L'habitant
Cock Lane, EC1
Near a large and ancient poultry market so not nearly as sensational as the name suggests.
An alternative, and less prosaic offering suggests it was so-called because in the middle ages it was the venue for cock fights.
A further suggestion relates to a guilded statue can be seen high on a wall (I haven't seen it, perhaps it is no longer there?) which represented a pub (long gone) called the 'Fortune oif War'. The statue was of a naked boy.
Cock Lane, EC1
Near a large and ancient poultry market so not nearly as sensational as the name suggests.
An alternative, and less prosaic offering suggests it was so-called because in the middle ages it was the venue for cock fights.
A further suggestion relates to a guilded statue can be seen high on a wall (I haven't seen it, perhaps it is no longer there?) which represented a pub (long gone) called the 'Fortune oif War'. The statue was of a naked boy.