Phil's Buildings

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

East out of Houndsditch at No.106, adjoining the boundaries of Portsoken and Bishopsgate Wards. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).


Inhabited by clothiers and clothes dealers.

A Clothes' Market is held there.

Earliest mention: "Phill's Buildings" (Horwood, 1799).

Probably named after the owner or builder.

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