Bridewell Ditch

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• Bridewell

  ·noun A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; — so called from a hospital ...

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• Bridewell

  A place erected by Henry VIII. to the west of Fleet River, between the river and Whitefriars (S. 70)...

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• Ditch

  ·vt To surround with a ditch. II. Ditch ·vi To dig a ditch or ditches. III. Ditch ·noun Any long, ...

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• ditch

  In fortification the excavation in front of the parapet of any work, ranging in width from a few fee...

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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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• Bridewell Dock

  At the south end of the Fleet, where it emptied itself into the Thames (Leake, 1666). In 1670 appli...

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• Bridewell Hospital

  See Bridewell. ...

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• Bridewell Place

  West out of New Bridge Street at No. 12 (P.O. Directory) and south to Tudor Street. In Farringdon Wa...

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• Bridewell Precinct

  Extended south from Bride Lane to the Thames and west from New Bridge Street to the City of London G...

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• Bridewell Steps

  A tradesman's token was issued at the Sunn Tavern upon Bridewell Steps in 1649-72 (Burn, p. 31). Pe...

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• City Ditch

  See Houndsditch. ...

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• Deep Ditch

  The western boundary of Bethlehem Hospital as set out in Simon Fitz Mary's Charter of Foundation-to ...

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• Ditch Side

  The Town Ditch, in Farringdon Ward Within ; the east side was included in Blackfriars precinct (Stry...

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• Fleet Ditch

  See The Fleet. So called as early as the 13th century. Described by Hatton (1708) as in his time a ...

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• Moore Ditch

  Moore Ditch to be cleansed, 1603 (L. and P. Ed. VI. , etc., VI. 290-1). In 1635 a sewer was constru...

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• Spital Ditch

  A lane called "le Spiteldiche," 1316 (Ct. H.W. I. 269). Rent in lane given for maintenance of St Se...

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• Tower Ditch

  Made by the Bishop of Ely while King Richard was in Palestine (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 9). Land pu...

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• Town Ditch

  Shown to the north of Christ's Hospital (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755). The Ditch was actually covere...

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• Jezreel, Ditch of

  (1 Kings 21:23; comp. 13), the fortification surrounding the city, outside of which Naboth was execu...

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• Fleet Ditch Side

  By Fleet Ditch (P.C. 1732). ...

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• Bear Alley, Fleet Ditch

  West from Fleet Ditch and south to Bride Lane, in Bridewell precinct, in Farringdon Ward Without (O....

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