Weavers' Hall
Names
- Weavers' Hall
- Weauers Hall
Street/Area/District
- Basinghall Street
Maps & Views
- 1720 London (Strype): Weavers' Hall
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Weavers Hall
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Weavers' Hall
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Weavers' Hall
On the east side of Basinghall Street at No. 22 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: "Weauers Hall" (S. ed. 1598, p. 226).
Formerly the Hall of the Weavers' Company. Burnt in the Fire 1666, and rebuilt. Used as a Presbyterian Meeting-house in the 17th century. Taken down 1856 and a block of merchants' offices built on the site and named "Weavers' Hall" to commemorate the old building.