Simpson's Tavern

1812

Record No: 1219 Catalogue No: v9045926 Description: St Margaret Lothbury (Deposited Collection). Elevation of house in Bird in Hand Court, Cheapside, belonging to the parishes of St Mary Colechurch, London and St Mary, Battersea. Section: London Metropolitan Archives.{{Cite web |title=Bird in Hand Court |url=https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/view-item?i=1006 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=London Picture Archive |language=en-GB}}

Record No: 1220 Catalogue No: v9045932 Description: St Margaret Lothbury (Deposited Collection). Plan of estate in Bird in Hand Court, Cheapside, belonging to the parishes of St Mary Colechurch, London and St Mary, Battersea. Section: London Metropolitan Archives.{{Cite web |title=Bird in Hand Court |url=https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/view-item?i=1006 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=London Picture Archive |language=en-GB}}

1819

Record No: 1221, Catalogue No: q2318143 Description: St Margaret Lothbury (Deposited Collection). Elevation of no. 3 Bird in Hand Court, Cheapside., Cheapside, belonging to the parishes of St Mary Colechurch, London and St Mary, Battersea. Section: London Metropolitan Archives.{{Cite web |title=Bird in Hand Court |url=https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/view-item?i=1007 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=London Picture Archive |language=en-GB}}

Record No: 1222, Catalogue No: q231815x, Description: Elevation of house in Bird in Hand Court, Cheapside, Section: London Metropolitan Archives.{{Cite web |title=Bird in Hand Court |url=https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/view-item?i=33060 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=London Picture Archive |language=en-GB}}

1836

Record No: 4800 Catalogue No: q6889411 Title London Bridge (new) Description View of the entrance to London Bridge from Southwark showing London Bridge Tavern and the shop fronts of Benjamin Edgington and Paine and Simpson. Also showing a street scene with horse-drawn vehicles. Section: London Metropolitan Archives Artist Yates, G. (1777 - 1838) Medium: watercolour.{{Cite web |title=London Bridge (new) |url=https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/view-item?i=4445 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=London Picture Archive |language=en-GB}}

1941

Record No: 38648 Catalogue No: SC_PHL_01_005_88_311 Description: Front elevation of Simpson's public house (formerly Simpsons Tavern), 4 Castle Court, City of London, with windows and lamp visible. An open basement window for barrels and goods can also be seen. The passage is included in the Heritage Walk around the City as an example of a city tavern. Section: London Metropolitan Archives{{Cite web |title=Simpson's public house in Castle Court |url=https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/view-item?i=41425 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=London Picture Archive |language=en-GB}}

Record No: 38654 Catalogue No SC_PHL_01_005_F541 Description: Front elevation of Simpson's public house (formerly Simpson's Tavern), 4 Castle Court, City of London. The passage is included in the Heritage Walk around the City as an example of a city tavern. Section: London Metropolitan Archives{{Cite web |title=Simpson's public house in Castle Court |url=https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/view-item?i=41431 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=London Picture Archive |language=en-GB}}

1953

Record No: 36036 Catalogue No: m0028667cl, Description: View of Bird in Hand Court, Date of execution: 1953, Section London Metropolitan Archives, Artist Willis, James D, Medium photograph.{{Cite web |title=Bird in Hand Court |url=https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/view-item?i=33060 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=London Picture Archive |language=en-GB}}

1970

Record No: 38814 Catalogue No SC_PHL_01_007_70_54 Description:39 Cornhill, City of London: north facing front elevation. Four-storeys visible, each with five windows. Ground floor: five windows each with glass lunette; six pilasters supporting two classical style pediments at each end; flagpole fixed above both pediments. First floor: six pilasters supporting small parapet in classical style; five pedimented sash windows, balustrades upon the central three. Second floor: six pilasters supporting classical style parapet; flagpole fixed in front of central window. Bottom right: doorway with partially extended metal shutter; signs either side mark building number and premises of "The Union Discount Company of London Limited{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=The National |title=The Discovery Service |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F164775 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk |language=en-GB}}."; Alley to Ball Court leading to Simpson's Tavern (est. 1757) partially visible. Number 39 Cornhill was Grade II listed in 1970, list entry number: 1064710 list entry number: 1191985. Section: London Metropolitan Archives{{Cite web |title=Building in Cornhill |url=https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/view-item?i=41591 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=London Picture Archive |language=en-GB}}

1971

Record No 38841 Catalogue No: SC_PHL_01_007_71_2057 Title Interior of an office building in Cornhill Description 39 Cornhill, City of London: ground-floor office. Large windows with partial frosted glass section; sign form Simpson's Tavern partially visible through top left corner; ceiling candelabra; painting mounted on back wall, subject and artist unknown; marble fireplace with carriage clock and dark wood mirror; leather sofa and chairs; dark wood desk with lamp and paperweights. Number 39 Cornhill was Grade II listed in 1970, list entry number: 1064710. Simpson's Tavern was Grade II listed in 1970, list entry number: 1191985.{{Cite web |title=Interior of an office building in Cornhill |url=https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/view-item?i=41618 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=London Picture Archive |language=en-GB}}

Books & News articles that mention or describe Simpsons Tavern and Simpsons Fish Ordinaries:

• William Makepeace Thackeray; a biography including hitherto uncollected letters & speeches & a bibliography of 1300 items by Melville, Lewis, 1874-1932 Publication date 1910 page 82{{Cite book |last=Melville |first=Lewis |url=http://archive.org/details/williammakepeace02melvrich |title=William Makepeace Thackeray; a biography including hitherto uncollected letters & speeches & a bibliography of 1300 items |date=1910 |publisher=London : John Lane |others=University of California Libraries}}
• The uncollected writings of Charles Dickens: Household Words, 1850-1859; by Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 page 120-122 and 709 {{Cite book |last=Dickens |first=Charles |url=http://archive.org/details/uncollectedwriti0002dick |title=The uncollected writings of Charles Dickens: Household Words, 1850-1859; |date=1969 |location=London |publisher= Allen Lane |isbn=978-0-7139-0120-7}}
• Household Words.  A Weekly Journal. Conducted by Charles Dickens  1856-10-11: Vol 14 Issue 342 page 300 {{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_household-words-a-weekly-journal-by-charles-dickens_1856-10-11_14_342 |title=Household Words. A Weekly Journal. Conducted by Charles Dickens 1856-10-11: Vol 14 Iss 342 |date=1856-10-11 |publisher=Open Court Publishing Co |language=English}}
• Thackeray in the United States, 1852-3, 1855-6, including a record of a variety of Thackerayana. Bibliography by Frederick S. Dickson by Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Dickson, Frederick Stoever, 1850-1925 page 176 {{Cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=James Grant |url=http://archive.org/details/thackerayinunite01wilsuoft |title=Thackeray in the United States, 1852-3, 1855-6, including a record of a variety of Thackerayana. Bibliography by Frederick S. Dickson |last2=Dickson |first2=Frederick Stoever |date=1904 |publisher=London Smith, Elder |others=Robarts - University of Toronto}}
• So You're Going To England by Clara E. Laughlin page 400 {{Cite book |last=Clara E. Laughlin |url=http://archive.org/details/soyouregoingtoen0000clar_c6r5 |title=So You;re Going To England |date=1935 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company |language=English}}
• Notes and Queries 27/9/1913 Vol 8 Issue 196 page 256 {{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_notes-and-queries_1913-09-27_8_196 |title=Notes and Queries 1913-09-27: Vol 8 Iss 196 |date=1913-09-27 |publisher=Oxford Publishing Limited(England) |language=English}}
• The Nation and Athenaeum 28/05/1921 Vol 29 Issue 9 Page 320{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_nation-and-athenaeum_1921-05-28_29_9 |title=The Nation and Athenaeum 1921-05-28: Vol 29 Iss 9 |date=1921-05-28 |publisher=New Statesman Ltd |language=English}}
• The Ghosts of London by H. V. Morton pages 54 – 59 {{Cite book |last=Morton |first=H. V. (Henry Vollam) |url=http://archive.org/details/ghostsoflondon0000mort |title=Ghosts of London |date=1940 |location=New York, Dodd |publisher= Mead }}
• In search of London by H. V. Morton (1892-1979) pages 34 & 349 {{Cite book |last=Morton |first=H. V. (Henry Vollam) |url=http://archive.org/details/insearchoflondon0000mort |title=In search of London |date=1951 |location=London |publisher= Methuen |isbn=978-0-413-18470-2}}
• The Kiwanis Magazine 1924-01: Vol 9 Issue 1 {{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_kiwanis_1924-01_9_1 |title=The Kiwanis Magazine 1924-01: Vol 9 Iss 1 |date=1924-01-01 |publisher=Kiwanis International |language=English}}
• Harper's New Monthly Magazine 1870-07: Vol 41 Issue 242 page 264 {{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_household-words-a-weekly-journal-by-charles-dickens_1856-10-11_14_342 |title=Household Words. A Weekly Journal. Conducted by Charles Dickens 1856-10-11: Vol 14 Iss 342 |date=1856-10-11 |publisher=Open Court Publishing Co |language=English}}
• The Examiner and London Review 1870-05-07: Issue 3249 Page 4 {{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_examiner-a-weekly-paper-on-politics-literature-music_1870-05-07_3249 |title=The Examiner and London Review 1870-05-07: Iss 3249 |date=1870-05-07 |publisher=Open Court Publishing Co |language=English}}
• The Albion 1856-11-08: Vol 15 Issue 45 {{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_albion-a-journal-of-news-politics-and-literature_1856-11-08_15_45 |title=The Albion 1856-11-08: Vol 15 Iss 45 |date=1856-11-08 |publisher=Open Court Publishing Co |language=English}}
• The Shell book of firsts by Robertson, Patrick, 1940 page 156 {{Cite book |last=Robertson |first=Patrick |url=http://archive.org/details/shellbookoffirst0000robe_q7m9 |title=The Shell book of firsts |date=1983 |location=London : Ebury Press |publisher= M. Joseph |isbn=978-0-7181-2370-3}}
• Plant doctoring is fun by Westcott, Cynthia, 1898 page 30 {{Cite book |last=Westcott |first=Cynthia |url=http://archive.org/details/plantdoctoringis00west |title=Plant doctoring is fun |date=1957 |location=Princeton, N.J. |publisher= Van Nostrand }}
• The Christian Science Monitor 1954-10-23: Vol 46 Issue 279 page 18 {{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/per_christian-science-monitor_1954-10-23_46_279 |title=The Christian Science Monitor 1954-10-23: Vol 46 Iss 279 |date=1954-10-23 |language=English}}
• The Christian Science Monitor 1940-03-23: Vol 32 Issue 99 page 30 {{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/per_christian-science-monitor_1940-03-23_32_99 |title=The Christian Science Monitor 1940-03-23: Vol 32 Iss 99 |date=1940-03-23 |language=English}}
• The new shell book of firsts by Robertson, Patrick; Robertson, Patrick. Shell book of firsts page 342 {{Cite book |last1=Robertson |first1=Patrick |url=http://archive.org/details/newshellbookoffi00robe |title=The new shell book of firsts |last2=Robertson |first2=Patrick Shell book of firsts |date=1994 |location=London |publisher= Headline |isbn=978-0-7472-1010-8}}
• A new book about London; a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore by Wagner, Leopold, 1858 page 10 {{Cite book |last=Wagner |first=Leopold |url=http://archive.org/details/newbookaboutlond00wagnuoft |title=A new book about London; a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore |date=1921 |publisher=London G. Allen & Unwin, ltd |others=Robarts - University of Toronto}}
• Meat three times a day by Schlink, F. J. (Frederick John), 1891-1995 page 42 {{Cite book |last=Schlink |first=F. J. (Frederick John) |url=http://archive.org/details/meatthreetimesda00schl |title=Meat three times a day |date=1946 |location=New York |publisher= R. R. Smith }}
• A journey due North; being notes of a residence in Russia by Sala, George Augustus, 1828-1895 page 42 {{Cite book |last=Sala |first=George Augustus |url=http://archive.org/details/journeyduenorthb00salaiala |title=A journey due North; being notes of a residence in Russia |date=1858 |publisher=Boston : Ticknor and Fields |others=University of California Libraries}}
• The journals of Arnold Bennett by Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931 page 288, 291, 207 {{Cite book |last=Bennett |first=Arnold |url=http://archive.org/details/journalsofarnold0000benn_s5d7 |title=The journals of Arnold Bennett |date=1932 |location=London |publisher= Cassell }}
• The field Publication date 1853, page 152, 200, 224, 264, 284, 408, 432, 456.{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/field3185unse |title=The field. |date=1853 |publisher=London : John Clark |others=American Museum of Natural History Library}}
• The English inn by Burke, Thomas, 1886-1945 page 136 {{Cite book |last=Burke |first=Thomas |url=http://archive.org/details/englishinn0000burk |title=The English inn |date=1930 |location=London, New York [etc.] Longmans |publisher= Green and co. }}
• The Best of All Good Company by Blanchard Jerrold page 187 {{Cite book |last=Blanchard Jerrold |url=http://archive.org/details/bestallgoodcomp02jerrgoog |title=The Best of All Good Company |date=1875 |publisher=A.W. Lovering |others=Harvard University |language=English}}
• The social history of smoking by Apperson, George Latimer, 1857-1937. n 50023502 {{Cite book |last=Apperson |first=George Latimer |url=http://archive.org/details/b28993524 |title=The social history of smoking |date=1914 |publisher=London : M. Secker |others=Wellcome Library}}
• Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly [1939-1940] by Agnes Scott College page 38 {{Cite book |last=Agnes Scott College |url=http://archive.org/details/agnesscottalumna18agne |title=Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly [1939-1940] |date=1940 |publisher=Agnes Scott College |others=McCain Library Agnes Scott College}}
• The Journals Of Anrnold Bennett by Newmas Flower page 298 {{Cite book |last=Newmas Flower |url=http://archive.org/details/TheJournalsOfAnrnoldBennett |title=The Journals Of Anrnold Bennett |date=1933 |language=English}}
• Independent 31 May 1996, Ireland, English: Industrial trawling empties the ocean{{Cite news |last=Moyes |first=Jojo |date=1996-05-31 |title=Independent , 1996, Ireland, English |pages=#3001 page 1 |work=Independent |url=https://archive.org/details/Independent1996IrelandEnglish/May%2031%201996%2C%20Independent%2C%20%233001%2C%20Ireland%20%28en%29/mode/2up?q=%22Simpson%27s+fish+ordinary%22 |access-date=2023-02-27}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{Official website|http://simpsonstavern.co.uk/}}
• {{Commons category-inline|Simpson's Tavern}}

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