curiously-named

Updated: August 6, 2026

As a matter of fact that, to modern ear, curiously-named tavern was at first located almost next door to Locket's, whence it was removed to the waterside in 1710 and burnt down in 1750. The memory of the tavern would probably have sunk into oblivion with its charred timbers, save for the accident of its connection with Matthew Prior.

Henry C. (Henry Charles) Shelley - Inns and Taverns of Old London