Girdlers' Hall

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

On the east side of Basinghall Street at No. 39 (P.O. Directory).


First mention: Common Hall of the men of the Mistery of Girdlers in the Ward of Bassyngeshawe, 17 H. VI. 1438-9 (Cal. L. Bk. K. p. 220).

Burnt in the Fire 1666 and rebuilt 1681-2. Restored and altered 1878-9.

The site on which the Hall was erected seems to have been in or near "Moundevyle" or Middleton Alley, as a parcel of land in that alley was given to the Girdlers of London by Robert Belgrave, girdler, by his will 1520-1 (Ct. H.W. II. 628).

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