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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 12, No. 348, December 27, 1828 by Various
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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.

VOL. 12, NO. 348.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1828. [PRICE 2d.



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[Illustration: Barber's Barn, Hackney.]


The engraving represents a place of historical interest--an ancient
mansion in Mare-street, Hackney, built about the year 1591, upon a spot
of ground called Barbour Berns, by which name, or rather _Barber's
Barn_, the house has been described in old writings.

In this house resided the noted Colonel John Okey, one of the regicides
"charged with compassing and imagining the death of the late King
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