2-699-379 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Old Inns in Southwark', (c1878). Public houses in Southwark, south London: Dog & Bear and Old Croyden House; King's Head; The Catherine Wheel; Queen's Head; The George. Many of these buildings were used as theatres in the 16th century, with plays being performed in the courtyard as people watched from the balconies. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, And Its Places. The Southern Suburbs, Volume VI, by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York, c1878]