[221] “Read’s Journal,” May 24, 1753; see also “Faulkner’s Chelsea.”
[227] Lady Chatterton, “Home Sketches,” vol. ii. p. 280.
[232] See “Haydon’s Diary,” November 14, 1837. Also vol. iii, p. 77.
[243] See “Autobiography of William Jerdan,” vol. ii., pp. 282–284.
[245a] “Cunningham’s Handbook of London.”
[245b] “Gentleman’s Magazine,” 1856.
[245c] See “Notes and Queries,” vol. i., p. 474.
[246] See Ben Jonson’s “Bartholomew Fair;” Greene’s “Tu Quoque;” “The City Madam;” “The Devil is an Ass;” “The City Match,” &c. &c.
[248] There was one at Bankside; also places so named are to be found in Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Cudham in Kent.
[257] In 1755, a 4to satirical tract was published, entitled “Jenny’s Whim; or, a Sure Guide to the Nobility, Gentry, and other Eminent Persons in this Metropolis.”