George and Vulture Tavern
- George and Vulture Tavern
On the north side of Lombard Street at the north end of George Yard, with a passage to St. Michael's Alley, and thence into Cornhill, another into Gracechurch Street and another through Castle Alley to Birchin Lane (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 162). In Langbourn Ward.
Further north than the George (q.v.).
West of St. Michael's House (Overall, p. 290).
"George and Vulture Alley" there in Strype, ed. 1755 and Boyle, 1799.
A Dictionary of London.
Henry A Harben.
1918.
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