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London Signs and Inscriptions

Chapter 4: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
By Philip Norman
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The author surveys sculptured and painted house signs, carved crests, dates, and inscriptions found across London, recording surviving examples, lost specimens, and their historical associations. He documents artistic and heraldic motifs on buildings, traces changes in streets and suburbs from the City to Islington and Clerkenwell, and discusses how urban development has removed gardens, houses, and signs. Entries include descriptions, probable origins, legends, and museum-held relics, with attention to conservation, aesthetic value, and the potential for architectural sculpture to preserve local memory.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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FISH SHOP IN CHEYNE WALK frontispiece
BOY AND PANYER, PANYER ALLEY 4
NAKED BOY, PIE CORNER 8
THREE KINGS, LAMBETH HILL 27
HALF MOON, HIGH STREET, SOUTHWARK 41
HALF MOON, HOLYWELL STREET 45
BOAR’S HEAD, EASTCHEAP 51
DOG AND DUCK, ST. GEORGE’S FIELDS, SOUTHWARK 67
MARKS FOUND ON OLD LONDON BRIDGE 73
HARE AND SUN, HIGH STREET, SOUTHWARK 78
COCK AND SNAKES, CHURCH STREET, CHELSEA 89
COCK, FLEET STREET 103
BELL, KNIGHTRIDER STREET 108
FEATHERS, ST. PAUL’S CHURCHYARD 111
MITRE, HATTON GARDEN 116
LEOPARD, BUDGE ROW 125
ROYAL ARMS, NEWCOMEN STREET, SOUTHWARK 136
INSCRIPTION, DENZELL STREET 150
TABLET, GREAT JAMES STREET 163
TABLET, MOUNT PLEASANT 164
TABLET, UNION STREET, SOUTHWARK 165
TABLET, WALBROOK 166
INSCRIPTION, KING’S CROSS ROAD 195
NOS. 8 AND 9 GREAT ST. HELEN’S 201
PART OF THE OLD HOUSE IN GREAT ST. HELEN’S, FROM A MEASURED DRAWING 204