Part 1
Transcriber's Note: Note 127 does not exist in this book.
Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed.
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A COLLECTION OF HOTEL, INN, AND TAVERN SIGNS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, TO WHICH ARE ADDED A FEW FOREIGN CAFÉ SIGNS
CLASSIFIED BY
G. A. TOMLIN
SPOTTISWOODE, BALLANTYNE & CO. LTD. 1 NEW-STREET SQUARE, LONDON, E. C. 4 1922
_The Compiler wishes to express his great thanks to Miss E. P. Harrison for her courtesy in allowing him to use not only the title but her large collection of names._
_He also desires to state his indebtedness to the standard work of Messrs. Larwood and Hotten for much valuable information, and further to thank the many friends who have told him of signs both odd and otherwise._
FOREWORD
(_After a writer 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
PAGE
AGRICULTURAL 1
ANATOMY 3
ANIMALS AND INSECTS 7
ARMS (Selected) 11
ASTRONOMICAL 20
BIRDS 21
BOTANY 23
CLOTHING 28
COLOURS 29
COMPOUNDS--BELLS 34
COMPOUNDS--CROWNS 34
COMPOUNDS--CURIOUS 36
DWELLING PLACES 44
ECCLESIASTICAL 49
EXPRESSIONS, PHRASES, AND PROVERBS 51
FISH 54
GEOGRAPHICAL 55
GOLDEN 61
SILVER 62
HOUSE AND TABLE 62
INDUSTRY AND IMPLEMENTS 64
MILITARY 68
MUSIC 70
NATURE 72
NAUTICAL 73
NEW 77
NUMERICAL 79
OLD, THE 82
PEOPLE 86
POETRY AND LITERATURE 93
POTENTATES 94
RAILWAYS 99
SPORTS, GAMES, PASTIMES 100
THE MOST ANCIENT INNS 104
THE HIGHEST INNS 105
INNS WITH "GALLOWS" SIGNS 105
SIGNS PAINTED BY WELL-KNOWN ARTISTS 105
INNS FAMOUS FOR ARCHITECTURE 106
FOREIGN CAFÉ SIGNS 107
NOTES 113
(_e_) _Signifies licence extinct._
(*) _Signifies a pictorial sign._
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AGRICULTURAL
The Agricultural Penrith
The Harvest Home Oakington
The Plough Sutton, Suffolk
The Fen Plough Chatteris
The Ploughshare Beeston
The Plough and Fleece Cockfield
The Plough and Sickle Nottingham
The Plough and Harrow Cambridge
The Harrow Langley, Bucks
The Ploughboy Lincoln
The Farmer's Boy Brickendon
The Jolly Farmer Bagshot
The Jolly Farmers Bengeo
The Jolly Dealers Rockland All Saints
The Jolly Gardener Rochdale
The Jolly Gardeners Soham
The Market Gardener Barnes
The Yeoman Poole
The Kentish Yeoman Tunbridge Wells
The Graziers Wakefield
The Shepherd Doddinghurst
The Shepherd and Shepherdess Aldenham Street
The Shepherd and Flock Farnham
The Shepherd and Dog Foxhall
The Quiet Shepherd Hollins
The Sheep Shearers Knebworth
The Fold Gate Stradsett
The Dog and Crook Braishfield
The Hurdle Horningtoft
The Fleece Richmond, Yorks
The John Barleycorn Coton, _note_ 1
The Barley Mow Witnesham, _note_ 2
The Drovers Darlington
The Little Drover Bow
The Cowherds Southampton
The Cow and Pail Ipswich
The Jolly Waggoner Ewell
The Jolly Waggoners Hersham
The Kentish Waggoners Borough
The Waggon Wix
The Waggon and Horses Ipswich
The Jolly Carter Middleton
The Cart and Horses Shalford
The Cart Overthrown Edmonton
The Dray and Horses Tottenhill
The Horse and Sacks Harrow Road
The Horse and Dorsers City, _note_ 3
The Horse and Chains Bushey
The Horse and Gear Elston
The Horse and Farrier Penrith
The Horse and Harrow West Hagborne
The Horse and Drill Cirencester
The Haycock Wansford, _note_ 4
The Hay Field Mile End
The Load of Hay Paddington
The Hay Cutters Oxted
The Hay Makers Chesterton
The Harvest Man Amber Hill
The Labourers' Union Burton-on-Trent
The Bushel Grimstone
The Bushel and Strike Royston, _note_ 5
The Drill Squirrel's Heath
The Mill Stamford
The Millstone Stamford
The Wind Mill Bourne
The Water Mill Wivelsfield
The Market Durham
The Cattle Market King's Lynn
The Drover's Call Gainsborough
ANATOMY
_Hands._
The Hand Chirk
The Cross Hands Fishponds
The Bird in Hand Carlisle
The Bird i' th' Hand Scholes
The Book in Hand Mablethorpe
The Friend in Hand Hounslow
The Flower in Hand Norwich
The Hammer in Hand Brigg
The Hand in Hand Boxhill
The Hat in Hand Portsea
The Spear in Hand Norwich
The Sword in Hand Bury St. Edmunds
The Hand and Cleaver Ranton
The Hand and Crown Oxford Street
The Hand and Flower Addison Bridge, _note_ 6
The Hand and Glove Windsor
The Hand and Marigold Bermondsey
The Hand and Mace Kingston-on-Thames
The Hand and Racquet Whitcombe Street
The Hand and Shears Cloth Fair
The Hand and Spear Weybridge
The Hand and Shuttle Padiham
The Hand and Sceptre Tunbridge Wells
_Hearts_.
The Bleeding Heart Hatton Garden, _note_ 7
The Heart in Hand Winchester
The Heart and Hand Brighton
The Hearts of Gold Durham
The Hearts of Oak Cambridge, _note_ 8
_Bones_.
The Bones Gate Epsom, _note_ 9
The Blade Bone Bethnal Green
The Whale Bone Hull
St. Peter's Finger Lytchett Minster, _note_ 10
_Heads._
The St. Andrew's Head Stepney
The St. Edmund's Head Ipswich
The St. Luke's Head Old Street
The King's Head Gunnerside*
The Queen's Head Brandeston
The King Alfred's Head Newington
The King Charles' Head Goring Heath*
The King Harold's Head Nazeing
The Admiral's Head Bealings
The Nelson's Head St. Ives, Hunts.
The Black's Head Gainsborough
The Negro's Head Cotton, _note_ 11
The Saracen's Head Southwell, _note_ 12
The Turk's Head Hasketon
The Barnardiston Head Kedington
The Beckford Head Old Street
The Bedford Head Maiden Lane, _note_ 13
The Burns Head Hull
The Birches' Head Hanley
The Bear's Head Brereton
The Boar's Head Cannon Street
The Bull's Head Barnes
The Buffalo's Head Puckeridge
The Butler's Head Telegraph Street
The Camel's Head Devonport
The Calf's Head Worston
The Duke's Head Walton-on-Thames
The Druid's Head Kingston-on-Thames
The Essex Head Essex Street
The Friar's Head Ipswich
The Goat's Head Lichfield
The Griffin's Head Mears Ashby
The Garrick Head Portsmouth
The Hind's Head Aldermaston
The Hart's Head Giggleswick
The Kemble's Head Longacre
The Lion's Head Ipswich
The Lode's Head Wiggenhall, _note_ 14
The Marlborough Head Saxtead
The Milton's Head Nottingham
The Maid's Head Norwich
The Maiden's Head Uckfield
The Newby Head Ingleton
The Nag's Head Holloway
The Parr's Head Camden Town
The Pitt's Head Little Stanhope Street
The Paxton Head Knightsbridge
The Prince's Head Buckingham Street
The Princess' Head Tenby
The Pope's Head Norwich (_e_), _note_ 15
The Rodney Head Mile End
The Ram's Head Longton
The Stag's Head Swalescliffe
The Squirrel's Head Romford
The Wilkes Head St. Ives, Hunts, _note_ 16
The Wallace Head Blandford Street
The Whitmore Head Hoxton
ANIMALS AND INSECTS
The Zoological Hull
The Dog Bedfield
The Barking Dogs Tabernacle Street
The Pointer Alresford
The Pointers Newchurch
The Spaniel Dog New Tisson Street
The Hound Stradishall
The Fox Hound Five Head
The Greyhound Richmond, Surrey
The Greyhound Pup Ryde
The Talbot Ripley, _note_ 17
The Dog and Badger Medmenham
The Dog and Bull Croydon
The Dog and Fox Wimbledon
The Horse Bishop Burton
The Arabian Horse New Lakenham
The Bleeding Horse Ramsbury
The Flying Horse Pitfield Street
The Pegasus Hornsey
The Rampant Horse Needham Market
The Wild Horse Burnham Market
The Sumpter Horse Penwortham, _note_ 18
The Pack Horse Staines
The Pack Horse and Talbot Hammersmith
The Shetland Pony Clenchwarton (_e_)
The Fox and Pony South Cove
The Fox and Yorkshire Grey Whitechapel
The Fox Newbourne
The Intrepid Fox Soho
The Wheatland Fox Wenlock
The Fox under the Hill Denmark Hill
The Young Fox Bath
The Fox and Cubs Lilley
The Fox's Brush Ropsley
The Cat Whitecross Street
The Civet Cat Kensington (_e_), _note_ 19
The Cat and Lion Stretton
The Cat and Tiger Sevenoaks
The Boar Great Ryborough
The Hampshire Hog Hammersmith
The Hog in the Pound Oxford Street, _note_ 20
The Grunting Hog St. Ives, Hunts, _note_ 21
The Sow and Pigs Thundridge
The Bull Woodbridge*
The Little Bull Spalding
The Winged Bull Rake
The Bull and Dog Stokesley
The Ox Lintz Green
The Durham Ox Grantham, _note_ 22
The Brocklesby Ox Ulceby
The Ketton Ox Yarm
The Wild Ox Stockton
The Buffalo Islington
The Cow and Calf Eastcheap
The Heifer Norwich
The Airedale Heifer Keighley
The Craven Heifer Stainforth
The Wensleydale Heifer West Witton
The Zebra Ipswich
The Giraffe Kennington
The Unicorn Richmond, Yorks
The Lion and Unicorn Wellington
The Lion Barking
The Lion in the Wood High Wycombe
The Ramping Lion Huntingdon
The Lion and Lamb Ardleigh
The Tiger Tower Dock
The Tigress Hull
The Leopard Ipswich
The Panther Bethnal Green
The Elephant Pangbourne
The Buck Reeth*
The Buck and Dog Stockport
The Running Buck Ipswich
The Wounded Hart Norwich
The Hart's Horns Knaresborough
The Horns Kennington
The Stag Little Easton
The Royal Stag Datchet
The Bald Faced Stag Finchley, _note_ 23
The Hunted Stag Bury St. Edmunds
The Antelope Cobham
The Roebuck Tottenham
The Reindeer Banbury
The Rabbit Cambridge
The Hare Leavesden Green
The Lamb and Hare Kennington
The Lamb Ely
The Wiltshire Lamb Southsea
The Ram Tidworth
The Goat Deeping St. James
The Royal Goat Bedgelert
The Ibex Chadleworth
The Wolf Dedworth
The Griffin Norwich
The Monster Pimlico
The Phoenix Taunton
The Polar Bear Hull
The Grampus King's Lynn
The Crocodile Norwich
The Porcupine Charing Cross Road
The Sea Horse Ipswich
The Squirrel Wellington
The Otter Ottershaw
The Beaver Beverley
The Cockatrice Norton Subcourse (_e_)
The Essex Serpent Covent Garden, _note_ 24
The Bee Abergele
The Busy Bee Bradford
The Grasshopper Oxted, _note_ 25
The Midge Hatton
ARMS (SELECTED)
The Albert Arms Farnworth
The Aston Arms Market Rasen
The Abingdon Arms Thame
The Althorpe Arms Warwick
The Ashburnham Arms Hastings
The Affleck Arms Dalham
The Anson Arms South Town
The Abergavenny Arms Kemp Town
The Ailesbury Arms Marlborough
The Amhurst Arms Riverhead
The Abercorn Arms Stanmore
The Assheton Arms Middleton
The Askew Arms Ealing
The Ashley Arms Walton-on-Thames
The Anstey Arms Poole
The Acland Arms Exeter
The Alford Arms Frithsden
The Arundel Arms Tipton
The Buckinghamshire Arms Blickling
The Bankes Arms Studland
The Bent Arms Lingfield
The Bedford Arms Watford
The Bancroft Arms Mile End
The Boyne Arms Burwarton
The Bridgewater Arms Little Gaddesden*
The Blenheim Arms Ramilies Street
The Beauchamp Arms Dywock
The Barne Arms Dunwich*
The Bedingfield Arms Eye*
The Bolton Arms Leyburn*
The Biddulph Arms Ledbury
The Barnardiston Arms Kedington
The Bristol Arms Shotley*
The Bunbury Arms Great Barton
The Baker Arms Bayfordbury
The Baker's Arms Farnham
The Builders' Arms Walton-on-Thames
The Butchers' Arms Bruisyard
The Boat Builders' Arms Reading
The Brickmakers' Arms Ipswich
The Brushmakers' Arms Leeds
The Boilermakers' Arms Norwich
The Blacksmiths' Arms North Weald
The Bricklayers' Arms Hersham
The Brewers' Arms Stonham
The Cross Keys Bellerby, _note_ 26
The Carters' Arms Middleton
The Carriers' Arms South Marston
The Curriers' Arms Norwich
The Coopers' Arms Beachamwell
The Carpenters' Arms Windsor
The Cricketers' Arms Norwich
The Coachmakers' Arms Watford
The Colliers' Arms Rock
The Clothiers' Arms Hocksmoor
The Coalminers' Arms Swadlincote
The College Arms Hertford Heath
The Cavalry Arms Birchamcliffe
The Corporation Arms Pontefract
The Castle Arms Warwick
The City Arms Esher
The Caledonian Arms Sunderland
The County Arms Hounslow
The Cadogan Arms Chelsea
The Colville Arms Chelsea
The Caxton Arms Beccles
The Culford Arms Ingham
The Cavendish Arms Barrow
The Chandos Arms Edgware
The Clarendon Arms Watford
The Cranley Arms Fulham Road
The Coburg Arms Esher
The Dundas Arms Kintbury
The Dartmouth Arms Kentish Town
The Dysart Arms Ham
The Devonshire Arms Notting Hill
The Durell Arms Fulham
The Drayton Arms Brompton
The Dyers' Arms Cannon Street
The Druids' Arms Penrith
The Dorset Arms East Grinstead
The Derby Arms Sheen
The Dimsdale Arms Hertford
The Daniel Arms Truro
The Ellison Arms Jarrow
The Exeter Arms Stamford
The Engineers' Arms Swindon
The Floral Arms Slough
The Fullers' Arms Berwick
The Footballers' Arms Burnley
The Foresters' Arms Ascot
The Farriers' Arms Bunwell
The Farmers' Arms Muker
The Fishmongers' Arms Cley
The Factory Arms Berwick
The Foundry Arms Poole
The Fishers' Arms Blackburn
The Fanciers' Arms Norwich
The Fife Arms Braemar
The Finborough Arms Fulham
The Fitzroy Arms Cambridge
The Falkland Arms Newbury
The FitzWilliam Arms Stamford
The Garden Arms Bedford
The Gardeners' Arms Haning
The Glovers' Arms Yeovil
The Glaziers' Arms Ely
The Gregorian Arms Jamaica Road
The Golddiggers' Arms Peckham
The Gravediggers' Arms Uxbridge
The Gordon Arms Elgin
The Gladstone Arms Stowupland
The Gunter Arms Fulham Road
The Grosvenor Arms Newmarket
The Haberdashers' Arms Pitfield Street
The Hotpressers' Arms Norwich
The Hunters' Arms Middleton
The Hufflers' Arms Wilmington
The Hoste Arms Burnham Market
The Herschel Arms Slough
The Harewood Arms Northallerton
The Hare Arms Stow Bardolph
The Hoskins Arms Oxted
The Hardwicke Arms Arrington
The Havelock Arms Hertford Heath
The Ince Arms Euxton
The Ivor Arms Brynnsadler
The Ipswich Arms Ipswich
The Ironmongers' Arms Norwich
The Jubilee Arms Islington
The Joiners' Arms Thwaite
The Jerningham Arms Shifnal
The Keigwin Arms Mousehole
The Kimberley Arms Norwich
The King's Arms Woodbridge
The Lord Arran's Arms New Bond Street
The Lord Conyers' Arms Wales
The Lord Monson's Arms Tottenham Street
The Lord Howe's Arms Leicester
The Lord Somers' Arms Stibbington Street
The Lady Owen's Arms Goswell Road
The Leathersellers' Arms Watford
The Lovat Arms Beauly
The Lytton Arms Knebworth
The Lowther Arms Penrith
The Lincoln Arms King's Cross
The Lillie Arms West Brompton
The Leicester Arms Penshurst
The Luttrell Arms Dunster
The Lygon Arms Broadway
The Leeds Arms Cleethorpes
The Duke of Leeds' Arms Dewsbury
The Lansdowne Arms Calne
The Liverpool Arms Norbiton
The Lyttleton Arms Hagley
The Montagu Arms Langley, Bucks
The Montague Arms Blackburn
The Millers' Arms Healey
The Minders' Arms Oldham
The Miners' Arms Gunnerside (_e_)
The Masons' Arms Louth
The Mariners' Arms King's Lynn
The Mechanics' Arms Glossop
The Merton Arms Cambridge
The Manners' Arms Grantham
The Manvers' Arms Lincoln
The Navy Arms Truro
The Norfolk Arms Burwood Place
The Norwich Arms King's Lynn
The Northumberland Arms Putney
The Needlemakers' Arms Ilkeston