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Armourers' Hall
See Armourers and Braziers' Hall.
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Braziers' Hall
See Armourers and Braziers' Hall.
...
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Armourers and Braziers' Company
Incorporated as the Armourers' Co. about 1453. The Braziers joined the Company afterwards, in 1708 (...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Braziers' Almshouses
At the end of Two Swan Yard, No. 186, Bishopsgate Without (Lockie, 1810).
Founded by Lady Elizabeth...
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Braziers' Buildings
East out of Farringdon Street, between Bear Alley and Newcastle Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (...
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Linen Armourers
Stow mentions them as one Company with the Tailors in 1452 (S. 153).
...
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linen armourers
Taylors.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Hall
·noun Any corridor or passage in a building.
II. Hall ·noun A college in an English university (at ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hall
(Gr. aule, Luke 22:55; R.V., "court"), the open court or quadrangle belonging to the high priest's h...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Hall (de la)
Two messuages of Walter de Pappeworth in parish of St. Andrew in Estchep and leasehold interest in l...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hall
used of the court of the high priest's house. (Luke 22:55) In (Matthew 27:27) and Mark 15:16 "Hall" ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Fruyterers and Watermen's Hall
In Leake, south of Clarkes Hall, in Brode Lane.
Stow says it occupied part of the site of Worcester...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Watermen's and Lightermen's Hall
On the west side of St. Mary at Hill (Street) at No. 18. In Billingsgate Ward (P.O. Directory).
Ere...
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And
·conj If; though. ·see <<An>>, ·conj.
II. And ·conj It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive...
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and
• The people who inhabited generally the whole of that country.
• In (Genesis 10:18-20) the seats o...
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Hall-mark
·noun The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, ...
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Moot-hall
·noun ·Alt. of Moot-house.
...
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Music hall
·add. ·- A place for public musical entartainments; specif. (·Eng.), ·esp. a public hall for vaudevi...
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Wool-hall
·noun A trade market in the woolen districts.
...
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Judgment hall
Gr. praitorion (John 18:28, 33; 19:9; Matt. 27:27), "common hall." In all these passages the Revised...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Hall, Basil
(1788-1844)
Traveller, s. of Sir James H., an eminent man of science, was in the navy, and rose to ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Hall, or Halle, Edward
(1499?-1547)
Chronicler, b. in London, studied successively at Camb. and Oxf. He was a lawyer, and ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Hall, Joseph
(1574-1656)
Divine, b. at Ashby-de-la-Zouche, and ed. at Camb., he entered the Church, and became i...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Hall, Robert
(1764-1831)
Divine, b. at Arnsby, Leicestershire, the s. of a Baptist minister of some note, was ed...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Caine, Hall
(b. 1853)
Novelist
Shadow of a Crime (1885), Son of Hagar (1886), The Deemster (1887), The Bondman...
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Apothecaries' Hall
On the east side of Water Lane, Blackfriars (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First ment...
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Backwell Hall
See Blackwell Hall.
...
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Bakers' Hall
On the east side of Harp Lane at No. 16. In Tower Ward (P.O Directory).
The Hall is mentioned as ea...
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Bakewell Hall
See Blackwell Hall.
...
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Barbers' Hall
See Barber Surgeons' Hall.
...
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Basing Hall
See Bassishaw and Blackwell Hall.
...
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Bay Hall
At the end of Bassingshall streete (S. 286, in margin).
Used as a market house (Strype, ed. 1720, I...
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Blacksmiths' Hall
On the west side of Lambeth Hill, in Queenhithe Ward (Leake, 1666-Strype, 1755).
Let as a warehouse...
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Blackwell Hall
On the west side of Basinghall Street at No. 6 with a passage west to the Guildhall and south to Cat...
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Bowyers' Hall
In Bowyers' Court on the south side of Hart Street, and east of Monkwell Street. In Cripplegate Ward...
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Brasiers' Hall
See Armourers and Braziers' Hall.
...
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Brewers' Hall
On the north side of Addle Street at No. 19 (P.O. Directory). Near Plasterers' Hall. In Cripplegate ...
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Bricklayers' Hall
South out of Leadenhall Street. In Aldgate Ward (S. 140-Elmes, 1831). Behind No. 53 (Lockie, 1810).
...
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Broderers' Hall
At 36, Gutter Lane.
Valuation of goods of the Company of Brawderers in their hall in parish of St. ...
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Butchers' Hall
On the west side of Bartholomew Close at Nos. 87 and 88 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within....
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Carpenter's Hall
On the south side of London Wall, at the north-east corner of Throgmorton Avenue (P.O. Directory).
...
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Chandlers' Hall
See Tallow Chandlers' Hall.
...
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Clarks' Hall
On the east side of Bishopsgate, in Bishopsgate Ward (Within), "was a fayre entrie or Court to the c...
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Clerks' Hall
See Parish Clerks' Hall.
...
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Clothworkers' Hall
On the east side of Mincing Lane (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward.
Earliest mention: Purchased 34 H....
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Coachmakers' Hall
On the east side of Noble Street, at No. 11, next St. Mary Staining Churchyard, in Aldersgate Ward (...
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Cogers' Hall
At No. 15 Bride Lane. In Farringdon Ward Without.
A political society known as the Honourable Socie...
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Cokedon Hall
At the south-west end of Marte Lane, 1603 (S. 134).
Bequeathed by Richard de Hakeneye to Alan his s...
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Commercial Hall
On the south side of Skinner Street, Snow Hill, at No. 9 (Lockie, 1810-16).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Cooks' Hall
On the east side of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without opposite Little Britain (S. 311-St...
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Coopers' Hall
On the west side of Basinghall Street at No. 71 (P.O. Directory). North of the Guildhall Library in ...
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Copped Hall
A tenement so called in Hogg Lane, formed one of the boundaries of the site of the Abbey of Graces, ...
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Cordwainers' Hall
On the north side of Cannon Street, at No. 7, west from Friday Street, in Bread Street Ward (P.O. Di...
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Crosby Hall
On the east side of Bishopsgate (Street Within) at the north-east corner of Crosby Square (O.S.).
T...
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Curriers' Hall
On the south side of London Wall at No. 6 (P.O. Directory). Formerly further south at the southern e...
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Cutlers' Hall
On the west side of Newgate Street, at No .4 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First men...
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Distillers' Hall
In Throgmorton Street-in Draper's Hall.
Company incorporated 1638 (Elmes, 1831).
...
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Drapers' Hall
On the north side of Throgmorton Street at No. 28 (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward.
Grant to ...
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Dyers' Hall
On the west side of Dowgate Hill at No. 10 (P.O. Directory). In Dowgate Ward.
Erected 1770. Rebuilt...
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Embroiderers' Hall
On the west side of Gutter Lane at No. 36. In Farringdon Ward Within, north of Half Moon Alley (Elme...
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Fanners' Hall
See Scalding House2, Eastcheap.
...
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Feltmakers' Hall
In Lime Street (Elmes, 1831).
Anciently a branch of the Haberdashers of hats (Dodsley, 1761).
Comp...
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Fisherman's Hall
Mentioned in deed of 1741 relating to Brickle's charity and identified with the Emperor's Head (q.v....
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Fishmongers' Hall
On the south side of Upper Thames Street at No. 107, out of Fishmongers' Hall Street (P.O. Directory...
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Fletchers' Hall
On the east side of St. Mary Axe (Elmes, 1831).
First mention: "le Fletchers Hall," 30 H. VIII. 153...
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Founders' Hall
At the north end of Founders' Court, Lothbury. In Coleman Street Ward.
First mention: S. 285.
Buil...
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Girdlers' Hall
On the east side of Basinghall Street at No. 39 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: Common Hall of the...
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Gisors' Hall
See Gerard's Hall Inn.
...
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Glasiers' Hall
In Kyrune lane, near Paternoster Church (S. 249).
The Hall was burnt in the Fire and not rebuilt. ....
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Glovers' Hall
At the south end of Glovers' Hall Court, Beech Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Roc...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Goldsmiths' Hall
On the east side of Foster Lane, south of Gresham Street, between Foster Lane and Gutter Lane (P.O. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Grocers' Hall
At the north end of Grocers' Hall Court, Poultry, with a passage west to Old Jewry. In Cheap Ward (P...
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Haberdashers' Hall
On the east side of Staining Lane and the north side of Gresham Street, at No. 33 (P.O. Directory). ...
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The Hall Court
On the west side of Middle Temple Lane. North of Middle Temple Hall (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1720 and...
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Holborn Hall
In Shoe Lane, letten out into Tenements (S. 392).
...
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Innholders' Hall
On the south side of College Street at No. 28, at the north-east corner of Little College Street (P....
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Ironmongers' Hall
On the north side of Fenchurch Street at 1171/2 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward, east of Fishmonge...
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Ivy Hall
See Yvihalle.
...
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Joiners' Hall
See Joyners' Hall.
...
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Joyners' Hall
On the south side of Upper Thames Street, between Fryers Lane east and Joyners' Alley west, in Joyne...
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Leathersellers' Hall
At the east end of Saint Helen's Place, at No. 13 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Within.
Ere...
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Lorimers' Hall
On the north side of London Wall, west of the Second Postern, in Cripplegate Ward Within, facing Bas...
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Louse Hall
In Aldersgate Street, near Bridgewater Gardens (Gent. Mag. Lib. XV. 32).
...
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Masons' Hall
In Basinghall Street, on the north side of Masons' Alley. In Bassishaw Ward (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 184...
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Mercers' Hall
On the north side of Cheapside at No. 86 (P.O. Directory). In Cheap Ward.
First mention: Licence gr...
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Olde Hall
At the corner of Elbow Lane, one great stone house called "Olde hall" now taken down. Sometime belon...
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Pewterers' Hall
On the north-west side of Lime Street at No.15 (P.O. Directory). In Laughourne Ward,
First mention:...
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Pinmakers' Hall
See Pinners' Hall.
...
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Pinners' Hall
The Hall of the Pinners or Pinmakers' Company.
On the west side of Old Broad Street at No.54. In Br...
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Plasterers' Hall
On the north side of Addle Street at No.23. In Cripplegate Ward Within (Elmes, 1831).
First mention...
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Plumbers' Hall
On the north side of Chequer Yard, Bush Lane. In Dowgate Ward (Elmes, 1831).
First mention: O. and ...
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Poulterers' Hall
On the west side of Monkwell Street, in Leake, 1666.
Wheatley says the hall was at one time in Lead...
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Ringed Hall
A tenement called "Ryngedehall" on the south side of "Kniyghtryderestrete" in the parish of St. Thom...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Saddlers' Hall
On the north side of Cheapside at No.141 (P.O. Directory). Between Foster Lane and Gutter Lane. In F...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Salters' Hall
On the west side of St. Swithin's Lane at No.10, south of New Court (P.O. Directory). In Walbrook Wa...
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Scotch Hall
Hall of the Corporation of the Scottish Hospital of His Majesty's Foundation in Blackfriars, 1676 (L...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Scouts' Hall
See Scotch Hall.
...
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Scriveners' Hall
On the east side of Noble Street, in Aldersgate Ward (Leake, 1666-Strype, 1755).
Formerly called "B...
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Skinners' Hall
On the west side of Dowgate Hill at No.8, on the boundary of Dow-gate and Vintry Wards (P.O. Directo...
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Staple Hall
1) See Staple Inn.
2) House of Lord St. John called" Staple Hall," in length 126 ft., in breadth be...
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Stationers' Hall
On the west side of Stationers' Hall Court, Ludgate Hill (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Steven's Hall
Near the north end of the Cathedral Church of St. Paui, 1641 (H MSS. Com. 4th Rep. 110).
No later m...
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Sussex Hall
See Sussex House.
...
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Trinity Hall
Messuage so called belonging to a guild or fraternity of the Holy Trinity in St. Botolph's Aldgate (...
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Turners' Hall
On the east side of College Hill, south of Cutlers' Hall. In Vintry Ward (Rocque, 1746).
In P. Cler...
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Vintners' Hall
On the south side of Upper Thames Street at No.68 1/2, in Vintry Ward (P.O. Directory).
First menti...
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Waterbearers' Hall
In Bishopsgate Street Without, Nos. 143 and 144, given by Robert Donkyn to the parish of St. Michael...
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Watermen Hall
See Fruyterers and Watermen's Hall.
...
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Weavers' Hall
On the east side of Basinghall Street at No.22 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: " Weauers Hall" (S....
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Woodmongers' Hall
1) In Duke's Place, Aldgate, called the Duke's Hall (Wheatley)
No other reference.
2) On the east ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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mumpers hall
An alehouse where beggars are harboured.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wiseacre's hall
Gresham college.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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moot-hall
a town hall. North.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Judgment Hall
The word praetorium is so translated five times in the Authorized Version of the New Testament, and ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Wesleyan Centenary Hall and Missionary Sooiety
On the east side of Bishopsgate at No.24 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Within. Erected 1839-...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Painters' Hall or Painter Stainers' Hall
On the west side of Little Trinity Lane at No.9 (P.O. Directory). In Queenhithe Ward.
First mention...
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Barber Surgeons' Hall
On the west side of Monkwell Street at No.32 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within (detached p...
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Blackwell Hall Yard
In Basinghall Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Blakwell Hall Court
West out of Aldermanbury Postern, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
The sit...
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Butcher Hall Lane
See King Edward Street.
...
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Butchers' Hall Corner
High street in St. Nicholas Shambles by the small lane there leading to the gate at the Butchers Hal...
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Carpenters' Hall Yard
South out of Tower Street, west of St. Dunstan's Hill (Strype, 1720-55). In Tower Ward.
Former name...
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Crosby Hall Chambers
On the east side of Bishopsgate Street at No. 24, opposite Threadneedle Street, in Bishopsgate Ward ...
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Curriers' Hall Court
South out of London Wall, west of Philip Lane (Lockie, 1810, to Elmes, 1831).
Former name : "Currio...
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Dyers' Hall Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 95, between George Alley east and Angel passage west (P.O. D...
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Fellowship Porters' Hall
On the east side of Beer Lane at No. 22. In Tower Ward.
Formerly on the west side of St. Mary at Hi...
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Fishmongers' Hall Street
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 107 (P.O. Directory). Adjoining Fishmongers' Hall west. In B...
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Fishmongers' Hall Wharf
On the south side of Upper Thames Street, at the south end of Fishmongers' Hall, adjoining London Br...
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Founders' Hall Chapel
See Founders' Hall.
...
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Framework Knitters' Hall
East out of Red Cross Street. In Cripplegate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
The Company was the 65th ...
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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, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Glovers' Hall Court
On the south side of Beech Lane at No. 7, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-L.C.C. List, 1...
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Grocers' Hall Court
North out of Poultry, at No. 35, to Grocers' Hall (P.O. Directory). In Cheap and Coleman Street Ward...
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Inner Temple Hall
On the south side of the Temple Church, and of Tanfield Court, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Dir...
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Joiners' Hall Buildings
South out of Upper Thames Street, at No. 78, to Greenwich Street, between Bell Wharf Lane and Friars...
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Merchant Taylors' Hall
On the south side of Threadneedle Street at No. 30 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: "Tailors' Hall,...
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Middle Temple Hall
On the west side of Middle Temple Lane, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory). Great Hall new...
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Parish Clerks' Hall
On the south side of Silver Street at No.24, in Cripplegate Ward Within, and west of Wood Street (P....
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Saddlers' Hall Court
West out of Gravel Lane, Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (O.S.25 in. 1880).
Removed about 1884, when...
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Salters' Hall Chapel
Near the gardens of the Salters' Hall, in Walbrook Ward. Not connected with the Salters' Company exc...
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Salters' Hall Court
North out of Cannon Street at No.109 (P.O. Directory). On the west side of St. Swithin's Church in W...
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Stationers' Hall Buildings
On the north side of Ludgate Hill at No, 30, near Stationers' Hall Court (P.O. Directory). In Farrin...
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Stationers' Hall Court
North out of Ludgate Hill, between 28 and 30, to Stationers Hall (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon War...
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Tallow Chandlers' Hall
On the west side of Dowgate Hill, No.5 (P.O. Directory). In Dowgate Ward.
First mention: S. p.232.
...
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Wax Chandlers' Hall
At the north-east corner of Gutter Lane, on the south side of Gresham Street (P.O. Directory). In Cr...
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Westminster Hall Court
North out of Dunning's Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, 1720, I. ii. 108-Boyle, 1799).
T...
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White Hall Court
East from the Tower precinct to St. Katherine's lane (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1811).
Removed for the ...
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piss pot hall
A house at Clapton, near Hackney, built by a potter chiefly out of the profits of chamber pots, in t...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Castor and Pollux
·- ·see Saint Elmo's fire, under <<Saint>>.
...
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Half-and-half
·noun A mixture of two malt liquors, ·esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts.
...
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In and an
·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...
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In-and-in
·noun An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, eithe...
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Lords and Ladies
·- The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), — those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with ...
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Make and break
·add. ·- Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
...
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Tom and Jerry
·add. ·- A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, ·etc., and beaten up w...
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Tops-and-bottoms
·noun ·pl Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, — used as food fo...
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Tweedledum and Tweedledee
·add. ·- Two things practically alike;
— a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692-1793) in his satire "O...
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Azur and Azzur
Helper.
1) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer. 28:1).
2) The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek. ...
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By and by
Immediately (Matt. 13:21; R.V., "straightway;" Luke 21:9).
...
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Castor and Pollux
The "Dioscuri", two heroes of Greek and Roman mythology. Their figures were probably painted or scul...
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Jachin and Boaz
The names of two brazen columns set up in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:15-22). Each was eighteen cubi...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Tryphena and Tryphosa
Two female Christians, active workers, whom Paul salutes in his epistle to the Romans (16:12).
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Bell and Crown
On the north side of Holborn, east of Furnival's Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without. The southern porti...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(The) Cat and Fiddle
In the parish of St. Benet Sherehog, 1542 (L. and P. H. VIII. XVII. 393).
Earliest mention: "le Cat...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(The) Crown and Cushion
See Pay Office.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Hand and Still
In Houndesditch at the boundary of Bishopsgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 94, and in 1755 ed.).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hoare and Co
Premises on the west side of Water Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within (Horwood, 1799).
Site occupied i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Rose and Crown
A house so called in parish of St. Michael Crooked Lane demised to the use of the church and parish ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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air and exercise
He has had air and exercise, i.e. he has been whipped at the cart's tail; or, as it is generally, th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bird and baby
The sign of the eagle and child.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black and white
In writing. I have it in black and white; I have written evidence.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bubble and squeak
Beef and cabbage fried together. It is so called from its bubbling up and squeaking whilst over the ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bulk and file
Two pickpockets; the bulk jostles the party to be robbed, and the file does the business.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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buttock and file
A common whore and a pick-pocket. Cant.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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buttock and twang, or down buttock and sham file
A common whore, but no pickpocket.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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buttock and tongue
A scolding wife.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to chop and change
To exchange backwards and forwards. To chop, in the canting sense, means making dispatch, or hurryin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ducks and drakes
To make ducks and drakes: a school-boy's amusement, practised with pieces of tile, oyster-shells, or...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gamon and patter
Common place talk of any profession; as the gamon and patter of a horse-dealer, sailor, &c.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gog and magog
Two giants, whose effigies stand on each side of the clock in Guildhall, London; of whom there is a ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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guts and garbage
A very fat man or woman. More guts than brains; a silly fellow. He has plenty of guts, but no bowels...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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here and thereian
One who has no settled place of residence.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hide and seek
A childish game. He plays at hide and seek; a saying of one who is in fear of being arrested for deb...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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inside and outside
The inside of a **** and the outside of a gaol.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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milk and water
Both ends of the busk.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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monks and friars
Terms used by printers: monks are sheets where the letters are blotted, or printed too black; friars...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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orthodoxy and heterodoxy
Somebody explained these terms by saying, the first was a man who had a doxy of his own, the second ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pothooks and hangeks
A scrawl, bad writing.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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quick and nimble
More like a bear than a squirrel. Jeeringly said to any one moving sluggishly on a business or erran...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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quirks and quillets
Tricks and devices. Quirks in law; subtle distinctions and evasions.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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roaratorios and uproars
Oratorios and operas.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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roast and boiled
A nick name for the Life Guards, who are mostly substantial house-keepers; and eat daily of roast an...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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six and tips
Whisky and small beer. IRISH.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sixes and sevens
Left at sixes and sevens: i.e. in confusion; commonly said of a room where the furniture, &c. is sca...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tarring and feathering
A punishment lately infliced by the good people of Boston on any person convicted, or suspected, of ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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chock-and-log
n. and adj.
a particularkind of fence much used on Australian stations. The Chock is a thick short ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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back and forth
Backwards and forwards, applied to a person in walking, as, "He was walking back and forth." A commo...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black and blue
The color of a bruise; a familiar expression for a bruise, here and in England.
Mistress Ford, good...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black and white
To put a thing into black and white, is, to commit it to writing. In use in Scotland.--Jamieson.
I ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.