Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . the said school ;t hence the nomencla-ture of the streets in this neighbourhood—Judd t See Vol. IV., p s;6. 342 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [Somers Town. Street, Skinner Street, Tonbridge Place, &c. Theproperty now brings in a regular income of severalthousands a year. Brill Row, at the northern end of Skinner Street,together with the Brill tavern close by, arenearly all that remains of the locality once familiarlyknown by that name, which was nothing more norless than a range of narrow streets crossing eachother at right an
Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . the said school ;t hence the nomencla-ture of the streets in this neighbourhood—Judd t See Vol. IV., p s;6. 342 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [Somers Town. Street, Skinner Street, Tonbridge Place, &c. Theproperty now brings in a regular income of severalthousands a year. Brill Row, at the northern end of Skinner Street,together with the Brill tavern close by, arenearly all that remains of the locality once familiarlyknown by that name, which was nothing more norless than a range of narrow streets crossing eachother at right angles, and full of costermongers known fish, our early riser will most probably findthat the Somers Brill claims no special relation-ship to the scaly tribe. . Here is the Brilltavern, and how it came to have this name would,no doubt, be as interesting as to know the originof the names given to other public-houses. Somelandlord of old may have had a particular likingfor this fish, or may have been fortunate in pro-curing a super-excellent cook who could satisfy the. THE BRILL, SOMERS TOWN, IN I7 O. shops and barrows, but which were swept awayduring the formation of the Midland RailwayTerminus. Dr. Stukeley derives the name of the Brill asa contraction from Burgh Hill, a Saxon name for aplace on an elevated site; but surely that deriva-tion will scarcely apply here, as it certainly doesnot lie as high as the land on its eastern or westernside. The place on a Sunday morning was thusfacetiously described by a writer in the IllustratedNews of the World, just before the time of itsdemolition :—• The Brill is situated betweenEuston Square and the station of the GreatNorthern Railway, and is a place of great attractionto thousands who inhabit Somers, Camden, andKentish Towns. Though bearing the name of a well- most fastidious appetite of the most fastidiouscustomer by placing before him a superior likely some local antiquarian could tell us allabout it and much else. He
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