Notes and Queries, Number 08, December 22, 1849 by Various
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I have advisedly called him Otloh, and not Otlohnus.
S. W. SINGER. Mickleham, Dec. 10. 1849. * * * * * NOTES UPON CUNNINGHAM'S HANDBOOK FOR LONDON. No. 1. "_Gerrard Street, Soho._ * * * At the Turk's Head, in Gerrard Street, Johnson and Sir Joshua Reynolds founded, in the year 1764, 'The Literary Club.'" It would appear from the following extracts in my Common-place Book, that the _original_ Turk's Head, at which the Literary Club first held their meetings, was in _Greek_ Street, Soho, not in Gerrard Street:-- "The Literary Club was first held at the Turk's Head in Greek Street, which tavern was almost half a century since removed to Gerrard Street, where it continued nearly as long as the house was kept open."--_European Mag._ Jan. 1803. "The Turk's Head, in Gerrard Street, Soho, was, more than fifty years since, removed from a tavern of the same sign the corner of Greek and Compton Streets. This place was a kind of head-quarters for the Loyal Association during the rebellion of 1745."--Moser's _Memorandum Book_, MS. dated 1799. No. 2. _Storey's Gate, Birdcage Walk, St. James's Park._--I have seen it |
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