The Three Cranes

The Three Cranes
   A famous tavern in the parish of St. Martin Vintry in the Ward of Vintree, 22 Eliz. (1580) (Lond. I. p.m. III. p.25).
   Mentioned 1552 (Machyn's Diary, p.25).
   Removed for the formation of Queen Street (q.v.).

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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