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Black Spread Eagle court. 1. Black-
man street.* 2. Finch lane, Cornhill.*
Black Swan alley. 1. Golden lane.* 2.
Corbet's court, Eagle street.* 3. Holi-
well street.* 4. Little Carter lane.* 5.
Opposite Garlick Hill, Thames street.*
6. London wall.* 7. St. Margaret's
hill.*
Black Swan court. 1. Bartholomew
lane.* 2. Canon street.* 3. Golden
lane.* 4. In the Maze.* 5. Market
street.* 6. St. Paul's Church yard.*
7. Shore ditch.* 8. Great Tower street.*
Black Swan yard. 1. Brown's lane.* 2.
In the Borough.* 3. Newington Butts.*
4. Ropemakers fields, Limehouse.*
Black Swan Inn yard, Holburn.*
Blackwell, Poplar.
Blackwell hall, Basinghall street, a
very ancient edifice, employed for several
ages as a market for all kinds of woollen
cloth brought to London. This edifice
was originally called Basing's Haugh or
Hall; probably from the family of the
Basings, who first built the house, and
whose arms were placed in many parts
of it, painted on the walls, and cut in
the stone work. From this family, who
were owners also of the adjoining ground.
Stow supposes, that "the ward itself took
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" its name, as Coleman street ward of
" Coleman, and Faringdon ward, of
" William and Nicholas Faringdon."
Of this family the same author observes,
that Solomon Basing was Mayor in the
year 1216; and that to Adam Basing his
son, who was also afterwards Mayor,
King Henry III. gave the advowson of
the church at Basing Hall, and several
liberties and privileges.
In the 36th year of Edward III. this
house was inhabited by Mr. Thomas
Bakewell, whence it obtained the name
of Bakewell Hall; a name that was af-
terwards corrupted to that of Blackwell
Hall. At length it was purchased, with
the garden and appurtenances, of King
Richard II. by the city, for the sum of
50l. and from that time has been chief-
ly employed as a weekly market for all
the broad and narrow woollen cloths
brought out of the country.
This house at length growing ruinous,
was rebuilt in the form of a handsome
store house in the year 1558, at the
charge of 2500l. but an hundred and
eight years after was destroyed by the fire
of London, and again rebuilt in 1672;
this last is the present edifice.
It is a square building with a court
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