The Pawne

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

In the Royal Exchange (S. 194).


A corridor or pawn above the cloister. A covered walk on the south side of the Exchange.

Word derived from Dutch "pandt," originally meaning a covered cloister and now used for a store or shop. There was a Pawne or Exchange at Durham House, Strand, 1008 (Kingsford's Stow, II. 303).