By JOHN TIMBS, F.S.A.

IN TWO VOLUMES.—VOL. II.

LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET
Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
1866.

PRINTED BY
JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR, LITTLE QUEEN STREET,
LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS.

CONTENTS.


Coffee-houses.
Page
EARLY COFFEE-HOUSES[1]
GARRAWAY'S COFFEE-HOUSE[6]
JONATHAN'S COFFEE-HOUSE[11]
RAINBOW COFFEE-HOUSE[14]
NANDO'S COFFEE-HOUSE[18]
DICK'S COFFEE-HOUSE[20]
THE "LLOYD'S" OF THE TIME OF CHARLES II[21]
LLOYD'S COFFEE-HOUSE[24]
THE JERUSALEM COFFEE-HOUSE[30]
BAKER'S COFFEE-HOUSE[30]
COFFEE-HOUSES OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY[31]
COFFEE-HOUSE SHARPERS IN 1776[42]
DON SALTERO'S COFFEE-HOUSE[44]
SALOOP-HOUSES[48]
THE SMYRNA COFFEE-HOUSE[49]
ST. JAMES'S COFFEE-HOUSE[50]
THE BRITISH COFFEE-HOUSE[55]
WILL'S COFFEE-HOUSE[56]
BUTTON'S COFFEE-HOUSE[64]
DEAN SWIFT AT BUTTON'S[73]
TOM'S COFFEE-HOUSE[75]
THE BEDFORD COFFEE-HOUSE, IN COVENT GARDEN[76]
MACKLIN'S COFFEE-HOUSE ORATORY[82]
TOM KING'S COFFEE-HOUSE[84]
PIAZZA COFFEE-HOUSE[87]
THE CHAPTER COFFEE-HOUSE[88]
CHILD'S COFFEE-HOUSE[90]
LONDON COFFEE-HOUSE[92]
TURK'S HEAD COFFEE-HOUSE, IN CHANGE ALLEY[93]
SQUIRE'S COFFEE-HOUSE[96]
SLAUGHTER'S COFFEE-HOUSE[99]
WILL'S AND SERLE'S COFFEE-HOUSES[104]
THE GRECIAN COFFEE-HOUSE[105]
GEORGE'S COFFEE-HOUSE[107]
THE PERCY COFFEE-HOUSE[108]
PEELE'S COFFEE-HOUSE[109]
Taverns.
THE TAVERNS OF OLD LONDON[110]
THE BEAR AT THE BRIDGE-FOOT[122]
MERMAID TAVERNS[124]
THE BOAR'S HEAD TAVERN[124]
THREE CRANES IN THE VINTRY[128]
LONDON STONE TAVERN[128]
THE ROBIN HOOD[129]
PONTACK'S, ABCHURCH LANE[130]
POPE'S HEAD TAVERN[131]
THE OLD SWAN, THAMES-STREET[132]
COCK TAVERN, THREADNEEDLE-STREET[133]
CROWN TAVERN, THREADNEEDLE-STREET[134]
THE KING'S HEAD TAVERN, IN THE POULTRY[135]
THE MITRE, IN WOOD-STREET[141]
THE SALUTATION AND CAT TAVERN[142]
"SALUTATION" TAVERNS[144]
QUEEN'S ARMS, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD[145]
DOLLY'S, PATERNOSTER ROW[146]
ALDERSGATE TAVERNS[147]
"THE MOURNING CROWN"[150]
JERUSALEM TAVERNS, CLERKENWELL[150]
WHITE HART TAVERN, BISHOPSGATE WITHOUT[152]
THE MITRE, IN FENCHURCH-STREET[154]
THE KING'S HEAD, FENCHURCH-STREET[155]
THE ELEPHANT, FENCHURCH-STREET[156]
THE AFRICAN, ST. MICHAEL'S ALLEY[157]
THE GRAVE MAURICE TAVERN[159]
MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY, SPITALFIELDS[160]
GLOBE TAVERN, FLEET-STREET[161]
THE DEVIL TAVERN[162]
THE YOUNG DEVIL TAVERN[169]
COCK TAVERN, FLEET-STREET[170]
THE HERCULES' PILLARS TAVERNS[171]
HOLE-IN-THE-WALL TAVERNS[173]
THE MITRE, IN FLEET-STREET[175]
SHIP TAVERN, TEMPLE BAR[177]
THE PALSGRAVE HEAD, TEMPLE BAR[178]
HEYCOCK'S, TEMPLE BAR[178]
THE CROWN AND ANCHOR, STRAND[179]
THE CANARY-HOUSE, IN THE STRAND[180]
THE FOUNTAIN TAVERN[181]
TAVERN LIFE OF SIR RICHARD STEELE[182]
CLARE MARKET TAVERNS[184]
THE CRAVEN HEAD, DRURY LANE[185]
THE COCK TAVERN, IN BOW-STREET[187]
THE QUEEN'S HEAD, BOW-STREET[188]
THE SHAKSPEARE TAVERN[189]
SHUTER, AND HIS TAVERN PLACES[191]
THE ROSE TAVERN, COVENT GARDEN[192]
EVANS'S, COVENT GARDEN[194]
THE FLEECE, COVENT GARDEN[196]
THE BEDFORD HEAD, COVENT GARDEN[197]
THE SALUTATION, TAVISTOCK STREET[197]
THE CONSTITUTION TAVERN, COVENT GARDEN[199]
THE CIDER CELLAR[199]
OFFLEY'S, HENRIETTA-STREET[201]
THE RUMMER TAVERN[202]
SPRING GARDEN TAVERNS[204]
"HEAVEN" AND "HELL" TAVERNS, WESTMINSTER[206]
"BELLAMY'S KITCHEN"[208]
A COFFEE-HOUSE CANARY BIRD[210]
STAR AND GARTER, PALL MALL[211]
THATCHED HOUSE TAVERN[217]
"THE RUNNING FOOTMAN," MAY FAIR[219]
PICCADILLY INNS AND TAVERNS[221]
ISLINGTON TAVERNS[224]
COPENHAGEN HOUSE[229]
TOPHAM, THE STRONG MAN, AND HIS TAVERNS[232]
THE CASTLE TAVERN, HOLBORN[234]
MARYLEBONE AND PADDINGTON TAVERNS[236]
KENSINGTON AND BROMPTON TAVERNS[242]
KNIGHTSBRIDGE TAVERNS[249]
RANELAGH GARDENS[255]
CREMORNE TAVERN AND GARDENS[257]
THE MULBERRY GARDEN[258]
PIMLICO TAVERNS[259]
LAMBETH,—VAUXHALL TAVERNS AND GARDENS, ETC.[260]
FREEMASONS' LODGES[263]
WHITEBAIT TAVERNS[267]
THE LONDON TAVERN[274]
THE CLARENDON HOTEL[279]
FREEMASONS' TAVERN, GREAT QUEEN-STREET[280]
THE ALBION, ALDERSGATE-STREET[283]
ST. JAMES'S HALL[284]
THEATRICAL TAVERNS[285]
APPENDIX.
BEEFSTEAK SOCIETY[286]
WHITE'S CLUB[287]
THE ROYAL ACADEMY CLUB[289]
DESTRUCTION OF TAVERNS BY FIRE[290]
THE TZAR OF MUSCOVY'S HEAD, TOWER-STREET[291]
ROSE TAVERN, TOWER-STREET[292]
THE NAG'S HEAD TAVERN, CHEAPSIDE[293]
THE HUMMUMS, COVENT GARDEN[295]
ORIGIN OF TAVERN SIGNS[296]
INDEX TO THE FIRST VOLUME[305]
INDEX TO THE SECOND VOLUME[313]