip Place
Anerley
Chingford
BramertonBradford
WellandWingateCastleford
NAUTICAL
The Maritime
The MarineThe Navigation
The Look OutThe Grand Junction Canal
The Pier
The Ferry
The DockThe LockThe WharfThe HavenThe HarbourThe Harbour ViewThe Safe HarbourThe Clarence HarbourThe BreakwaterThe Lighthouse
The Dublin Packet
BrixhamBarmouthRuncornSunderland
BucldnghamScarborough
BawdseyPenzanceIpswich
Hebden Bridge
Christchurch
Lowestoft
Poole
Ipswich
NorwichPlymouthWalcotChester
.
74 NAUTICAL
The Mail Packet
The Steam PacketThe FUnt BoathouseThe BoatThe Ferry BoatThe Fishing BoatThe Life BoatThe Pilot BoatThe Peter BoatThe Pleasure BoatThe Shore BoatThe Steam BoatThe Boat and AnchorThe Sloop
The YachtThe Royal YachtThe HoyThe Cutter
The Cable
The Oiitriggers
The KetchThe HulkThe Sheer HulkThe Wherry HulkThe Keel and WherryThe Schooner
The Galleons
The Spanish Galleon
The Smack
Folkestone
Ipswich
Chester
Peterborough
King's LynnBoulmerShingle Street
New Brighton
Leigh
Hickling
Tilney
Ipswich
Wliittlesea
Poole
Chester
Stanhope Street
Tollesbury
ElySouth Shields
Kingston
Worcester
King's LynnPortsea
Geldeston
NorwichAlnmouthAlbert DocksEast GreenwichLeith
NAUTICAL 15
The Fishing SmackThe Oyster SmackThe Lobster SmackThe Barking SmackThe Barking Fishery
The Greenland Fishery
The Suffolk Fishery
The AnchorThe Foul AnchorThe Anchor in HopeThe Ship
The Ship Afloat
The Ship AgroundThe Ship in Distress
The Ship LaunchThe Ship on LaunchThe Ship ArgoThe Sliip Defiance
j
The Ship Victory
The Plimsoll Ship
The China Ship
The Steam Ship
The Ship and Lobster
The Sliip and Lighter
The Ship and Pilot
The Ship and Sailor
The Ship and Turtle
The Ship and WTiale
The Shannon
Deptford
BurnhamCanveyNorwichYarmouthNorwichGorleston
StamfordKing's LynnWilbyLevington
Bridgwater
Bridgwater
Worsell
Harrington
Cardiff
London DocksWisbechChester
Hull, note 135
WappingBlackwall
GravesendRotherhithe
BermondseyEast Greenwich
Leadenhall Street
Rotherhithe
Bucklesham, note 136
76 NAUTICAL
The Shannon and Chesa-
peakeThe Victory
The BargeThe Barge AgroundThe City BargeThe Pilot BargeThe Row BargeThe AdmiralThe Lord High AdmiralThe Captain of the Man
of WarThe Royal MidshipmanThe Royal Sailor
The Royal TarThe Jovial Sailor
The Jolly Sailors
The Valiant Sailor
The Welcome Sailor
The Sailor BoyThe Fisherman's BoyThe Mariners
The Jolly WatermanThe Jack on a Cruise
The Sailor's Farewell
The Sailor's ReturnThe Fisherman's ReturnThe Boatswain's Call
The MermaidThe Sea Witch
Todmorden
EtonWareBrentford
KewDeptford
WokingWoolwichVauxhall Bridge RoadPoplar
Clerkenwell
BathKewRipley
WhitburnFolkestone
MaldonWalworthWest PinchbeckNorwichWaterbeachHull
Fratton
IckenhamWintertonNorwichWisbechEast Greenwich
NEW 77
NEWThe New BreweryThe New Beehive
The New Bell
The New Bell and CrownThe New City
The New ConcordThe New CraneThe New CrownThe New ClownThe New Corn ExchangeThe New Falcon
The New Ferry
The New FountainThe New GlobeThe New Gardener's
ArmsThe New Inn
The New Jolly Caulkers
The New Milf
The New MarketThe New ParkThe New QuayThe New River HeadThe New Stag
The New SwanThe New Star
The New White HartThe New ^^^lite Rose
NorwichBradford
LambethWinchester
NorwichBermondseyGosbertonWhittlesea
Islington, note 137NorwichGravesendWindermereCity RoadMile EndIpswich
Gloucester
Lower Road, note 138RomfordLowestoft
Battersea
Preston
Stainsby Street
Cumberland MarketHarwichNorwichNewarkLeeds
78 NUMERICAL
NUMERICALThe Number One TowerThe One Bell
The One Bull
The One CrownThe One Pin
The One TunThe DoublelockThe Two Bears
The Two BrewersThe Two Beehives
The Tw^o Bells
The Two Brothers
The Two Blue Posts
The Two ChairmenThe Two DovesThe Two Eagles
The Two Friends
The Two GreyhoundsThe Two HuntersThe Two Mile BrookThe Two Mariners
The Two Necked SwanThe Two Pointers
The Two QuartsThe Two LawyersThe Two Spies
The Two Ships
Smithfield
Crayford
Bury St. EdmundsWatfordWexhamSaffron Hill, note 139Alphington
YarmouthWindsorDunston Street
Whitechapel
LambethMount Pleasant
Charing Cross
BromleyKinglake
Blofield
Kirkby RavensworthHunwickBath RoadHardinge Street
Norwich\Voodlesford
NorwichLambethCatherine Street
Soho
NUMERICAL 79
The Two TowersThe Three Crosses
The Triple Plea
The Treble Tile
The Three AshesThe Three Blackbirds
The Three BoarsThe Three CupsThe Three Cats
The Three CocksThe Three CannonsThe Three Cranes
The Three Colts
The Three CrownsThe Three CompassesThe Three DawsThe Three ElmsThe Three Firs
The Three Frogs
The Three Feathers
The Three Furnaces
The Three Fishes
The Three Goats
The Three GreyhoundsThe Three HartsThe Three HousesThe Three Horseshoes
The Three Horses
The Three Hammers
PengeMalmesburyBedinghamWest Bergholt
RomfordElyWymondhamColchester
Sevenoaks
HayCarlisle
Mile EndBethnal GreenLoughboroughBromleyGravesendChignal
Sulhampstead Bannister
Bracknell
WymondhamBrierley Hill
SunburyBury St. EdmundsBorough Bridge
Stapleford
Sandal
Great Mongeham *
Otley
St. Albans
8o NUMERICAL
The Three Hills
The Three Herrings
The Three JohnsThe Three Jolly Butchers
The Three Jolly Gar-
deners
The Three Jolly Sailors
The Three Jolly Wheelers
The Three Jolly WeaversThe Three Kings
The Three KingdomsThe Three Lords
The Three Legs
The Three Legged Cross
The Three Loggerheads
The Three Moles
The Three Mile Inn
The Three MoorhensThe Three Magpies
The Three Marines
The Three Mariners
The Three Mackerel
The Three NunsThe Three NagsThe Three OaksThe Three Pots
The Three Pigeons
The Three Pilchards
The Three Postboys
Bartlow
YarmouthPentonville, note 140
Wood GreenHammersmith
Norbiton
Chigwell RowLever Street
Clerkenwell
Thames Street
Minories, note 141
Leeds
Crux Easton
Mold, note 142
SelhamAdwyHitchin
Cirencester
Southsea
BagshotMile EndAldgate
Fritton
Guestling
Horse Bridge
RichmondPotherro
Blackwater
NUMERICAL 8i
The Three Rabbits
The Three SalmonsThe Three Stags
The Three Squirrels
The Three SwansThe Three Sisters
The Three TunsThe Three Travellers
The Three Wlieatsheaves
The Four Alls
The Four AshesThe Four Crosses
The Four Cross RoadsThe Four HorseshoesThe Four Points
The Four SwansThe Five Alls
The Five ArrowsThe Five Bells
The Five HorseshoesThe Five Miles
The Five OaksThe Five Pilchards
The Six Bells
The Seven Sisters
The Seven Stars
The Seven ThornsThe Seven Dials
The Eight Bells
Manor ParkCraig
LambethTisbury
Market HarboroughClapton
Petistree
RomfordIslington
Rokeby, note 143TakeleyBicton
FramptonLong Sutton
AldworthWaltham Cross
Cheltenham, note 144WaddesdonBurnhamEssendenWickenTwickenhamPorthallow
Stoke Poges
Seven Sisters RoadVirginia WaterLiphookBathKelsale
82 NUMERICAL
The Eight Ringers
The Nine ElmsThe Ten Bells
The Eleven Cricketers
The Fourteen Stars
The Fifteen Balls
The Hundred HouseThe Purslow Hundred
HouseThe Hundred And One
Norwich, note 145LambethStonham Aspal
Dartford
Bristol, note 146Penrhyn, note 147NortonAston-on-Clun
Mile End
THE OLDThe OldThe OldThe OldThe OldThe OldThe OldThe Old
The Old
The OldThe OldThe Old
The Old
The Old
The Old
The Old
The Old
AnchorAbbeyAxeBall
Bell and CrownBell
BargeBelmontBarrel
Buck's HeadBrown BearBlue BackBoarBunch of Grapes
Black HorseChapter
TwickenhamCambridgeHackneyAshton-under-LyneWinchester
HolbornNorwichYork RoadWednesburyThames Street
Aldersgate
WarringtonManchester
BermondseyNorbiton
Paternoster Row
THE OLD 83
The Old Centurion
The Old CockThe Old Coffee PotThe Old CommodoreThe Old Cocoa Tree
The Old Coffee HouseThe Old Cheshire Cheese
The Old Clock HouseThe Old CrownThe Old Chesterfield
The Old Castle
The Old Dun CowThe Old Duke's HeadThe Old English Gentle-
manThe Old EnglandThe Old FarmhouseThe Old Friend
The Old Fiddle
The Old Friends
The Old Green ManThe Old Greenland Fish-
ery
The Old Guildford BargeThe O'.d GuineaThe Old Golden Lion
The Old GreyhoundThe Old Gate HouseThe Old Harrow
New Cross
WareDownhamPoplar
Pinner
Hertford
Essex Street
Knightsbridge
Girton
Shepherd Street
Bridgwater
Darlington
Upwell
Harston
WindermereKentish TownStrawberry Hill
Hatfield
NorwichSteeple MordenHull
LambethCambridgeNorthallerton
Worcester
HighgateKingston
84 THE
THE OLD 85
The Old Rock HouseThe Old RoundaboutThe Old Red HouseThe Okl Red Lion
The Old Rover's ReturnThe Old Row BargeThe Old Rodney's HeadThe Old Raggles
The Old RoebuckThe Old Robin HoodThe Old RoseThe Old Sugarloaf
The Old Swan's NestThe Old Sea Lion
The Old Six Bells
The Old Sergeant
The Old Ship
The Old SwanThe Old Star
The Old Tippling Philo-
sopher
The Old Wliite HartThe Old White Lion
The Old WindmillThe Old Waggon and
HorsesThe Old Yew
BartonLeedsChester
HamptonManchesterKingston-on-ThamesOld Street
Queensferry
HolbornSt. Ives, HuntsDeptford
Dunstable
Moorgate Street
WaterlooActonBattersea
Brighton
Atherstone
YorkCaldicot
NewarkRavenstonedale
HammersmithBleasby
South Wingfield
86 PEOPLE
PEOPLE
The Adelphi
The Peoples
BacchusThe Vulcan
The Apollo
The Atlas
The AuroraThe PandoraThe NeptuneThe Hercules
The CupidThe Cupid and BowThe DukeThe Duke of Suffolk
The Duke of HamiltonThe Duke of Grafton
The Duke of Norfolk
The Duke of Wellington
The Duke of Bedford
The Duke of DevonshireThe Duke of Sutherland
The Duke of Fife
The Duke of MarlboroughThe Iron Duke
Adam Street
Harrogate
HoxtonSizewell
Tottenham Court
RoadSeagrave RoadTewkesburyRestronguet
Ipswich
NewportHemel HempsteadNorwdchDeptford
Rotherhithe
HampsteadEuston RoadHarwichEly
Seymour Street
Darnley RoadLorrimore RoadKing's LynnNorwichHigh Wycombe
PEOPLE 87
The Marquis of LomeThe Marquis of GranbyThe Marquis of West-
minster
The Marquis Wellesley
The Marquis of SaUsburyThe Marquis of Lothian
The Marquis of Anglesey
The Marquis of Hastings
The Marquis of Clanri-
carde
The Marquis of Corn-
walhs
The Marquis CornwalUsThe MarquisThe Earl of Essex
The Earl of AberdeenThe Earl of RichmondThe Earl of Cardigan
The Earl of Leicester
The Earl of DurhamThe Earl of DerbyThe Earl of Beaconsfield
The Earl of WarwickGuy Earl of WarwickThe Earl St. VincentThe Earl GreyThe Earl Cathcart
The Earl Russell
Kirkley
Esher, note 148
Warwick Street
Cromer Street
Balls Pond RoadNorwichBow Street
Ossulston Street
Southwick Street
Chedburgh
Ipswich, note 149CanonburyManor Park:Mile EndKing's LynnNorwichEast DerehamCambridgeCambridgeNew Cross
WMtechapelPoplar
YarmouthIpswich
Osnaburgh Street
Bristol
88 PEOPLE
The Earl
The LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe LordThe Lord
Percy
ColhngwoodNelson
HohnsdaleHollandNapier
ByronRoseberyRaglanColhngwoodKitchener
ExmouthDenmanRanelaghClyde
HoodCamdenRoberts
Keith
Palmerston
MorpethTruroStanley
Liverpool
Clive
\\'ellington
Hill
Wellesley
Burleigh
Ladbrooke GroveYarmouthAshbockingBromleyBrixton
King's LynnLeedsNorwichNorwichHall Place
Stevenage
Stepney
MstleyRichmond RoadBrighton
Bethnal GreenNorwichScunthorpe
York Street
Kilburn
Old FordDalston
Mile EndClark Street
Manchester Square
Old Kent Road\\'^aterloo
Mile EndVauxhall Bridge Road
PEOPLE 89
The Lord John Russell
The Lord WardenThe Lord Chancellor
Sir John Barleycorn
Sir Charles Napier
Sir Colin CampbellSir John Franklin
Sir John Falstaff
Sir Ralph Abercroniby
Sir Isaac NewtonSir Garnet W'olseley
Sir Richard Steele
The Baronet
The Lady Franklin
The Lady jMildmay
Marshal KeateThe General Elliott
The General
The General
The General
The General
The General
The General
The General
The General
The General
The General
The Admiral
Draper
HavelockPicton
Wolfe
JacksonAbercrombyWyndhamGordonGaribaldi
Canrobert
Blake
City RoadDoverIpswich
NewmarketBlackburnKilburn
NottinghamCanterburyHatton GardenUnion Street
NorwichHaverstock Hill
Horsington
Old FordStoke NewingtonPoplar
South Hinksey,
note 150
Bristol
Chelsea
Wharfedale RoadLaxfield
PengeBlackfriars
NorwichStamfordStaines
Bethnal GreenLadbroke Grove
90 PEOPLE
The Admiral KeppelThe Admiral Nelson
The Admiral VernonThe Admiral HardyThe Admiral BenbowThe Admiral HawkeThe Admiral RousThe Admiral McBrideThe Admiral Tyrell
The Admiral SeymourThe Admiral Carter
The Admiral Codrington
The Admiral MannThe Admiral NapierThe Bold Napier
The Captain HarmanThe Captain CookThe Captain DigbyThe Pitt and NelsonThe NelsonThe RodneyThe Rodney and HoodThe Gladstone
The George CanningThe CamdenThe PakenhamThe RandolphThe John BurnsThe Bolingbroke
P\ilham RoadCarlton Vale
OverGreenwichLudlowBoston SpaGalleywood {e)
PlymouthBermondseyYarmiouth
Bartholomew Close
Chelsea
Hampshire Street
MargateNorwichYarmouthCumberland Street
MargateAshton-under-LyneStamfordWestminsterBostonBromptonBrixton
Great YarmouthKnightsbridge
OxfordChiswick
Clapham
PEOPLE. 91
The CrosbyThe John Bull
The John Barleycorn
The Jane Shore
The Wat Tyler
The Boleyn
Judge WalmesleyThe Tilden SmithThe C. B.
The Robin HoodThe Robin Hood and
Little JohnThe Little JohnThe Owen GlendowerThe Garibaldi
The Garrick
The Nell GwynneThe Jenny LindThe Dick Turpin
The George PeabodyThe Brunei
The William JamesThe Jack of Newbury
The Jack of Both Sides
The Daniel LambertThe Mother Shipton
The Mother RedcapThe Father Redcap
Scunthorpe
Bayswater\\'are
Shoreditch
Loveridge RoadEast HamWhalleyKing's LynnArkle Town, nole 151
SheringhamIpswich
North HeighamCorwenChalvey
Leman Street
Strand
Norwich, note 152
Finchley
Shadwell
PlymouthCarlisle
Chiswell Street,
note 153Reading, note 154Ludgate Hill
HampsteadCamden TownCamberwell
92 PEOPLE
The GeorgeThe Christopher
The DickThe Tumble-down DickDirty Dick's
Cafr's
The Tom in BedlamThe Bess of BedlamThe Blind BeggarThe Stniggler
The Hob of the WellThe Man in the jNIoon
The AldermanThe Citizen
The Man of KentThe ArthurThe PunchThe Connoisseur
The Good WomanThe Quiet WomanThe Silent WomanThe Load of Mischief
The Man Laden with
Mischief
The Naked ManThe Wild ManThe Sand BoyThe Lads of the Village
The Heather Lad
Norton St. Philip
EtonWorthamMortimerBishopsgate
Strand
RedbournNorwichMile EndEagle
King's LynnChelsea
Stannery Street
HoundsditchSt. Michael's
BuryHull
Philip LaneNecton, note 155Pershore
WidfordBlewbury, note 156
Maddingley, note 157
Settle
SproughtonBawseySt. Mary CrayTrimdon
PEOPLE 93
The Highland Laddie
The Highland Chief
The Highlander
The Tourist
The Running Footman
The Virgin
The Village MaidThe Lucky RoverThe Dick Whittington
The Whittington
The Dying Gladiator
The Ancient Druids
Haughton Le SkerneHertford
Hitchin
Polperro
Charles Street,
note 158Worcester
LoundHookCloth Fair
Hull
Brigg
Cambridge
POETRY AND LITERATURE
The Shakespeare
The BurnsThe Robert BurnsThe Andrew MarvelThe Ben JonsonThe Lady of the LakeThe Excelsior
The ComusThe Childe HaroldThe Village Blacksmith
The Round Table
The AvalonThe John Gilpin
\'ictoria
Milwall
Darlington
Hull, note 159Shoe LaneOulton BroadCharing Cross RoadBeverton Street
Railway Street
\\'oolwich
Leicester SquareGlastonbury, note 160
Cambridge
94 POETRY AND LITERATURE
The Bell
The Colleen BawnThe Paul PryThe Uncle Tom's CabinThe TouchstoneThe Altisidora
The IvanhoeThe WaverleyThe Compleat Angler
The Darby and JoanThe Vicar of Wakefield
The Pindar of Wakefield
The Miller of Mansfield
The Valentine and OrsonThe Robinson Crusoe
The Oliver Twist
The Mutual Friend
Edmonton, note i6i
PeckhamPrittlewell
Bolton
Stockport
Hull, note 162
Denmark ParkEdinburghMarlowCrowle
Shoreditch
Gray's Inn Road,
note 163
Goring, note 164Pepin Place, note 165
Earl Street
LeytonStevenage
POTENTATESThe RoyaltyThe RoyalThe Imperial
The CrownThe Sceptre
The Crown and Sceptre
The Coronet
King's LynnBathBolton
WoodbridgeYarmouthBromptonSoho
POTENTATES 95
The Regalia
The Sovereign
The Royal Sovereign
The MonarchThe Merry MonarchThe EmperorThe EmpressThe African Chief
The Indian Chief
The Indian QueenThe QueenThe British QueenThe Island QueenThe Queen in the \\'est
The Queen of EnglandThe King and QueenThe Victoria
The Queen Victoria
The Empress of India
The Queen and Prince
Afbert
The Prince Consort
The Edward the Seventh
The AlexandraThe King and Prince of
WalesThe Prince of WalesThe Prince and Princess
of Wales
Augustus Street
Osnaburgh Street
Kirkstall
Silchester Terrace
Herbert Street
Ipswich
CambridgeOssulston Street
Chesterton
BodminBrentwoodOld Kent RoadIslington
Lincoln
Slough
HighworthEarl SohamHighbeachRotherhithe
Great Tichfield Street
HampsteadYorkLincoln
Brick Street
Walpole\\'alworth
96 POTENTATES
The Princess of WalesThe Princess RoyalThe Princess AmeliaThe Princess Louise
The Princess MayThe Princess Beatrice
The Princess Charlotte
The Princess Victoria
The Young Prince
The Prince of WindsorThe Prince ArthurThe Prince Albert Victor
The Prince Albert Ed-ward
The Prince Albert
The Prince Alfred
The Prince EdwardThe Prince LeopoldThe Prince RupertThe Prince Frederick
The Prince TeckThe Prince RegentThe Prince William HenryThe Prince George of
CumberlandThe Prince of BrunswickThe Prince of DenmarkThe Prince of HesseThe Prince of Orange
Gateshead
Pimlico
Stratford
HolbornDurhamCamden TownPrinces Street
Earls Court
ReadingOld Kent RoadVauxhall
Castle AcreEccles
SunburyCrowthorneSt. John's WoodDerbySohoBromleyBermondseyHounslowBlackfriars
Albany Street
BarnsburyBloomsburyFieldgate Street
Dinas
POTENTATES 97
The Prince of Teck
98 POTENTATES
The Queen Catherine
The Queen Charlotte
The Qvieen Eleanor
The Queen Elizabeth
The Queen Victoria
The Queen DowagerThe Queen of HungaryThe Archduke Charles
The Duke of Albany
The Duke of Clarence
The Duke of Connaught
The Duke of Cornwall
The Duke of Cambridge
The Duke of Cumberland
Duk© William of Cum-berland
The Duke of Edinburgh
The Duke of Gloucester
The Duke of KentThe Duke of Lancaster
The Duke of Sussex
The Duke of Wiirtembur^
The Duke of YorkThe Duke William
The Duchess of Clarence
The Duchess of Edin-
burghThe Duchess of Kent
The Duchess of Fife
Osmotherley
Jamaica RoadEnfield
Merrow Street
Theydon Bois
Teddington
NorwichRodney RoadNew Cross
HackneyNorwichHammersmithPutneyKensington
Hoddesdon
Fairfoot RoadOxford Street
Liverpool RoadHornseyActon
; Hatfield Street
York RoadKenningtonVauxhall Bridge RoadCity Road
Liverpool RoadPortsmouth
POTENTATES 99
The Duchess of YorkThe NapoleonThe Peter the Great
The Empress of Russia
The Sultan
The Grand Sultan
The Shah of Persia
The MogulThe Great MogulThe Cleopatra
The Royal Albert
The Royal ConnaughtThe Royal SaxonThe Royal William
The Grave Maurice
Kingsland RoadManchesterDeptford, note i68
St. John's RoadCamberwellDoverParkstone
Drury LaneMaghull
Savoy Street
HanleyHolbornWestbourn ParkWoodbridgeWhitechapel, note 169
RAILWAYS
The RailwayThe Railway Bell
The Railway GuardThe Railway Porter
The Ticket Porter
The Station
The Viaduct
The JunctionThe Safety ValveThe ExpressThe Express Train
Peterborough
New BarnetClapham JunctionVauxhallArthur Street
MeltonKirkstall
PurstonForncett
Kew Bridge
Norwich
RAILWAYS
The LocomotiveThe EngineThe Steam EngineThe Engine HouseThe Engine and TenderThe TramwayThe E.U.R.The Great Eastern
The Great WesternThe Great NorthernThe North Eastern
DerbyWest DraytonHigh WycombeChester
BedfordPakefield
Ipswich
Liverpool Street
PaddingtonKing's Cross
York
SPORTS, GAMES AND PASTIMES
The GunThe Cross GunsThe Dog and GunThe Dog and DuckThe Dog and Pheasant
The Dog and Partridge
The Duck and DogThe Fox and Pheasant
The Badger BoxTlie Equestrian
The Steeplechase
The Stakes
The Turf
The Chester CupThe St. Leger
Lupus Street
ThorneyPotto
Winchester
BromsgroveUptonWymondhamGreat MassinghamAnnesley WoodhouseBlackfriars
St. AlbansStalybridge
RichmondPlymouthDoncaster
SPORTS, GAMES AND PASTIMES loi
The AmatoThe BUnk BonnyThe Diamond Jubilee
The Flying Childers
The Flying FoxThe Highflyer
The LadasThe SmokerThe Voltigeur
The Race HorseThe Trotting HorseThe Running HorseThe Running Horses
The Running Mare -
The String of Horses
The Horse and JockeyThe Horse and GroomThe Man and HorseThe Man and Saddle
The Ostler
The Post BoyThe Post BoysThe SportsmanThe Huntsman's Call
The Huntsman andHounds
The Merry Harriers
The Hare and HoundsThe Fox and Hounds
EpsomChathill
GaywoodKirkbyColchester
ElyEpsomPlumbley, note 170BartonWesthall
LudlowSunburyBlackfriars
CobhamHolbeachOxfordMeltonMoulton EaugateChester
Hackney, note 171
HitchamOxfordAldhamWorcester ParkWalworth
CullomptonSheenBarley
I02 SPORTS, GAMES AND PASTIMES
The Stag and HoundsThe Stag and HuntThe Stag and HuntersThe Bramhill HuntThe Brocklesby HuntThe Old Berkeley HuntThe Surrey HoundsThe Thornton HuntThe Tally HoThe Hark to BountyThe Hark to LasherThe Hark to MopseyThe Hark to NudgerThe Hark to TowlerThe Blue CapThe Triumphal Chariot
The Royal Mail
The Mail CoachThe Four-In-HandThe Coach and HorsesThe Chaise and HorsesThe Chaise and Pair
The Postchaise
The TandemThe Sedan Chair
The WTieel
The TurnpikeThe Horseshoes
Bristol
PonsanoothBrandonWokinghamGoschill
WatfordSt. John's Hill
Thornton Curtis
MettinghamStaidburn
Castleton
NormantonDobcrossBurySandiway, note 172Pembroke MewsUpper Street
Shepherds BushCroydonIpswich
Hammersmith\Vickham MarketIpswich
OxfordNorth Searle
ElyHayleTottenham Court
Road
SPORTS, GAMES AND PASTIMES 103
The MangerThe Saddle
The Pack Saddle
The Whip and NagThe Whip and Collar
The ClubThe Recreation
The Anglers
The Ball
The Bat and Ball
The Cricketers
The Merry Cricketers
The Cricket Players
The Wrestlers
The ArcheryThe Butts
The ArrowThe Cross BowThe Bird Bolt
The Bowling GreenThe Corner Pin
The Pin and BowlThe Coat and BadgeThe ChequersThe Tennis CourtThe Dumb Bell
The Air Balloon
The Balloon
The Noah's Ark
Bradfield
Chester
MapledurhamNorwichMile EndElyFavershamEnnerdale
ChardGravesendEtonBermondseyShiphamNorwichBathurst Street
AldermastonHimbletonSotherton
Cambridge, note 173BadinghamClerkenwell
WokinghamHainmersmithSudbourneBradford
TaplowLandport -
HolbeckOxford Street
I04 SPORTS. GAMES AND PASTIMES
THE HIGHEST INNS 105
THE fflGHEST INNS
io6 SIGNS BY WELL-KNOWN ARTISTS
The Coach and Doncaster J. F. Herring
Horses
The White Lion
The Loggerheads
The Fox and PehcanThe Row Barge
The GeorgeDragon
The Ferry
and
The Mortal ManThe SmokerThe Two Sawyers
DoncasterLlanverris
Grayshott
Walhng-ford
Wargrave
J. F. Herring
David CoxWalter Crane
Leslie
Rosneath
TroutbeckPlumbleyPockthorpeBrewery,
Norwich
Leslie andHodgson
H.R.H. Prin-
cess Louise
Ibbetson
Miss Leighton
John Crome
INNS FAMOUS FOR ARCHITECTURE
The Reindeer
The Crown and Treaty
HouseThe Feathers
The RavenThe New Inn
The Bear and Billet
BanburyUxbridge
LudlowShrewsburyGloucester
Chester
FOREIGN CAF£ SIGNS 107
FOREIGN CAFt SIGNSLa Briarde (nourrice)
La PoupeeAll Papegai
Au damier de CominesSkindles
Au FauconAu cour de Flandre
A la tete d 'argent
Au CongoAu Transvaal
Au Tivoli
Au FaubourgAu cheval Boulonnais
Au Comte de Flandre
Au retour de la gare
A St. Eloi
Au cheval d'or
Au retour de la nouvellc
Caledonie
Au grand St. Sebastien
Au vrai Cacillane
Au drapeau Frangais
Au Comte GeantA la porte d'or
A I'aviation
Au vaisseau de ligne
Hotel Faidherbe
HondeghemPoperinghe
Poperinghe
Poperinghe
Poperinghe
Poperinghe
Poperinghe
Poperinghe
Dickebusch
La Clytte
La Clytte
Reninghelst
Abeele
Abeele
Abeele
AbeeleRexpoede
BoescheppeSteenvoorde
Steenvoorde
Steenvoorde
Bailleul
BerguesBergues
Bergues
Dunkirk
loS FOREIGN CAFfi SIGNS
Au retour des DocksA I'ancien courrier de
Calais
Aux deux entetes
L'as de trefle
La Bascule
Trois ChevauxL'assurance centre la soif
dix centimes Taction
A Paris comme a Londresle soleil luit pour tout
le mondeAu Sebastopol
La maison Blanche
Au coeur joyeuxAu grand MarlboroughLe Taupier de NormandieA I'entree de Milan
Au chat vert
Trois Pigeons
La ville de BoulogneHotel moderneA la viile de Cassel
Aux Allies vainqueurs
Cheval noir
Au Voltigeur
A MoscouA Faidherbe
Au Boeuf
Dunkirk
DunkirkWinquinRenescure
EbblinghemHazebrouckWatten
Watten
Nort NentinghemMonnecoveTilques
St. Martin au Laert
St. OmerSt. Pol
St. Pol
Fruges
Fruges
Fruges
Fruges
Fruges
FrugesPont de NieppePont de NieppePont de NieppeArmentieres
FOREIGN CAFfi SIGNS 109
An grand hommeAiix dix chasseurs a Pied
Au fer a cheval
A la Batteuse de Trefle
Au bourrelier
Au razoir AmericainAu coq HardiCafe MaubeugeoisAux Quatrieme HussardsAu chat noir
Au Tambour majorA I'entr'acte
A la colombe denaisienne
Au repos des cochers
Cafe Bellevue
Cafe MulhonseHotel de I'Europe
A la gaiete
(tenancier, Meurdesoi
A la Fraternelle
20-100-0
Vin sans eau
Au vert BaudetAux neuf Fillettes
A la tete de boeuf
Hotel de FranceAu canon d'or
A la descente de la
jeunesse
Armentieres
Armentieres
CrepyRoellecourt
Rosult
HasnonDenainDenainDenainDenainDenainDenainDenainLille
Lille
Lille
Lille
Noeux les Mines
I
Ruitz
Coupelle Vieille
Arras
Arras
Abbeville
Abbeville
CrecyAmiens
f)
FOREIGN CAFli SIGNS
Hotel (lu Rhin
FOREIGN CAFfi SIGNS
Hotel GibbonHotel Beausejour
Hotel CommunalCafe des trois chasseurs
Au chasseur
Cafe de la Truite
Au cheval blanc
A la Turquie
LausanneLausanneFully
Monts de Fully
Frilly
Villeneuve
St. Blaise
Chessel
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114 NOTES20. 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 whitestrip down forehead to nose.
24. Alludes to a fabulous monster supposed to have been discoveredat St. Osyth, in Essex, in the reign of Henry the Second. (Lar-wood.)
25. The Grasshopper was the crest of Sir Thomas Gresham.and maystill 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 masonicemblem.
30. The Rainbow in Fleet Street has the reputation of being thesmallest licensed house in London.
31. Cock and Pymat. Synonymous with Cock and Magpie, or Cock andPie. Larwood also calls it Pynot.At the Cock and Pymot, Old VV'hittington, 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 weredispatched 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 Wiirtemburg.36. Best known as a landmark in the University boat race.
37. Said to derive its sign from Queen Elizabeth having shelteredthere. Called in parish books of 1586 'The Queen's Tree.' (Lar-wood.)
38. Larwood states that this sign is very rare. He gives it theepithet 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 sleevelessjacket, still worn by heralds.
42. Does this refer to the thirsty reputation of cobblers ?
43. Cravat. Derived from Croats. Introduced into France 1636.(Brewer.)
NOTES 115
44. A sign of great antiquity. It is found in 1562, and was probablyoriginally 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, Consortof Edward III. Also borne by Owen Glcndowcr.
40. 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 R'an
and Still was found as a herbalist's sign. (Dr. Brewer.)54. Lincolnshire seems very partial to blue ; wc 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 nagHis name was dapple greyHe would bring me to an alehouseA 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. F'rench—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 andCandlestick. v
64. Larwood also mentions : Crown and Woodpecker (corrupted fromWool Pack) ; Crown and F'an (a fanmaker's sign) ; Crown and Rasp(used by Fribourg and Treyer, tobacconists) ; Crown and Can; Crownand Tower ; Crown and Thistle.
ii6 NOTES
65. This sign refers to tlie Royal Champion's (Dymoke) appearanceat the Coronation ceremony.
66. This inn pays a quit rent of ^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. (Lai-wood.)
69. Supposed to be a corruption of Caton le Fidele. 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 aaeagle preying on a lamb.
74. (a) -Misreading of the words : God encompasseth us.
(6) Coat of arms of Cordwaiuers' Company ; the chevron corruptedinto 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; (fe) Pigewashail—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. Partof arms of Clothworkers' Company. Teazel—aii instrument
to brush velvet.
81. Larwood mentions this house, also : Swan and Rummer; Swanand Helmet ; Swan and Soldier (? Lohengrin) ; Swan and Hoop,Moorfields (Birthplace of Keats).
82. Occurs in Larwood's book.83. This sign, now e.xtinct, 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. .^t Winterslow Hut occurred the episode of the lioness attackingthe leaders of the Salisbury mail. The Coach and Horses, Clerkenwell,shows a pictorial signboard of this event.
86. Famousforitslivingsign.87. The Beehive, Abingdon, displays this rhyme :
Within this hive we're all alive
Good liquor makes us funnyIf you are dry step in and tryThe flavour of our honey.
88. Larwood calls this ' An alluring but maudlin Title.'
NOTES 117
89. Has the uacoitimon sight of a tombstone in the garden.
90. St. Rhadcgund, 521-587. A Christian lady. Queen of Franks.
Married to Clotaire I. Fete Aufjust 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.' C/ 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. "^he Dolphin, Norwich, stands on site of a bishop's palace.
The Dolphin in Bishopsgate is mentioned by Stowe i5i3,and probably
to this house Pepys repaired in 1661.
10 1. 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.ro2. 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 pene-
trated 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 fre-
quented by Shakespeare in 1595. (Larwood.)no. The Tudor Badge. Caubeseeu to-day in King'sCollegeChapel,
Cambridge.111. The Trade Mark of City of London Brewery Co.112. The Rummer. See note to Bear and Rummer (67).
ii8 NOTES1 1 3. 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. Alsothe Shoulder of Mutton and Cucumber.
115. This house is famous for the beefsteak pudding.n6. 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 onAgincourt Field, October 25, 14:5. 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 clf.'
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 withhis head under his arm.
122. From this inn in Aldermanbury a regular service of stagewagons 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 corruptionof 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 Lollardsperished.
.
131. Supposed to commemorate a soldier buried in Winchester whodied 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.
NOTES 119
139. The One Tun near Hungcrford Market is mentioned in a
newspaper of 171S.T40. Larwood mentioned this sign as depicting Jclni Wilkes, John
Home Tooke, and Sir John Glynn.141. Commemorates the two Lords Balmerino and KilmamooA-,
executed for their share in the rebellion of 1745. Lord Nithsda\e
escaped, disguised as a woman.142. Shows two grinning faces and underneath is written :
We Three Loggerheads beand 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 adjoininglead mines.
52. 1820-1887. The Swedish prima donna who married Mr. Gold-schmidt.
153. Alias Winchcombe—a renowned clothier who equipped athis own expense 100 men to flight at Flodden, 1523.
154. Stands at a Y-shaped corner, vulgarly called a ' Flat Iron.'
155. Represented as Headless. Larwood suggests a corruption ofheedless. C/. the virgins in the parable.
156. 157. Taken from Hogarth's print. Both this and the followinginn 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 aholiday.
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 ^ui-xote. (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 171 1. The sign commemorates the twotwin brothers of that name born in a wood near Orleans. They weresons of Bellisant and nephews of King Pepin. (Dr. Brewer.)
166. Larwood mentioned this iim and states that the sign com-memorates Christian IV., father-in-law of James I.—being so nearNewgate the landlord was wealthy.
I20 NOTES
167. Macaulay, quoted by Larwood, mentioned that on all sides
painters were touching up Admiral Vernon into K. of P. Frederickthe Great, the hero of Rosbach.
168. The Czar T'eter after his day's work resorted to a public-housein Great Tower Street, the sign was altered in his honour to theCzar of Muscovy Head. (Barrow's Life of Peter the Great.)
169. Dutch Graaf-—i.e. Count. Probably Maurice of Nassau, Princeof Orange, popular in this country on account of his opposition to theSpaniards in the Netherlands. (Larwood.)
170. Smoker. This sign painted by Miss Leighton alludes to aracehorse the property of Lord de Tabley.
171. Ostler. Sometimes spelt Hostler, derived from Frenchhosteller, hotelier ; has lost its original meaning of ihe ' landlord.'
172. This inn commemorates a famous foxhound, 1762, whoseexploits are set forth on the sign board.
173. Larwood mentioned this a sign of some antiquity. A birdboltwas an ancient implement for shooting at birds.
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