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Existed from at least 1808. But an early halfpenny token exists of the Jacobs Well, Barbican before 1672 to Samuel Dippar.
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B113. Obverse. Samuell . Dippar . at . the = A covered well. : LONDON TRADERS, TAVERN, AND COFFEE-HOUSE TOKENS, CURRENT 1649-1672.
Reverse : JACOBS . WELL . IN . BARBACAN = HIS HALFE PENNY. S . I . D. 1/2
1808/William Wiggington, Jacobs Well, Jacobs well passage, Barbican/../../Holdens Directory
1825/Mr. Lucas, Jacob’s Well, Jacob’s Well Passage, Barbican/../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1833-34/Frederick Lucas, Jacobs Well, Jacobs Well court, 20 Barbican/../../Post Office Directory
1842/Jane Shaw, Jacobs Well, Jacobs Well court, Barbican/../../Post Office Directory
1843/James Shaw/../../../Post Office Directory
1846/James Shaw, Jacobs Well, Jacobs Well passage, Barbican/../../Post Office Directory
1848/Mrs Ann Shaw/../../../Post Office Directory
December 1847/Ann Shaw/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
December 1847/James Palmer/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1851/James Palmer/../../../Kellys Directory
1851/James Palmer/Licensed Victualler/47/Sawbridgeworth,
Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Ann Palmer/Wife/53/Devon/Census
1851/Frances Pope/Visitor/30/Topsham, Devon/Census
1851/Katherine Breen/Servant/16/Ireland/Census
+ Visitors
1856/James Palmer/../../../Post Office Directory
April 1861/Ann Palmer/Outgoing Licensee/../../London City Press
April 1861/John Glancy/Incoming Licensee/../../London City Press
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