Hand and Shears
in London, United KingdomCategory: Attraction
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1 Middle St, London EC1A 7JA, UK Print route »
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The Hand and Shears is a Grade II listed public house at 1 Middle Street, Smithfield, London.It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
It was built in the early-mid 19th century.
It was named after the former Bartholomew Fair, held at Smithfield for centuries, at which the Lord Mayor of London would come and cut a piece of cloth with a pair of shears to announce that the fair had begun.
