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Blue Anchor Inn
On the south-west side of Duck Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without, at the Corner of Little Britain (O....
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Anchor
·noun An emblem of hope.
II. Anchor ·noun An <<Anchoret>>.
III. Anchor ·vi To <<Stop>>; to fix or ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Anchor
From Acts 27:29, 30, 40, it would appear that the Roman vessels carried several anchors, which were ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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The Anchor
A house so called near Aldermanbury given to the parish of St. Olave Jewry (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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anchor
Bring your a-se to an anchor, i.e. sit down. To let go an anchor to the windward of the law; to keep...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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anchor
of a buckle, the chape. Glou.
...
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anchor
A large and heavy instrument in use from the earliest times for holding and retaining ships, which i...
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Inn
·vt To get in; to in. ·see <<In>>, ·vt.
II. Inn ·vi To take lodging; to <<Lodge>>.
III. Inn ·vt To...
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Inn
In the modern sense, unknown in the East. The khans or caravanserais, which correspond to the Europe...
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Inn
The Hebrew word (malon) thus rendered literally signified "a lodging-place for the night." Inns, in ...
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Blew Anchor Inn, Duck Lane
See Blue Anchor Inn.
...
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Anchor escapement
·add. ·- The common recoil escapement.
II. Anchor escapement ·add. ·- A variety of the lever escape...
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Anchor light
·add. ·- The lantern shown at night by a vessel at anchor. International rules of the road require v...
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Anchor shot
·add. ·- A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.
...
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Anchor space
·add. ·- In the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 inches by 3/, lying along a cushion and bisec...
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Anchor watch
·add. ·- A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck at night when a vessel is at anchor.
...
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Anchor-hold
·noun Hence: Firm hold: security.
II. Anchor-hold ·noun The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to w...
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Sea anchor
·- ·see Drag sail, under 4th Drag.
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Sheet anchor
·vt Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.
II. Sheet...
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Anchor Alley
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 68 to Three Cranes, on the west side of Vintners' Hall (P.O....
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Anchor Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street at No.9 to the Thames, in Castle Baynard Ward, between Crown and Ho...
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Blue Anchor
Strype says that the part of Houndsditch in Bishopsgate Ward Without extends to the Blue Anchor (Str...
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anchor-ball
A pyrotechnical combustible attached to a grapnel for adhering to and setting fire to ships.
...
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anchor-chocks
Pieces indented into a wooden anchor-stock where it has become worn or defective in the way of the s...
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anchor-davit
See davit.
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anchor-hold
The fastness of the flukes on the ground; also the act of having cast anchor, and taken the ground. ...
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anchor-hoops
Strong iron hoops, binding the stock to the end of the shank and over the nuts of the anchor.
...
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anchor-ice
The ice which is formed on and incrustates the beds of lakes and rivers: the ground-gru of the easte...
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anchor-lining
The short pieces of plank fastened to the sides of the ship, under the fore-channels, to prevent the...
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anchor-ring
Formerly the great ring welded into the hole for it. Recent anchors have Jew's-harp shackles, easily...
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anchor-seat
An old term for the prow of a ship, still in use with eastern nations Chinese, Japanese, &c.
...
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anchor-shackle
An open link of iron which connects the chain with the anchor
a "Jew's-harp" shackle.
...
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anchor-smith
A forger of anchors.
...
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anchor-stock
A bar at the upper end of the shank, crossing the direction of the flukes transversely, to steady th...
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anchor-stocking
is a mode of securing and working planks in general with tapered butts.
...
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anchor-watch
A subdivision of the watch kept constantly on deck during the time the ship lies at single anchor, t...
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at anchor
The situation of a vessel riding in a road or port by her anchor.
...
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floating anchor
A simple machine consisting of a fourfold canvas, stretched by two cross-bars of iron, rivetted in t...
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flood-anchor
That which the ship rides by during the flood-tide.
...
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foul anchor
An anchor is said to be foul, or fouled, either when it hooks some impediment under water, or when t...
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ice-anchor
A bar of round iron tapered to a point, and bent as a pot-hook; a hole is cut in the ice, the point ...
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lee-anchor
The leeward one, if under weigh; or that to leeward to which a ship, when moored, is riding.
...
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pilot's-anchor
A kedge used for dropping a vessel in a stream or tide-way.
...
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rodgers' anchor
The excellent small-palmed, very strong and good-holding anchor. It is the result of many years' stu...
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sea-anchor
That which lies towards the offing when a ship is moored.
...
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sheet-anchor
One of four bower anchors supplied, two at the bows, and one at either chest-tree abaft the fore-rig...
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shore-anchor
That which lies between the shore and the ship when moored.
...
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single anchor
A ship unmoored, having hove up one bower, rides by the other.
...
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spare anchor
An additional anchor the size of a bower.
...
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stream-anchor
A smaller one by two-thirds than the bowers, and larger than the kedges, used to ride steady, or moo...
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up anchor
Pipe to weigh; every man to his station.
...
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waist-anchor
An additional or spare anchor stowed before the chess-tree. (See spare anchor.)
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weather-anchor
That lying to windward, by which a ship rides when moored.
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Abbot's Inn
The town house of the Abbots of Waltham. On the west side of St. Mary At Hill (Street), south of the...
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Angel Inn
1) On the west side of Fleet Market at No.53. In Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Elmes, 1831)....
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Antelope Inn
On the west side of West Smithfield, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
Ment...
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Axe Inn
On the east side of Aldermanbury, at No.20, in Cripplegate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831)....
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Bacon's Inn
Gardens, lands and messuages on the east side of Chancery Lane adjoining the wall belonging to the l...
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Bancor Inn
See Bangor House.
...
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Barklies Inn
By the south end of Addle Hill, west from St. Benet's Church, almost against Puddle Wharf, an ancien...
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Barnard's Inn
On the south side of Holborn at No.22 in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
An Inn of Chance...
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Bassett's Inn
Tenement or hostel of Ralph Holand called "Bassettisyn," formerly belonging to Sir Ralph de Basset, ...
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Beachamp's Inn
A house in the parish of St. Martin Orgar in St. Martin Orgar lane, in Candlewick Ward, so called as...
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Bear Inn
1) On the east side of Basinghall Street, near the middle, at.No. 31, in Bassishaw Ward (O. and M. 1...
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Beauchamp's Inn
See Beachamp's Inn.
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Beaumondes Inn
In the parish of St. Benet, in the ward of Baynardescastell, I Ed. IV. 1462 (Cal. P.R. Ed. IV. 1461-...
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Beaumont Inn
In the parish of St. Benet, in the ward of Baynardescastell, I Ed. IV. 1462 (Cal. P.R. Ed. IV. 1461-...
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Bell Inn
1) On the east side of Warwick Lane, in Castle Baynard Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816).
Strype s...
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Benbridges Inn
Hostel of Ralph Holand called "Penbrigges Inne," at the corner of Lymestrete in parish of St. Andrew...
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Blossoms Inn
On the west side of Lawrence Lane, Old Jewry, at No.25. In Cheap Ward (Lockie, 1816). At the north-e...
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Bull Inn
1) On the north side of Leadenhall Street at No. 152 (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816).
Earliest mentio...
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Checker Inn
In London Wall Street, west of Coleman Street. In Cripplegate Ward. Within (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii...
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Chequer Inn
1) On the north side of Holborn, east of Furnival's Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-...
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Chichester's (Bishop of) Inn
In the parish of St. Dunstan's Fleet Street, on the west side of Chancery Lane, 1310 (Cott. Faust. B...
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Clifford's Inn, Fleet Street
On the west side of Fetter Lane, north of St. Dunstan's, Fleet Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdo...
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Cobbam's Inn
Messuage or great house in Tower Ward, 6 H. V., called "Cobbam's Inne" (S. 139).
The new house of H...
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Cock Inn
On the south side of Leadenhall Street at No. 51, opposite Creechurch Lane (Lockie, 1810-16).
Not n...
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Crown Inn
1) At the northern end of Faulcon Court, Fleet Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720 ...
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Dolphin Inn
A tenement called "le Dolphin" in parish of St. Dunstan in the west in Fletestrete, between "le Bell...
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Falcon Inn
See Castle and Falcon Hotel.
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Farringdon Inn
See Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane.
...
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Foxton Inn
Inn so called in parish of St. Peter Cornhill, 21 Richard II. 1398 (Cal. P.R. Rich. II. 1396-9, p. 2...
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Furnival's Inn
On the north side of Holborn, between Leather Lane and Brook Street (O.S. 1880).
Southern portion i...
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George Inn
1) West out of Grub Street to Three Leg Court, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720-Lond. G...
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Gray's Inn
On the north side of Holborn, outside the City boundary, west of Gray's Inn Road. Gateway at No. 22 ...
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Greyhound Inn
1) On the north side of Holborn, between Furnival's Inn east and Brooke Street west, in Farringdon W...
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Legates Inn
Another tower by Baynard's Castle built by Ed. II. In the 2 Ed. III. it was given by the King to Wil...
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Lincoln's Inn
One of the Inns of Court on the west side of Chancery Lane, outside the City boundary.
The name see...
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Lovell's Inn
In Ivy Lane and Paternoster Row, in Farringdon Ward Within, in parish of St. Faith.
A great house a...
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Macworth Inn
See Barnard's Inn.
...
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Magpy Inn
On the north side of Magpy Yard, with a passage into Castle Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. a...
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(Abbot of) Malmesbury Inn
On the south side of Holborn, where Furnival Street now stands.
Grant by Thos. Coubrigge and Wm. Ca...
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Meermaid Inn
See Mermaid Court1, Great Carter Lane.
...
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Nevill's Inn
At the southern end of Monkwell Street in Silver Street was a great house with a garden plot belongi...
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New Inn
1) A messuage called "le Newin" in Chauncellerelane, 42 Ed. III. (Hust. Roll 96, No.218).
Granted t...
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Norhampton Inn
Inn in the Ropery called "Norhampton's In" with the "brode yates" with the shops annexed late of Joh...
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Peacock Inn
On the west side of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
The site is sho...
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Pembrook's Inn
At the north end of Ave Maria Lane, in parish of St. Martin Ludgate, 18 Rich. II. (S. 341).
Formerl...
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Penbrigge's Inn
See Benbridges Inn.
...
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Pulteney's Inn
A hostel in the city of London formerly belonging to John de Pulteney called "Pulteneysyn." The mast...
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Ram Inn
1) On the south side of Fenchurch Street, at the western end. In Langbourne Ward (Strype, 1720 and 1...
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Rose Inn
1) In Fleet Street, belonging to the Monastery of Rochester (Dugdale, I.).
No later mention.
2) Ne...
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Scroop's Inn
On the north side of Holborn Hill, an inn of Serjeants, opposite St. Andrew's Church (S. 78 and 388)...
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Scrupes Inn
Next to Paul's Wharf is a great Messuage called" Scrupes Inn," some-time belonging to the Scrupes in...
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Skales Inn
See Maiden Lane2, College Hill.
...
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Somerset Inn
A tenement so called next Baynard Castle, worth £9 6s. 8d., belonging Eleanor, late Duchess of Somer...
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Sporier's Inn
Tenements in Sholane near "Sporiers In" in parish of St. Brigid in Fletestrete, 1414 (Ct. H.W. II. 4...
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Stamford Inn
An inn so called in Ivy Lane, temp. H. VI. and Ed. IV. (H. MSS. Com. 9th Rep. 10).
Not further iden...
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Staple Inn
On the south side of Holborn Bars at No.2, outside the City boundary.
"Staple Inn in Holborne," 159...
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Star Inn
On the east side of Fish Street Hill. In Bridge Ward Within, north of tlie Monument (O.and M. 1677-L...
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Swan Inn
1) See Swan and Two Necks Inn.
2) On the east side of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without...
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Symond's Inn
On the east side of Chancery Lane at No.22, outside the City boundary (O.S. 1875).
Mentioned in 162...
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Talbot Inn
South out of Aldgate High Street beyond the Bars (Rocque, 1746).
Probably on or near the site of " ...
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Thavie's Inn
South out of Holborn Circus (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
First mention: A tablet a...
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(Prior of) Tortington's Inn
See Oxford Place.
...
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Vine Inn, Vine Yard
West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-O.S.1848-51).
Called " P...
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Warwick Inn
A tenement so called belonging to Eleanor, late Duchess of Somerset, daughter of Richard Beauchamp, ...
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Windmill Inn
On the east side of Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
See Windmill Alley.
...
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Woolpack Inn
On the east side of West Smithfield, towards the north. In Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677)....
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Ypres Inn
See Ipres Inne.
...
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chequer inn, in newgate street
The prison of Newgate.
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Blue Anchor Alley
1) In Great Minories (Dodsley, 1761).
Not further identified.
2) In St. Katherine's precinct (Dods...
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Blue Anchor Court
In Salisbury Court, Fleet Street (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Blue Anchor Yard
West out of Coleman Street at No. 1 and north to London Wall. In Coleman Street Ward (Rocque, 1746-E...
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Three Anchor Alley
In Shoe Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Name derived from the sign.
...
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anchor-stock-fashion
The method of placing the butt of one wale-plank nearly over the middle of the other; and the planks...
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anchor-stock tackle
A small tackle attached to the upper part of the anchor-stock when stowing the anchor, its object be...
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boat the anchor
Place the anchor in-board in the boat.
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cat the anchor
When the cat is hooked and "cable enough" veered and stoppered, the anchor hangs below the cat-head,...
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shoulder the anchor
When a seaman forgets his craft, and gives his ship too little cable to ride by, she may be thrown a...
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Andrewes Crosse Inn
A messuage or inn so called in Chanceller Lane (Chancery Lane) in parish of St. Dunstan, between the...
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Bell Inn, Holborn
See Old Bell Inn.
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Bell Inn, Walbrook
See Bell Court.
...
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Black Horse Inn
1) On the west side of Water Lane, Whitefriars, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1...
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Black Lion Inn
West out of Water Lane, Whitefriars, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 279-Locki...
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Black Lyon Inn
On the south side of Great St. Thomas Apostle, in Vintry Ward (O, and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
The si...
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Black Swan Inn
1) On the south side of Holborn, west of Fetter Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Str...
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Blossom Inn Yard
West out of Laurence Lane, Old Jewry, at No.23 (P.O. Directory). In Cheap Ward.
First mention: O.S....
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Blue Bore Inn
North out of Aldgate High Street at No.30 (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1848-51). In Portsoken Ward.
"Blue B...
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Boar Inn, Aldgate
See Blue Bore Inn.
...
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Catherine Wheel Inn
On the east side of Bishopsgate, south of Catherine Wheel Alley. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and...
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Clifford's Inn Gardens
See Clifford's Inn.
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Clifford's Inn Lane
See Clifford's Inn Passage.
...
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Clifford's Inn Passage
North out of Fleet Street at No. 187 on the west side of St. Dunstan's Church (P.O. Directory). In F...
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Cross Keys Inn
1) On the south side of Holborn, in Farringdon Ward Without, east of Fetter Lane (O. and M. 1677).
...
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Dolphin Inn, Yard
1) On the east side of Bishopsgate Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (S. 167-Boyle, 1799).
Teneme...
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Four Swans Inn
West out of Bishopsgate Street Within, in Bishopsgate Ward Within, at No. 83 (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 18...
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Furnival's Inn Court
North out of Holborn, west of Furnival's Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Elmes, 1831).
C...
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Furnival's Inn Gardens
On the north side of Furnival's Inn (Elmes, 1831).
Garden of Lord de Furnyvale mentioned 6 Rich. II...
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George Hotel, Inn
On the east side of Aldermanbury at No. 22, north of Three Nun Court, in Cripplegate Ward Within (O....
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Gerard's Hall Inn
On the south side of Basing Lane, adjoining St. Mildred, Bread Street, in Bread Street Ward (Elmes, ...
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Golden Lyon Inn
West out of Red Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
"Wheatsheaf Brewhouse,"...
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Gray's Inn Fields
North of Gray's Inn. Mentioned 1642-3 (L. and P. Chas. I. XVIII. p. 450).
...
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Gray's Inn Lane
Now called Gray's Inn Road (q.v.). Outside the City boundary.
...
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Gray's Inn Road
North out of High Holborn to King's Cross (P.O. Directory).
First mention: O.S. 1875.
Former names...
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Green Dragon Inn
West out of Bishopsgate Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1848-51).
Earliest ...
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Harflete, Harflu Inn
See Six Clerks' Office.
...
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Harts Horn Inn
On the east side of Pye Corner, West Smithfield, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, ...
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Ipswich Arms Inn
At the east end of Cullum Street, before it turns south into Fenchurch Street. In Langbourn Ward (O....
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Katherine Wheel Inn
On the south side of London Wall. In Cripplegate Ward Within, east of Basinghall Street (Strype, 172...
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King's Arms Inn
1) On the north-west side of Crutched Friars (Hatton, 1708).
Not named in the maps.
2) North out o...
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King's Head Inn
1) On the west side of the Old Change, at No.17, in Castle Baynard Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816...
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Le Neve Inn
In parish of St. Benets, belonging formerly to John do Mountague, Earl of Salisbury, and later to Si...
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Maidenhead Yard, Inn
On the north side of Great Knightrider Street, in Castle Baynard Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lond. G. 1758)...
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Monte Jovis Inn
On the south side of Fenchurch Street, opposite the Pump and next to Northumberland Alley west (S. 1...
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Nagg's Head Inn
South out of London Wall at Little Winchester Street, opposite the Church of All Hallows in ye Wall ...
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Nag's Head Inn
On the west side of Grub Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without, built on a place called " Soldiers Cou...
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Old Bell Inn
On the north side of Holborn at No.123 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First mention: ...
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Oxford Armes Inn
South out of Newgate Street, with a passage west to Warwick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within and Cast...
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Oxford Arms Inn
On the east side of Giltspur Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
Site is now occup...
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Pewter Pot Inn
On the south side of Leadenhall Street. In Aldgate Ward, in parish. of St. Andrew Undershaft (36 Eli...
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Red Hart Inn
On the west side of Fetter Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, ed. 1755).
"New...
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Red Lyon Inn
1) South-west out of Pemberton Row, Gough Square, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Rocque,...
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Saracen's Head Inn
On the west side of Friday Street, in Bread Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816).
Strype descr...
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Sarcen's Head Inn
On the north side of Snow Hill, west of St. Sepulchre's Church, in Farringdon Ward Without (S. 387, ...
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Serjeants' Inn, Holborn
See Scroop's Inn.
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Thavie's Inn Court
In Thavie's Inn (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Thavie's Inn Passage
In Thavie's Inn (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Three Colt Inn
On the south side of Bevis Marks, near Duke's Place (Hatton, 1708).
Not named in the maps.
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Three Cups Inn
1) On the east side of Goswell Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816).
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Two Swan Inn
West out of Bishopsgate, in Bishopsgate Ward Without, between Nos. 186 and 187 (Rocque, 1746-Horwood...
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White Hart Inn
1) On the north side of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without, with a passage to 3 Leg Court (Str...
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White Horse Inn
1) On the east side of Wood Street at No.30, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Rocque, 1746-Lockie, 1816)....
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White Swan Inn
1) In Seething Lane, 1636 (L. and P. Chas. I. I635~6, p.380). No other mention.
2) West out of West...
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king's head inn
The prison of Newgate.
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Anchor and Hart Alley
North out of Aldgate High Street, near the eastern boundary of Portsoken Ward and within the ward. "...
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beam of the anchor
Synonymous with anchor-stock.
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blade of an anchor
That part of the arm prepared to receive the palm.
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drag the anchor, to
The act of the anchors coming home.
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eye of an anchor
The hole in the shank wherein the ring is fixed.
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fish the anchor, to
To turn up the flukes of an anchor to the gunwale for stowage, after being catted.
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lift an anchor, to
Either by the purchase; or a ship if she has not sufficient cable on a steep bank lifts, or shoulder...
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nuts of an anchor
Two projections either raised or welded on the square part of the shank, for securing the stock to i...
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peak of an anchor
The bill or extremity of the palm, which, as seamen by custom drop the k, is pronounced pea; it is t...
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shoe of the anchor
A flat block of hard wood, convex on the back, and having a hole sufficiently large to contain the b...
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sight the anchor, to
To heave it up in sight, in order to prove that it is clear, when, from the ship having gone over it...
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stock of an anchor
A cross-beam of wood, or bar of iron, secured to the upper end of the shank at right angles with the...
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stopper of the anchor
A strong rope attached to the cat-head, which, passing through the anchor-ring, is afterwards fasten...
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