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Lion in the Wood Inn, Yard
   On the north side of the Wilderness, west of Dorset Street, Whitefriars. In Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Lockie, 1816).
   Site has been rebuilt.
   It is suggested that the sign was originally derived from the Woodmongers' arms, a lion rising out of a wood.

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.