E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Hansom (A).
A light two-wheeled cab, in which the driver sits behind the vehicle, and communicates with the passenger through a trap-door in the roof. Invented by Aloysius Hansom of York (1803–1882). Hansom was by trade an architect at Birmingham and at Hinckley in Leicestershire.
