shrimp-houses

Updated: July 7, 2025

Gravesend is the head-quarters for shrimps, its fishermen taking them in vast numbers and London consuming a prodigious quantity. This fishing and custom-house town, for it is a combination of both, has its streets filled with "tea-and shrimp-houses."

Joel Cook - England, Picturesque and Descriptive: A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel