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Horse-drawn vehicle for hire
The hansom cab is a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle designed as a carriage for hire in London. First patented in 1834 by Joseph Hansom of England, and
Hansom_cab
Pub in Kensington, London
The Hansom Cab is a Grade II listed public house at 84–86 Earls Court Road, Kensington, London W8 6EG. It is on the corner with Pembroke Square. A hansom
The_Hansom_Cab
British architect (1803–1882)
Aloysius Hansom (26 October 1803 – 29 June 1882) was an English architect working principally in the Gothic Revival style. He invented the Hansom cab and founded
Joseph_Hansom
Topics referred to by the same term
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab may refer to: The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (novel), an 1886 novel by Fergus Hume The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1911 film), an
The_Mystery_of_a_Hansom_Cab
Australian mystery novel by Fergus Hum
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is a mystery novel by the British writer Fergus Hume. Fergus Hume was born in the UK and when he was 6 months old his parents
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (novel)
The_Mystery_of_a_Hansom_Cab_(novel)
2012 Australian TV series or program
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is a 2012 Australian television movie about the events surrounding the murder of Oliver Whyte, whose body is discovered in
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (2012 film)
The_Mystery_of_a_Hansom_Cab_(2012_film)
British car for hire
cabriolets or 'cabs', which were licensed to carry no more than two passengers. Then, in 1834, the hansom cab was patented by Joseph Hansom: a jaunty single-horse
Hackney_carriage
Type of vehicle for hire with a driver
the German term Fiaker is used, especially in Austria, to refer to the same thing.) The hansom cab was designed and patented in 1834 by Joseph Hansom
Taxi
1878 short story collection by Robert Louis Stevenson
Rich is beckoned into the back of an elegantly appointed Hansom by a mysterious cabman who whisks him off to a party. There the host continuously assesses
The Suicide Club (short story collection)
The_Suicide_Club_(short_story_collection)
United Kingdom legislation
cabriolets, or cabs, which were licensed to carry no more than two passengers. Then, in 1834, the hansom cab was patented by Joseph Hansom: a jaunty single-horse
Taxis_of_London
1911 Australian film
The Mystery of the Hansom Cab is an Australian feature-length film directed by W. J. Lincoln based on the popular novel, which had also been adapted into
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1911 film)
The_Mystery_of_a_Hansom_Cab_(1911_film)
1925 film re-issued in 1935
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is a re-issue in 1935 of the 1925 Australian silent film of the same name based on the 1886 novel The Mystery of a Hansom
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1935 film)
The_Mystery_of_a_Hansom_Cab_(1935_film)
Light horse-drawn vehicle
suggestive of the skipping and capering of a kid. The cab of taxi-cab or "hansom cab" is a shortening of cabriolet. One who drives a horse-drawn cab for hire
Cabriolet_(carriage)
British magazine
and designer of the Hansom Cab. The journal was renamed Building in 1966 as it is still known today, and is the only UK title to cover the entire building
Building_(magazine)
1915 film
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is a 1915 British silent crime film directed by Harold Weston and starring Milton Rosmer, Fay Temple and A.V. Bramble. It
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1915 film)
The_Mystery_of_a_Hansom_Cab_(1915_film)
Vehicle pulled by one or more horses
the rear. Hansom cab: A tall two-wheeled box-shaped carriage used for public hire transport in the 1800s; the driver sits on a high seat behind the passenger
Horse-drawn_vehicle
Australian actor
Waters starred in the ABC TV mini-series The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, adapted from the novel by English writer Fergus Hume. He appeared on the Logie-award-winning
John_Waters_(actor)
1924 American film
produced by Mack Sennett. The name is an amalgam of the terms handsome cabman and hansom cab. The film begins at a tall hotel, "The Venus Arms" and we zoom
The_Hansom_Cabman
2nd episode of the 2nd season of The General Motors Hour
"The Mystery of a Hansom Cab" is a 1961 Australian television drama play based on Barry Pree's 1961 play adaptation of the novel by Fergus Hume. It appeared
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (The General Motors Hour)
The_Mystery_of_a_Hansom_Cab_(The_General_Motors_Hour)
Town in Leicestershire, England
writing the first computer programme. Joseph Hansom built the first Hansom cab in Hinckley in 1835. In 1899 a cottage hospital was built to celebrate the Diamond
Hinckley
British peer
as a hansom cab owner, his vehicles marked "S.T." (for Shrewsbury and Talbot) and the horses "being of the best possible quality", and he was the first
Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury
Charles_Chetwynd-Talbot,_20th_Earl_of_Shrewsbury
1889 British film
Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses (also known as Hyde Park Corner) is an 1889 British short silent actuality
Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses
Leisurely_Pedestrians,_Open_Topped_Buses_and_Hansom_Cabs_with_Trotting_Horses
electric hansom cabs in July 1897. By August 1897 the 12-cab fleet had traveled more than 14,000 miles and carried nearly 5,000 passengers. The company
Taxis_of_New_York_City
1925 film
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is a 1925 Australian silent film directed by and starring Arthur Shirley based on the popular novel which had already been
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1925 film)
The_Mystery_of_a_Hansom_Cab_(1925_film)
Museum in Leicester, England
art, both international and local. The original building was designed by Joseph Hansom, designer of the hansom cab. It has been expanded several times
Leicester Museum & Art Gallery
Leicester_Museum_&_Art_Gallery
British television documentary series with Jeremy Clarkson
television documentary series about Jeremy Clarkson and his farm in the Cotswolds. The series documents Clarkson's attempts at running a 1,000-acre (400 ha)
Clarkson's_Farm
British architect (1845–1931)
Hansom FRIBA (1845–1931) was a British architect. He was the son and partner of the better-known Joseph Aloysius Hansom, inventor of the Hansom cab.
Joseph_Stanislaus_Hansom
19th C horse-drawn vehicle design
Victoria body on sleigh runners. A Victoria-Hansom or Victoria cab is two-wheeled; a variant of the hansom cab with a folding hood. A hantour or hantoor
Victoria_(carriage)
11th episode of the 7th season of Seinfeld
warehouse club. A hansom cab driver neighbor goes on vacation, and lets Kramer take over his job. George's parents go meet Susan's parents for the first time
The_Rye
Town in Leicestershire, England
Joseph Hansom, who also designed Birmingham Town Hall and took out the first patent of the horse-drawn hansom cab. Another of the landmarks of the town
Lutterworth
Church in Lancashire, England
designer of the hansom cab, and is famous as having the tallest spire of any parish church in England. St Walburge's is recorded in the National Heritage
Church of St Walburge, Preston
Church_of_St_Walburge,_Preston
Square in Kensington, London, England
the Hawks family. The Hansom Cab is a Grade II listed public house on the corner with Earls Court Road. 38 Pembroke Square was the house used as the surgery
Pembroke_Square,_London
French drawing series on scientific progress about the year 2000
Microbes A Race in the Pacific Future school A Whale-bus Air cabs - hansom cabs of the (then) future, depicted in En L'An 2000 illustrated by Jean-Marc
En_L'An_2000
Australian actor, comedian (b. 1964)
the period mystery drama The Mystery of a Hansom Cab. In 2013, Climo was cast as George Bligh, the romantic lead alongside Marta Dusseldorp in the 1950s
Brett_Climo
Area of London, England
hansom cab is used in the new drama at Drury Lane, I beg to state that a hansom cab, drawn by a live horse was used in my drama ... produced at the Standard
Shoreditch
Church in Somerset, England
Francis Hansom, who was the brother of J. A. Hansom, the creator of the Hansom cab, and had formerly done the village church at Hanley Swan. The brothers
St_John's_Church,_Bath
Australian actor (born 1981)
appeared as Felix Rolleston in the TV movie The Mystery of a Hansom Cab and Will Sharp in season 2 of the ABC political thriller The Code. Lovejoy was born in
Nathan_Lovejoy
Australian actress
Bertinelli/The Huntress in the television series Arrow, as Mina Murray and Ilona in the NBC TV series Dracula, and as Elizabeth Hawkes in the WGN series
Jessica_De_Gouw
1902 novel by Arnold Bennett
his serial was being promoted as the "best thing of this sort" since The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume. The protagonists are an American millionaire
The_Grand_Babylon_Hotel
Canned pasta brand
of the few brands to request to be removed from an episode of Seinfeld. In the 1996 episode "The Rye", Kramer is allowed to operate a Hansom cab for
Chef_Boyardee
1955 children's novel by C. S. Lewis
rings. In England, she orders Uncle Andrew to fetch her a "chariot" – a hansom cab – so she can conquer Earth. She robs a jeweller's shop and returns to
The_Magician's_Nephew
Grade I listed building in Anglesey, UK
Achievement of Joseph Aloysius Hansom (1803-1882), Designer of the Hansom Cab, Birmingham Town Hall and Churches of the Catholic Revival", Edwin Mellen
Beaumaris_Gaol
New Zealand actress (born 1987)
Outstanding Newcomer at the 2012 Logie Awards. Since then she has appeared in an ABC TV adaptation of The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, in Hope and Wire (a mini-series
Chelsie_Preston_Crayford
Motor vehicle
zero-emissions capability. In the late 2000s, Geely was in talks over the possibility of converting London's black cabs into electric-powered vehicles
LEVC_TX
in conjunction with Network Rail. Bowden cable – Frank Bowden Hansom cab – Joseph Hansom Seat belt – George Cayley Sinclair C5 – Sir Clive Sinclair Tarmac
List of British innovations and discoveries
List_of_British_innovations_and_discoveries
Motor vehicle
Mirza and Sir Edward Lister also had the opportunity to ride in the cabs. The current prototype (made with the help of Lotus Engineering) has a range
TX4
British magical order (1887–1903)
papers in a hansom cab. Apparently, when the papers were found, Westcott's connection to the Golden Dawn was discovered and brought to the attention of
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
Hermetic_Order_of_the_Golden_Dawn
Town in Merseyside, England
behind St Mary's is the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Joseph designed by Joseph Aloysius Hansom, inventor of the Hansom Cab. Prescot Methodist
Prescot
English novelist
entitled The Bigamist was stolen by a rogue called Calthorpe, and presented by him as his own work under the title The Mormon. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab was
Fergus_Hume
Former priory in Devon, England
probably better known as the designer of Hansom Cabs. His ground plan for the whole development is still available for inspection at the Priory and, although
Abbotskerswell_Priory
Town on the Isle of Wight, England
Countess of Clare. It was designed by Joseph Hansom, inventor of the hansom cab. Other churches include the Anglican St James Church and St. Michael and
Ryde
Four wheeled open carriage
from the mythical Phaëthon, son of Helios, who nearly set the Earth on fire while attempting to drive the chariot of the Sun. With the advent of the automobile
Phaeton_(carriage)
Motor vehicle
The LTI TX1 is a Hackney carriage (London "Black cab") introduced by London Taxis International in 1997 and designed to replace the ageing Austin FX4
TX1
Australian criminal (1895–1927)
Shooting Case, The Age (Melbourne), 4 June 1917, page 6. A Shooting Mystery The Age 20 June 1917 page 8 The Mystery of the Hansom Cab, Leader (Melbourne)
John_"Snowy"_Cutmore
Public school in Leicestershire, England
Joseph Hansom, the designer of the Hansom cab. Various building works over the years have contributed to Pugin and Hansom's work, and modern buildings include
Ratcliffe_College
British architect (1806–1868)
he formed a partnership in 1828 with Joseph Hansom, who later invented the hansom cab and founded The Builder. Together they designed several churches
Edward_Welch_(architect)
Man with severe deformities (1862–1890)
Treves's card. The police contacted Treves, who went to the train station and, on recognising Merrick, took him in a hansom cab to the London Hospital
Joseph_Merrick
Welsh social reformer (1771–1858)
(2010). The Architectural Achievement of Joseph Aloysius Hansom (1803–1882), Designer of the Hansom Cab, Birmingham Town Hall, and Churches of the Catholic
Robert_Owen
French automobile manufactured 1893–1907
Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat, as well as coupes and hansom cabs; in these the driver sat high, and to the rear. Some cars had an unusual bevel-gear front-wheel-drive
Jeantaud
Church in Devon, England
the Hansom Cab, Birmingham Town Hall, and Churches of the Catholic Revival", The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010, p.159, ISBN 0-7734-3851-3 "History of The Plymouth
Plymouth_Cathedral
English engineer and writer (1801–1854)
journalism, Hansom cabs and the promotion of railways, cotton and irrigation in India. He was born at Loughborough, Leicestershire, on 20 January 1801, the eldest
John_Chapman_(engineer)
Wooden ox/Chinese wheelbarrow Wheels in parallel Cart Pulled rickshaw Hansom cab Sulky Tilbury (carriage) Dicycle Segway Self-balancing scooter Hand truck
List of land vehicles types by number of wheels
List_of_land_vehicles_types_by_number_of_wheels
Topics referred to by the same term
Park Corner (film), a 1935 drama based on the play Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses, an 1889 film also known
Hyde Park Corner (disambiguation)
Hyde_Park_Corner_(disambiguation)
hansom cab). Examples of flys A Pickfords Fly Passengers board the Kendal Fly - after Thomas Rowlandson, 1816 Flying ambulance 1790 (model) for the fast
Fly_(carriage)
Square in Knightsbridge, London, England
side of the square. The square was built between 1877 and 1888, largely on the grounds of the Prince's Club. The west side has the greatest variety of
Cadogan_Square
Literary genre
conspiracies. The best-selling crime novel of the 19th century was Fergus Hume's The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886), set in Melbourne, Australia. The evolution
Crime_fiction
English Poet
London. The story of Johnson's being struck and killed by a hansom cab is a myth. In October 2018, Strange Attractor Press published Incurable: The Haunted
Lionel_Johnson
Street in York, England
the birthplace of the architect J. A. Hansom, who invented the hansom cab. The lower section of Micklegate Bar was built in the 12th century, and the
Micklegate
Fund to run shelters for cab drivers in London
The Cabmen's Shelter Fund was established in London, England, in 1875 to run shelters for the drivers of hansom cabs and later hackney carriages (taxicabs)
Cabmen's_Shelter_Fund
Australian actor
(1960)". University of Melbourne. Retrieved 28 February 2026. "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1961)". University of Melbourne. Retrieved 28 February 2026
Dennis Miller (Australian actor)
Dennis_Miller_(Australian_actor)
British actor, director and screenwriter (1881–1971)
debut in The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1915) and continued to act in theatre, film and television until 1956. In 1926 he directed his first film The Woman
Milton_Rosmer
English Conservative politician
the evening of 2 August 1901 Beach was severely injured when the horse of the Hansom cab in which he was riding stumbled onto an unguarded roadworks trench
Bramston_Beach_(politician)
Catholic church in Oxford, England
Aloysius Hansom (1803–82), Designer of the Hansom Cab, Birmingham Town Hall and Churches of the Catholic Revival", The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010, ISBN 0-7734-3851-3
Oxford_Oratory
Town and community on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales
Harris, Penelope, "The Achievements of Joseph Aloysius Hansom 1803-82), Designer of the Hansom Cab, Birmingham Town Hall and Churches of the Catholic Revival"
Beaumaris
Type of horse-drawn carriage
the brougham include: the absence of a perch (a supporting pole connecting the front and rear axles); the spring hangers were mounted directly to the
Brougham_(carriage)
Castle in Denbighshire, Wales
Joseph Hansom (inventor of the Hansom cab) and Edward Welch to refurbish and extend the house; the modifications made it into the castellated style. The castle
Bodelwyddan_Castle
1895 painting by George William Joy
Visible through the window, a hansom cab passes on the road beyond. The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1895 and the Salon of 1896
The_Bayswater_Omnibus
Church in Manchester, England
east to west and 112 feet wide. The architect Joseph Aloysius Hansom (who gave his name to the Hansom Cab) based the building on Gothic styles of France
Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Manchester
Church_of_the_Holy_Name_of_Jesus,_Manchester
Municipal building in Birmingham, West Midlands, England
design for the King Edward's School on New Street was then under construction. Joseph Hansom, of Hansom cab fame, and Edward Welch were chosen as the architects
Birmingham_Town_Hall
Association football club in England
Joseph Hansom first developed and tested his Hansom Cab design in Hinckley. Finally the Phoenix represents the rebirth of the new football club after the dissolving
Hinckley_A.F.C.
American flat carriage or wagon with no springs
boards running from the front to the rear axle which act as its suspension. It was a common vehicle in the American West and in the mountainous East. Buckboards
Buckboard
District in West London, England
it from the ancient borough of Fulham to the west, the sub-districts of South Kensington to the east, Chelsea to the south and Kensington to the northeast
Earl's_Court
Two-wheeled cart or wagon
taking prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution. They were also used by the military for hauling supplies. In this use, the carts were sometimes
Tumbrel
Street in Chelsea, London
the southern end and Basil Street in the northern end. Following a consultation with the local community in the middle of 2015, Cadogan Estates pledged
Pavilion_Road
Horse-drawn four-wheeled carriage
carriage for hire. In Vienna such cabs are called Fiaker. The earliest use of the word in English is cited by the Oxford English Dictionary as from 1699
Fiacre_(carriage)
Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer
and Salom went on to build about a dozen Hansom cabs based on this vehicle, to compete with the horse-drawn cabs then in service in New York City; they
Electrobat
Type of horse-drawn carriage
could enter the cabs more quickly than they would with traditional hansom cabs. The first herdic was used in Washington, D.C. in 1888. The last surviving
Herdic
Market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
It was designed by Charles Hansom, the brother of Joseph Hansom who invented the Hansom cab. A school was attached to the church in 1871. There has been
Easingwold
District in Greater London, England
parts of the areas of the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Belgravia was known as the 'Five Fields' during the Tudor
Belgravia
Residential building in London ravaged by fire in 2017
in West London, England. The tower was completed in 1974 as part of the first phase of the Lancaster West Estate. Most of the tower was destroyed in a
Grenfell_Tower
British architect (1832 – 1917)
architect Charles Francis Hansom, the younger brother of Joseph Aloysius Hansom, the inventor of the Hansom cab and founder of The Builder. It was here that
Archibald_Matthias_Dunn
Driver of a horse-drawn passenger vehicle
nickname for Jarvis. In the first of his Sherlock Holmes stories, A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle refers to the driver of a small cab in London as a jarvey
Coachman
Australian actor
Hansom Cab | TV Tonight". 30 April 2012. "10 to replay Hawke telemovie | TV Tonight". 18 May 2019. "Capturing the life, times and hair of Hawke". The
Felix_Williamson
British architect
York. He was the brother of Joseph Aloysius Hansom, architect and creator of the Hansom cab, and father of the architect Edward Joseph Hansom. He practiced
Charles_Francis_Hansom
Turkish carriage
carriage drawn by horses or oxen used in Turkey and neighboring countries in the 18th and 19th centuries. It featured crosswise seating, typically had a canopy
Araba_(carriage)
Australian actor (born 1979)
Richard Gray's sports drama feature Blinder and ABC telemovie The Mystery of a Hansom Cab. Ackland next featured in 2014 political drama miniseries Party
Oliver_Ackland
Square in central London
at the north-west end of Belgravia, London, SW1. It is formed of archetypal grand terraces of light stucco houses, cream or white. The length of the central
Lowndes_Square
Carriage pulled by three beasts of burden
horses canter; the right-hand horse will be on the right lead and the left-hand horse on the left lead. The troika is often claimed to be the world's only
Troika_(driving)
Japanese manga series
Moriarty the Patriot (Japanese: 憂国のモリアーティ, Hepburn: Yūkoku no Moriāti) is a Japanese mystery manga series with storyboards by Ryosuke Takeuchi [ja] and
Moriarty_the_Patriot
Volume of poetry by Charles Baudelaire
fleurs du mal" in 2019. The 1945 film The Picture of Dorian Gray opens with Lord Henry Wotton reading the book during a hansom cab ride to Basil Hallward's
Les_Fleurs_du_mal
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Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly East Anglia)
English (chiefly East Anglia) : patronymic from the Middle English personal name Rand(e) (see Rand 1).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Samson.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place called Hanham in Gloucestershire, which was originally Old English HÄnum, dative plural of hÄn ‘rock’, hence ‘(place) at the rocks’. The ending -ham is by analogy with other place names with this very common unstressed ending.
Boy/Male
English
Lives in the valley of the majestic one.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Son of the Shield
Boy/Male
English American Anglo Saxon German
Anne's son; son of God. Famous Bearer: actor Anson Williams.
Boy/Male
Australian, Dutch, German, Scandinavian
Supplanter; Son of Ann; Son of the Divine; Son of Hans
Boy/Male
Dutch Scandinavian
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, Christian, English
Lives in the Valley; Place Name; Valley of the Awesome One
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Midlands and northern England, especially Yorkshire)
English (chiefly Midlands and northern England, especially Yorkshire) : patronymic from Hann or the byname Hand.Irish : shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAmhsaigh (see Hampson 2).Irish : variant of McKittrick.Respelling of Scandinavian Hansen or Hansson.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metronymic from the female personal name Hanna.A family by the name of Hanson were established in America by John Hanson, one of four brothers sent there by Queen Christina of Sweden in 1642. They were grandsons of an Englishman who had married into the Swedish royal family; he was descended from a certain Roger de Rastrick, who had lived in Yorkshire in the 13th century.
Female
German
Pet form of German Kätharina, KÄTHE means "pure."
Surname or Lastname
Dutch
Dutch : from the personal name Hansel or Ansel, a pet form of Anselm (see Anselmo).English : probably of Dutch origin (see 1).German (also Hänsel) : from a pet form of the personal name Hans.
Boy/Male
Hebrew
The sun's man.
Boy/Male
Hindu
The universal soul
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, ANSCOM means "stone-enclosed valley."Â
Boy/Male
Australian, Dutch, German, Scandinavian
Supplanter; Son of Hans
Boy/Male
English American
Son of Rand.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish (common in the Northern Isles)
Scottish (common in the Northern Isles) : patronymic from the personal name Magnus.English : patronymic from the Middle English nickname or byname Mann.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : patronymic from Man 8.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Ransom.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant spelling of Hannam.
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