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City. (EC3) So called from "Leaden Hall," a large and ponderous-looking mansion inhabited about the year 1309 by Sir Hugh Neville. In 1408 it was purchased by Whittington, Lord Mayor of London, who presented it to the Corporation. (Reference: Jesse's London, vol. II, p. 341)

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