Victualling Office

Victualling Office
   On Tower Hill, near King Street (Dodsley, 1761).
   First mention: 1665 (H. MSS. Com. 15th Rep. II. 167).
   Shown in Rocque's map 1746 on the east side of Tower Hill, on a portion of the site now occupied by the Royal Mint.

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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