Dolphin Inn
Names
- Dolphin Inn
- le Dolphyn
- Dolphyn extra Bysshopysgate
Street/Area/District
- Dolphin Yard
Maps & Views
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Dolphin Inn
On the east side of Bishopsgate Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (S. 167–Boyle, 1799).
Tenement called "le Dolphyn" in parish of St. Botolph without Bisshoppesgate, 38 H. VIII. 1547 (L. and P. H. VIII. xxi. Pt. 2, p. 415).
The inn seems to have been taken down towards the end of the 18th century and & Friends' Meeting House (q.v.) erected on the site.
from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)
Dolphin inn, on the Ely side of Bishopsgate str. without, near the end of Houndsditch.
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
[Dolphin Inn.] Near unto this [Magpye] Alley is the Dolphin, an old Inn, very large, and of a good Receipt.
from London Signs, by Bryant Lillywhite (1972)
"Dolphyn extra Bysshopysgate" 1418–40; "le Dolphyn" in parish of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate 1513–47; Dolphin without Bishopsgate 1590s–cl760s–80s.