Tabard Inn

Tabard Inn

(tăb`ərd), in Southwark borough, Greater London, England. The inn, demolished in the 19th cent., was mentioned by Geoffrey ChaucerChaucer, Geoffrey
, c.1340–1400, English poet, one of the most important figures in English literature. Life and Career

The known facts of Chaucer's life are fragmentary and are based almost entirely on official records.
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 in the Prologue of the Canterbury Tales as the starting point of Chaucer's pilgrims.