Mercers' Hall

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

On the north side of Cheapside at No. 86 (P.O. Directory). In Cheap Ward.


First mention: Licence granted to the Mercers to erect a chapel and hall next to St. Thomas of Acon's church in Cheapside, 11 H. VIII. 1519 (L. and P. H. VIII. III. Pt. 1, p. 122). The Company purchased the site of the hospital at its dissolution, temp. H. VIII.

Burnt in the Fire and rebuilt 1672.

Rebuilt 1879.

The master and brethren of the Hospital of St. Thomas of Acon sold to the Company as early as 1407 a chapel and a little room, "la sale del Mercerie" (Watney, 36).

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