...change of name which then took place. Aubrey, writing a little after the period of the fire, says, "The ignorant landlord, or tenant, instead of the...ancient sign of the Tabard, put up the Talbot, or dog!" and " on the frieze of the beam" was then the inscription, which, however, he does not say was then...

...that the Tabard changed its name to the Talbot. "The ignorant landlord, or tenant," says Aubrey, " instead of the ancient sign of the Tabard, put up the Talbot, or dog ;" the name by which it continues to be distinguished in our own time. To the south east of London...

...1703, when the inscription was transferred to the gateway. The sign was changed about 1676, when, says Aubrey, '* the ignorant landlord or tenant, instead...ancient sign of the Tabard, put up the Talbot, or dog!" The buildings of Chancer'a time have disappeared, but were standing in 1602 : the oldest remaining...

...Margaret (now part of St. Saviour's), Southwark. Aubrey, the historian of Surrey, in 1719 says : " The ignorant landlord or tenant, instead of the ancient sign of ' The Tabard,' put up ' The Talbot,' a species of dog, and on the frieze of the beam supporting the sign was this s A valuable periodical...

...conflagration, second only in its greatness to the well-known fire of London ten years before. About six hundred houses were burnt, or blown up for the...before the fire it was an old timber house, "probably coë val with Chaucer's time." It was probably this old part, facing the street, which was burnt. In...

...across the road, whence swung the sign, removed in 1763. The sign was changed about 1676, when, says Aubrey, " the ignorant landlord or tenant, instead...ancient sign of the Tabard, put up the Talbot, or dog !" The last of the oldest buildings was of the age of Elizabeth ; and the most interesting portion...

...inn of Chaucer's time, which existed before the fire, was a timber house, adds that after the fire, ' the ignorant landlord, or tenant, instead of the ancient sign of the Tabard, put up the Talbot, or dog.' I think we can understand how this may have happened. When the inn has been rebuilt, it finds a new...

...inn of Chaucer's time, which existed before the fire, was a timber house, adds that after the fire, ' the ignorant landlord, or tenant, instead of the ancient sign of the Tabard, put up the Talbot, or dog.' I think we can understand how this may have happened. When the inn has been rebuilt, it finds a new...

...the Tabard to the Talbot would seem to be 1676. " The ignorant landlord, or tenant," writes Aubrey, " instead of the ancient sign of the Tabard, put up the Talbot, or dog." To the south east of London Bridge lies the populous district of Bermondsey. Here in ancient times...

...which the inn was partially destroyed, and Aubrey, writing about it some years after, says : — " The ignorant landlord or tenant, instead of the ancient sign of the Tabard, put up the Talbot, a dog." The Talbot, a white hound, was the cognizance of the ancient house of Shrewsbury, which may...