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Blackfriars
See Broadway and Pilgrim Street.
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Bridge
·vt To open or make a passage, as by a bridge.
II. Bridge ·add. ·noun A card game resembling whist....
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bridge
To make a bridge of any one's nose; to push the bottle past him, so as to deprive him of his turn of...
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to bridge
To build a bridge, or bridges; as, 'to bridge a river.'--Webster.
Mr. Todd, in his edition of Johns...
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bridge
A narrow gangway between two hatchways, sometimes termed a bridge. Military bridges to afford a pass...
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(St.) Anne Blackfriars
On the east side of Church Entry, north of Glasshouse Yard in Farringdon Ward Within (O. and M. 1677...
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Blackfriars Almshouses
In Church Entry on the east side, a few doors from Shoemaker Row, Blackfriars (Lockie, 1810, to Elme...
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Blackfriars Gateway
In Ludgate Street, in parish of St. Martin Ludgate, nearly opposite the church, leading through Pilg...
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Blackfriars Lane
See Water Lane, Blackfriars.
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Blackfriars School
Founded in 1716 by Peter Joy, for 40 boys and 30 girls (Dodsley, 1761).
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Blackfriars Stairs
At the southern end of Water Lane, Blackfriars, in Farringdon Ward Within (Boyle, 1799).
In 1294 a ...
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Blackfriars Station
At the northern end of Blackfriars Bridge, at the eastern end of the Victoria Embankment (P.O. Direc...
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Blackfriars Theatre
The site on which this theatre was erected had been for thirty-five years the office of the Revels d...
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Auction bridge
·add. ·- A variety of the game of bridge in which the players, beginning with the dealer, bid for th...
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Bridge-ward
·noun The principal ward of a key.
II. Bridge-ward ·noun A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a...
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Leg bridge
·add. ·- A type of bridge for small spans in which the floor girders are rigidly secured at their ex...
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Water bridge
·- ·see Water table.
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Wheatstone's bridge
·- ·see under <<Bridge>>.
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Bridewell Bridge
Bridge over the Fleet opposite Bridewell at the end of Paved Alley, built of timber before the Fire,...
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Bridge Gate
Said to be one of the four original gates of the City. On London Bridge (S. 42).
New made when the ...
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Bridge House
A dwelling-house attached to St. Thomas' Chapel on London Bridge, and quite distinct from the Bridge...
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Bridge Street
South from Easteheap to Old London Bridge. Now Fish Street Hill.
Earliest mention found in records ...
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Fleet Bridge
Over the Fleet River between Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill, near Fleet Prison, in Farringdon Ward Wi...
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Hermitage Bridge
See Swing Bridge, Hermitage Entrance.
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Holborn Bridge
At the east end of Holborn Hill and north end of Fleet Market over the Fleet, at its junction with t...
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London Bridge
Extends across the River Thames from Adelaide Place and King William Street to High Street, Southwar...
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Mill Bridge
In St. Catherine's Thames Street (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
Qy. = Mille Dock.
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Southwark Bridge
Connects the north and south sides of the river from Queen Street Place to Bankside, Southwark. Desi...
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Temple Bridge
Order for repair of the Bridge of the New Temple by which persons coming to Parliament and Councils ...
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Tower Bridge
Over the Thames, from the eastern boundary of the Tower to Southwark, parish of St. John Horseleydow...
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Traitors' Bridge
At the Tower of London (Strype, ed. 1755~B0yle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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asses'-bridge
The well-known name of prop. 5, b. i. of Euclid, the difficulty of which makes many give in.
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bridge-islet
A portion of land which becomes insular at high-water as Old Woman's Isle at Bombay, and among other...
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bridge-train
An equipment for insuring the passage of troops over a river. Pontooners. (See pontoon.)
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drowning-bridge
A sluice-gate for overflowing meadows.
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floating bridge
A passage formed across a river or creek by means of bridges of boats, as over the Douro, Rhine, &c....
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(St.) Anne Blackfriars' Churchyard
At the north-west end of Church Entry (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1880).
Purchased by the inhabitants of t...
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Banister's Court, Blackfriars
North out of Banister's Lane, Blackfriars. In Farringdon Ward Within (O. and M. 1677).
The site is ...
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Bannister's Lane, Blackfriars
See Banister's Lane.
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Church Alley, Blackfriars
See Church Hill.
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Church Lane, Blackfriars
See Church Entry.
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Cloister Court, Blackfriars
West out of Curriers' Row, Ireland Yard, Blackriars, in Farringdon Ward Within.
First mention: "Clo...
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Fryar Street, Blackfriars
See Friar Street.
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Wanley's Court, Blackfriars
See Sambrook Court.
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Water Lane, Blackfriars
South from Broadway to Queen Victoria Street at No.172 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
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Bridge House Court
West out of Gracechurch Street, at No. 37, opposite Talbot Court (Lockie, 1816).
Shown in Horwood, ...
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Bridge House Rents
On the north side of Newgate Street, opposite Warwick Lane, in 1546 and 1617, shown in a "plat of th...
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Bridge Ward School
In Old Swan Lane, on the west side (Lockie, 1810).
Not named in the maps.
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Bridge Ward Within
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, known as Bridge Ward Within, in contradistinction to Southw...
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Bridge Ward Without
= Southwark. Not included in the present work.
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Horse-shoe Bridge
A bridge over the stream of the Walbrook by the church of St. John upon Walbrook (S. 27 and 230).
E...
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Little Bridge Street
East out of New Bridge Street to St. Martin's Court, on the boundary of Farringdon Wards Within and ...
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London Bridge Square
On London Bridge, in Bridge Ward (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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London Bridge Waterworks
See Water Works, London Bridge.
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London Bridge Wharf
On the east side of London Bridge and the south side of Lower Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Bri...
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(St.) Margaret Bridge Street
See St. Margaret Fish Street Hill.
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New Bridge Street
South from Fleet Street to Blackfriars Bridge (P.O. Directory). On the boundary of Farringdon Ward W...
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Southwark Bridge Stairs
Adjoining Southwark Bridge on the west (O.S. 1894). First mention: O.S. 1875.
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Tower Bridge Approach
On the northern side of the Tower Bridge, from Mansel Street at Tower Hill to the Bridge (O.S. 1894-...
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Glass House Yard, Blackfriars
Between Church Entry, Playhouse Yard and Water Lane, south of Apothecaries' Hall, in Farringdon Ward...
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Printing House Yard, Blackfriars
See Printing House Square.
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Cistern at Fleet Bridge
Made in 1478 by the inhabitants of Fleet Street at their own charges for the receipt of the waste wa...
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Conduit at Fleet Bridge
A cistern or conduit for receipt of spring water made by the inhabitants of Fleet Street in 1478, bu...
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Forcier, near London Bridge
Erected by Peter Moris, a Dutchman, in 1582, for the supply of water to the eastern part of the City...
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Horse-shoe Bridge Street
East out of Tower Royal to the church of St. John Walbrook (S. 230).
First mention: A lane leading ...
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(St.) Michael towards London Bridge
See St. Michael Crooked Lane.
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(St.) Olave by London Bridge
Qy. = Olave (St.) Hart Street or Olave (St.) Southwark.
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Swing Bridge, Hermitage Entrance
Over the Hermitage Entrance to the London Docks (O.S. 25 in. 1897).
Former name : " Hermitage Bridg...
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(St.) Thomas Chapel, London Bridge
Erected over the centre pier of the first stone bridge on the east side, 1176-1209.
"Capella beati ...
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Water House, London Bridge
See Water Works, London Bridge.
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Water Works, London Bridge
On the west side of Old London Bridge, opposite St. Magnus Church, in Bridge Ward Within (O. and M. ...
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Canterbury Court, St. Andrew's Hill, Blackfriars
See Green Dragon Court.
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(St.) Margaret de Froscherche, by London Bridge
See St. Margaret Fish Street Hill.
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