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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