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possession of the hall and theatre, and
were constituted a body politic, under
the name of the Master, Governors and
Commonalty of the mystery of Barbers of
London.
This company has a Master and three
other Governors, a court of Assistants of
twenty-four members, and a very nu-
merous livery.
Barbers Hall, a fine edifice on the west
side of Monkwell street, consisting of a
spacious hall room, a court room, theatre,
library, and other commodious offices.
The grand entrance from Monkwell
street is enriched with the company's
arms, large fruit, and other decorations.
The court room has a fretwork ceiling,
and is also adorned with the pictures of
King Henry VIII. and the court of As-
sistants, in one fine piece; a portrait of
King Charles II. and other paintings. The
theatre contains four degrees of cedar
seats, one above another, in an elliptical
form, and the roof is an elliptical cu-
pola: this room is adorned with a bust
of King Charles I. the figures of the
seven liberal sciences, and the twelve
signs of the Zodiac; the skins of a
man and woman on wooden frames, in
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imitation of Adam and Eve; the figure
of a man flayed, done after the life, all
the muscles appearing in their due
place, and proportion; the skeleton of
an ostrich; an human skeleton, with
copper joints, and five other skeletons
of human bodies. But as this furniture
was introduced by the Surgeons, it is
now of no use, and the theatre is en-
tirely deserted.
This Hall is one of the works of that
great architect Inigo Jones, and is a
masterpiece in its kind, that elegant sim-
plicity which characterises all his works,
giving the spectator the highest satis-
faction.
Barber's alley, Brown's lane, Spitalfields.*
Barber's Pole alley, St. Margaret's hill,
Southwark.*
Barbican, Aldersgate street, so called
from a high watch tower which stood
there, from which a view might be
taken of the whole city. Barbican, ac-
cording to Camden, being an Arabic
word signifying a watch tower.
Bare lane, Gravel lane.
Baremere's Almshouse, in Almshouse
yard, Hoxton, which was built about
the year 1701, by the Rev. Mr. Bare-
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