
TheHand and Shears is aGrade II listedpublic house at 1 Middle Street,Smithfield, London.[1]
It is on theCampaign for Real Ale'sNational Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.[2]
It was built in the early-mid 19th century.[1]
The Hand and Shears was named after the formerBartholomew Fair, held at Smithfield for centuries, at which theLord Mayor of London would come and cut a piece of cloth with a pair of shears to announce that the fair had begun.[3]
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