Hall of the Corporation of the Scottish Hospital of His Majesty's Foundation in Blackfriars, 1676 (L. and P. Chas. II. XVIII. p. 391). On the west side of Water Street, on Fleet Ditch (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1720). Afterwards called " Scouts Hall " (Rocque, 1746).
The corporation is now known as the Scottish Corporation,' and provides pensions, etc., for the relief of poor natives of Scotland. The offices of the Corporation are in Crane Court, Fleet Street, erected 1880.
The house of Hoare and Co. occupied the site in Horwood, 1799. Site now occupied by Ludgate Hill Station and the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway lines.
A Dictionary of London. Henry A Harben. 1918.