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46 TALLIS S ILLUSTRATED LONDON J
ber and surgeon, was its first alderman. Since then the j
dimensions of Southwark have increased to a very great
degree, and the term of Bridge Ward "Without is only ap-
plicable to that part which is called the Borough, or High-
street. In describing Southwark, we cannot, as we have
done in our reviews of London and Westminster, notice
consecutively its leading streets and the ramifications
thereof; still Southwark, as a place of great antiquity and
modern traffic, contains many points of attraction deserv-
ing brief notice. In former days,: when the venerable
bridge of London was the only land thoroughfare in the
metropolis across the Thames, Southwark was the great
high road from Dover, and, indeed, the only avenue by
which from the Surrey side the City could be entered.
Hence those magnificent processions and regal pageants
<Sf which in olden times it was frequently the scene. Of
these none were more interesting than the calvacade of
pilgrims, who were wont at certain seasons to make a pil- I.
grimage from London to Canterbury to lay their offerings
upon the costly shrine of that arrogant prelate, but ca-
lionized saint in the Roman calendar, Thomas a Becket.
In consequence of such processions, High-street in the
borough abounded in taverns and inns. The Talbot
Inn at No. 75, is the relic of the old Tabard Inn.
The word Tabard means, a sleeveless coat open on both
sides, with a square collar, and winged at the shoulders,
worn by persons of rank in the wars, with their arms
painted on them that they might be known. The term
is now only used in heraldry. This inn was the favourite
rendezvous of the Canterbury pilgrims, whom both art
and poetry have contributed to immortalize. Chaucer
makes particular mention of this inn whence he says he de-
parted in company with nine-and-twenty jolly pilgrims to
the tomb of Becket. In 1676 the sign of the inn was
changed from the Tabard to the Talbot, and over the
gateway this inscription was subsequently placed. " This
is the inn where Sir Jeffry Chaucer, and nine-and-twenty
pilgrims, lodged, in their journey to Canterbury, in j:
ber and surgeon, was its first alderman. Since then the j
dimensions of Southwark have increased to a very great
degree, and the term of Bridge Ward "Without is only ap-
plicable to that part which is called the Borough, or High-
street. In describing Southwark, we cannot, as we have
done in our reviews of London and Westminster, notice
consecutively its leading streets and the ramifications
thereof; still Southwark, as a place of great antiquity and
modern traffic, contains many points of attraction deserv-
ing brief notice. In former days,: when the venerable
bridge of London was the only land thoroughfare in the
metropolis across the Thames, Southwark was the great
high road from Dover, and, indeed, the only avenue by
which from the Surrey side the City could be entered.
Hence those magnificent processions and regal pageants
<Sf which in olden times it was frequently the scene. Of
these none were more interesting than the calvacade of
pilgrims, who were wont at certain seasons to make a pil- I.
grimage from London to Canterbury to lay their offerings
upon the costly shrine of that arrogant prelate, but ca-
lionized saint in the Roman calendar, Thomas a Becket.
In consequence of such processions, High-street in the
borough abounded in taverns and inns. The Talbot
Inn at No. 75, is the relic of the old Tabard Inn.
The word Tabard means, a sleeveless coat open on both
sides, with a square collar, and winged at the shoulders,
worn by persons of rank in the wars, with their arms
painted on them that they might be known. The term
is now only used in heraldry. This inn was the favourite
rendezvous of the Canterbury pilgrims, whom both art
and poetry have contributed to immortalize. Chaucer
makes particular mention of this inn whence he says he de-
parted in company with nine-and-twenty jolly pilgrims to
the tomb of Becket. In 1676 the sign of the inn was
changed from the Tabard to the Talbot, and over the
gateway this inscription was subsequently placed. " This
is the inn where Sir Jeffry Chaucer, and nine-and-twenty
pilgrims, lodged, in their journey to Canterbury, in j: