/ · 1894 Brewer’s · P · Panyer Stone (The)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A stone let into the wall of a house in Panyer Alley. It is a rude representation of a boy sitting on a pannier. (French, panier; Latin, panarĭum, a bread-basket.) The stone has the following inscription:—
“When you have sought the city round,
Yet still this is the highest ground.
August 27th, 1688.”
⁂ This is not correct, for there are higher spots both in Cornhill, and in Cannon Street.
· ·
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
· 
· 