Talbot Court

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

1) East out of Gracechurch Street at No.55 (P.O. Directory) to Eastcheap. In Bridge Ward Within and Billingsgate Ward.


Earliest mention: 1672 (L. and P. Chas. II. D.S. XII. 541).

Named after the " Tabarde " inn (q.v.) there.

This sign of the "Tabarde" seems to have been changed to the "Talbot" in later times.

2) On Old Fish Street Hill (W. Stow, 1722-P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps.

3) In Fleet Street (P.C. 1732~Boyle, 1799).

Not named in the maps.

The talbot was a kind of hunting dog, and the Court was either named after that sign or it may have been the name of an owner or builder.

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