Names: and Their Meaning

Why is it called Lloyd's? Why the Green Man? Leopold Wagner traced the origins of everything the Victorians had a name for — countries, tavern signs, flowers, wines, London streets, nicknames and battles — and found a story behind nearly all of them.

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London Streets and Squares: Swan

Swan Alley, E.C., 264 Swan, The, 81 Swan with Two Necks, The, 187 Swedish Nightingale, 196 Sweepstake, 211, Sweetbriar, 118 Switzerland, 41 Sydenham, 161 T.

Tabard, The, 187 Taffeta, 177 Taffety, 177 Taffy, 94 Tailor, 231 Tailor-bird, 98 Talbot, The, 79 Talbotype, 185 Tally, 256 Tally Ho! The, 80 Tallyman, 256 Tammany Ring, 115 Tankard, The, 85 Tapestry, 179 Tarantella, 143 Tarantula Spider, 143 Tarlatan, 176 Tasmania, 52 Tattersall's, 226 Tavern, 76 Tavistock Place, W.C., 289 Tavistock Square, W.C., 289 Tavistock Street, W.C., 274 Taylor, the Water Poet, 131 T-cloth, 178 Tearless Victory, The, 163 Teetotaler, 234 Temple, The, 208, 212 Temple Bar, 216 Tennessee, 47 Tent Wine, 128 Terpsichorean Art, 142 Texas, 47 Thaler, 255 Thanet Place, W.C., 273 Thames, 149 Thavie's Inn, 209 Theist, 61 Theobald's Road, W.C., 290 Theocracy, 61 Thomas Street, S.E., 301 Thomists, 71 Thirteen Cantons, The, 190 Thistle, The, 80 Thistle-crown, 254 Threadneedle Street, E.C., 266 Three Chairmen, The, 189 Three Kings, The, 81 Three Men Wine, 129 Three Nuns, The, 191 Three Suns, The, 79 Three-thirds, 241 Throgmorton Street, E.C., 266 Thundering Legion, The, 163 Thurlow Place, W.C., 290 Thursday, 60 Tierra del Fuego, 53 Tiger-flower, 120 Tilbury, 138 Tintoretto, 206 Titchfield Street, W., 283 Titchfield Street, Great, W., 283 Tobacco, 56 Tobago Island, 56 Toddy, 257 Tokay, 128 Tom Folio, 201 Tommy Atkins, 94 Tontine, 256 Tooley Street, S. E., 301 Topaz, 245 Torquatus Manlius, 246 Torres Strait, 51 Torrington Square, W.C., 289 Tory, 109 Tothill Fields, 299 Tothill Street, S.W., 299 Index.

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