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In this section
- King's Arms Tavern
- King's Arms Yard
- King's Arms Yard
- King's Arms Yard
- King's Arms Yard
- King's Arms Yard
- King's Arms Yard
- King's Bench
- King's Bench Office
- King's Bench Walk
- King's Brewhouse (The)
- King's College Rents
- King's Court
- King's Court
- King's Court
- King's Head
- King's Head
- King's Head
- King's Head (The), Cheapside
- King's Head (The), Newgate Street
King's Arms Tavern
On the south side of Newgate Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 195).
Not named in the maps.
King's Arms Yard
In Lothbury (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
King's Arms Yard
North out of Snow Hill, near Holborn Bridge, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-N. and Q. 1849-50, Vol. 1).
The inn stood at the north end of the yard and had a passage into Chick Lane. It was a famous coaching inn.
Removed for the formation of Holborn Viaduct and its approaches.
King's Arms Yard
East out of Coleman Street at No. 49, across Moorgate Street to Tokenhouse Yard (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street and Coleman Street Wards.
First mention : W. Stow, 1722.
Former names : "Kings Armes Court" (O. and M. 1677, to Strype, ed. 1755). "Kingshead Court" (Leake, 1666).
King's Arms Yard
In Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755).
Not named in the maps.
King's Arms Yard
In Chick Lane (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
The inn seems to have stood between Snow Hill and Chick Lane.
See King's Arms Yard, Snow Hill below.
King's Arms Yard
East out of Whitecross Street at No. 40, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720-Elmes, 1831).
Called : "King's Head Court" in O. and M. 1677, and Horwood, 1799.
Removed for the formation of the Metropolitan Railway lines.
King's Bench
See Prisons.
King's Bench Office
At the southern end of King's Bench Walk, Temple (Strype, 1720, Horwood, 1799).
See King's Bench Walk.
Erected 1621 (Inner Temple Records, II. xxxvi.).
Destroyed by fire in 1677 (H. MSS. Com. Ormond, IV. 45).
King's Bench Walk
On the north side of the Temple Gardens, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory).
First mention : O. and M. 1677.
In the 18th century the King's Bench Office (q.v.) stood there, containing the Records of the Court, now in the Record Office.
The King's Bench Buildings were destroyed by fire in 1677 (H. MSS. Com. Ormond, IV. 45).
King's Brewhouse (The)
East out of St. Katherine's in East Smithfield (Rocque, 1746).
Site now occupied by warehouses.
King's College Rents
By Church Hill, Carter Lane (P.C. 1732).
"King's College Lane," Bristol Street, in Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799.
Not named in the maps.
King's Court
North out of Half Moon Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Lockie, 1816).
Site now occupied by Liverpool Street Station and the railway lines.
King's Court
In Milk Street (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
King's Court
South out of Angell Alley. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (O.S. 1880).
The site is now occupied by Liverpool Street Station.
King's Head
Parish of St. Gregory.
A capital messuage, in parish of St. Gregory, in ward of Castle Baynard, now called "the Kinges Hedde" and lately known by the name of the "Sarsyns Heedd," 6 Eliz. 1564 (Lond. I. p.m. II. 26).
See King's Head Court, St. Paul's Churchyard.
King's Head
Messuage called "Le Signe of the Kinges Hedd" in Abchurche Lane in parish of Blessed Mary Abchurche, 30 Eliz. 1588 (Lond. I. p.m. III. p. 132).
No further mention.
King's Head
Mentioned in bounds of parish of St. Andrew Undershaft, etc. (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 63).
Not further identified.
King's Head (The), Cheapside
See Crowned Seld (The).
King's Head (The), Newgate Street
See Queen's Head Passage.