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Covent Rentes, East Smithfield
Messuage called "le Covent Rentes" in Estsmythfeld in parish of St. Botolph without Algate belonging...
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East Smithfield
A district lying just outside the walls of London, east of the Tower, stretching south to the Thames...
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Smithfield, East
See East Smithfield.
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covent garden abbess
A bawd.
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covent garden ague
The venereal disease. He broke his shins against Covent Garden rails; he caught the venereal disorde...
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covent garden nun
A prostitute.
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Covent
·noun A convent or monastery.
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covent
vulgarly called common garden. Anciently, the garden belonging to a dissolved monastery; now famous ...
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East Smithfield School
Founded 1673 by Sir Samuel Sterling for sixteen poor boys of the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate (Dod...
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(St.) Katherine's East Smithfield
See St. Katherine's Street, East Smithfield.
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Lower East Smithfield
West from Little Thames Street to the Hermitage Swing Bridge and Basin (P.O. Directory).
In the eig...
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Upper East Smithfield
East from Littie Tower Hill to Dock Street (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: Lockie, 1810.
Forme...
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Garden
·vt To cultivate as a garden.
II. Garden ·noun A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.
I...
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Garden
Gardens in the East, as the Hebrew word indicates, are enclosures on the outskirts of towns, planted...
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Smithfield
See West Smithfield.
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East
·adv <<Eastward>>.
II. East ·vi To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the...
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East
1) The orient (mizrah); the rising of the sun. Thus "the east country" is the country lying to the e...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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east
About east, is about right; in the proper manner. A common slang expression in New England. See walk...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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east
From the Anglo-Saxon, y'st. One of the cardinal points of the compass. Where the sun rises due east,...
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East
The Hebrew term kedem properly means that which is before or in front of a person, and was applied t...
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Butcher Row, East Smithfield
South-east from Upper East Smithfield to Lower East Smithfield (Lockie's Topog. 1810-Elmes' Topog. D...
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Cock Alley, East Smithfield
North out of Upper East Smithfield (In Bacon's map, 1912).
Earliest mention: Hatton, 1708.
Site se...
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Cooper's Court, East Smithfield
See Hooper's Court.
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East Smithfield Double Passage
On Tower Hill (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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Half Moon, East Smithfield
Messuage called the Half Moon, in East Smithfield, in parish of St. Botolph Without Aldgate (Strype,...
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Helmet Court, East Smithfield
A small court west out of Butcher Row, at No. 31, by Helmet Steps (Hatton, 1708-Lockie, 1810).
In S...
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John's Court, East Smithfield
South out of Upper East Smithfield (P.C. 1732-Lockie, 1810).
Former name : "Jennings Rents" (Survey...
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The Katherine Wheel, East Smithfield
West of Hermitage Dock (Rocque, 1746). A tenement called "le Katheryn Whele" in East Smithfield was ...
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(St.) Katherine's Churchyard, East Smithfield
North and east of the church, the part south of the church is called "Green Churchyard" (Strype, 172...
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(St.) Katherine's Court, East Smithfield
East out of St. Katherine's Square and west of the church (Lockie, 1810). (Survey of St. Katherine's...
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(St.) Katherine's Square, East Smithfield
West out of St. Katherine's Court (Horwood, 1799).
Former name : "St. Katherine's Court" (Rocque, 1...
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(St.) Katherine's Stairs, East Smithfield
East of Irongate Stairs, on the Thames (Survey of St. Katherine's, 1686, Sloane MS. 3254-A. 1-Lockie...
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(St.) Katherine's Street, East Smithfield
East from the Tower to Hermitage Bridge (Lockie, 1810).
Former name : "St. Katherine's" (O. and M. ...
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(St.) Katherine's Wharf, East Smithfield
Between Irongate Wharf west and St. Katherine's Dock Entrance east (O.S. ed. 1894).
Mentioned in 14...
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Mouse Alley, East Smithfield
See Dean Street.
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Nightingale Lane, East Smithfield
South out of Upper East Smithfield to the Docks (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: " Nightingale l...
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Red Lion, East Smithfield
Brewhouse so called, which belonged to St. Mary Graces, near the brewhouse called " Le three Kyngs,"...
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Swan Court, East Smithfield
See Nightingale Court.
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Bush Alley, Upper East Smithfield
See Brush Court.
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Red Cross Street, East Smithfield
North-east out of Butcher Row to Nightingale Lane (Hatton, 1708-Lockie, 1810).
Removed for the form...
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Sun Court, Upper East Smithfield
North out of Upper East Smithfield at No.20 (Lockie, 1810-Bacon's map, 1912).
Other names: "Sun Yar...
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Swan Street, Upper East Smithfield
North-east from Butcher Row to East Smithfield at No.102, with a branch to Nightingale Lane (Lockie,...
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Swann Alley, Upper East Smithfield
See Swan Street, Upper East Smithfield.
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Brook's Garden
In Heneage Lane, Aldgate (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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Dorset Garden
In Salisbury Court in Fleet Street (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799)./Not named in the maps.
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Garden Alley
See Two Swan Yard.
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Garden Court
1) In St. Botolph, Bishopsgate Churchyard in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799)...
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Garden Place
West out of Middlesex Street. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
First mention: O.S. 1880.
Former...
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Garden Row
In the Inner Temple, within the Temple precincts (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the m...
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Garden Street (Great)
See Great Garden Street.
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Grocers' Garden
On the north side of Grocers' Hall (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755).
Shown but not named in O. and M. 16...
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Hatton Garden
North from Holborn Circus, at No. 8, to Clerkenwell Road (P.O Directory).
Outside the City boundary...
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Jews' Garden
In the parish of St. Giles without Cripplegate, to the east of Aldersgate Street.
First mention: "l...
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Patrick's Garden
Near the Tower of London.
Part of the possessions of the Abbey of Graces, on which Lord Burghley ha...
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Rolls' Garden
On the west side of Clifford's Inn Gardens, on the western boundary of Farringdon Ward Without (O.S....
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Salters' Garden
North of Oxford Court (O.S. 1894-6). Formerly on the west and south sides of Salters' Hall (O. and M...
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Tokenhouse Garden
See Tokenhouse Yard2, Lothbury.
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convent garden
vulgarly called common garden. Anciently, the garden belonging to a dissolved monastery; now famous ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cabbage garden
a name applied to the colony of Victoria by Sir John Robertson, the Premier of New South Wales,in co...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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The Elms, Smithfield
"Le elmes" or "le two elmys" in the parish of St. Sepulchre without Newgate are frequently mentioned...
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Smithfield Market
On the south side of Charterhouse Street, north of West Smith field, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O...
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Smithfield Penns
See Smithfield Market.
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West Smithfield
A large area, about 3 acres in extent, lying to the north-west of the City, adjoining the Church and...
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smithfield bargain
A bargain whereby the purchaser is taken in. This is likewise frequently used to express matches or ...
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East Indian
·- Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies.
II. East Indian ·noun A native of, or a dweller i...
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East-insular
·adj Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian.
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East gate
(Jer. 19:2), properly the Potter's gate, the gate which led to the potter's field, in the valley of ...
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East sea
(Joel 2:20; Ezek. 47:18), the Dead Sea, which lay on the east side of the Holy Land. The Mediterrane...
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East wind
The wind coming from the east (Job 27:21; Isa. 27:8, etc.). Blight caused by this wind, "thin ears" ...
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East Passage
West out of Cloth Street to Cloth Fair and New Court, with a passage north into Long Lane. In Farrin...
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East Street
East out of Finsbury Circus at No. 21 to Blomfield Street (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward.
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down east
Far away in that bearing. This term, as down west, &c., is an Americanism, recently adopted into our...
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east-country
A term applied to the regions bordering on the Baltic.
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east wind
This, in the British seas, is generally attended with a hazy atmosphere, and is so ungenial as to co...
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Devonshire House Garden
See Devonshire Square.
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Great Garden Street
East out of St. Katherine's Lane to Helmet Court and Butcher Row (Lockie, 1810).
Former names : A t...
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Merchant Taylors' Garden
See Merchant Taylors' Hall.
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Shepherd's Garden, Minories
See Sheppy Place.
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bear-garden jaw
Rude, vulgar language, such as was used at the bear-gardens.
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The Bear, West Smithfield
Messuage or inn called the Beare in street of West Smithfield in parish of St. Sepulchre, 32 Eliz. (...
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(Holy) Cross, West Smithfield
Ecclesia Sanctae Crucis infra Hospitale Sancti Bartholomaei in Westsmythefelde Londoniarum pertinet ...
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Pardon Churchyard, Smithfield
Said to have been purchased and a chapel built there for the burial of those who died of the Black D...
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Arthur Street East
East out of King William Street at No. 46 to Monument Square (O.S.). In Bridge Ward Within.
Erected...
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East Harding Street
East out of Great New Street, at No. 12, to Gunpowder Alley (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Wit...
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East India Avenue
South out of Leadenhall Street between Nos. 15 and 16 (P.O. Directory). In Lime Street Ward.
Erecte...
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East India Chambers
On the south side of Leadenhall Street at No. 23, opposite St. Mary Axe (P.O. Directory).
First men...
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East India House
At the north-west corner of Lime Street (Horwood, 1799), extending to Leadenhall Market. In Lime Str...
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east-country ships
The same as easterlings.
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east india hoy
A sloop formerly expressly licensed for carrying stores to the E. I. Company's ships.
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north-east passage
To the Pacific, or round the north of Europe, has been divided into three parts, thus:
1. From Arc...
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Garden Court, Petticoat Lane
See Garden Place, Hutchison Avenue and Seven Step Alley.
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(The) Great Garden, Great Gardens
See Great Garden Street.
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Uzza, The Garden Of
the spot in which Manasseh king of Judah and his son Amon were buried. (2 Kings 21:18,26) It was the...
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George Inn, West Smithfield
See George Yard, West Smithfield.
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George Yard, West Smithfield
West out of West Smithfield, in Farringdon Ward Without, between Hosier Lane and King Street (L.C.C....
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Knightriders Street, West Smithfield
See Giltspur Street.
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Metropolitan Market, West Smithfield
See London Central Markets.
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Shoemakers' Row, West Smithfield
Near the Bars. Mentioned in d'Urfey's "Ancient Song for Bartholomew Fair." Probably the name for a r...
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East, Children of the
The Arabs as a whole, known as the Nabateans or Kedarenes, nomad tribes (Judg. 6:3, 33; 7:12; 8:10)....
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(St.) Dunstan in the East
On the west side of St. Dunstan's Hill at No. 2 (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward.
Earliest mention f...
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(St.) Dunstan in the East, Churchyard
On the north and south sides of the Church (O.S.). Churchyard of the Church of St. Dunstan in East c...
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Six Garden Court, Paul's Alley, Cripplegate
See Garden Court and Young's Buildings.
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West Smithfield, Prior and Convent of
Qy. St. Bartholomew Priory or Charterhouse.
Probably St. Bartholomew.
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Custom House Stairs, East and West
East and west of the Custom House, on the river (O.S. 1894-6). The Stairs East are in Tower Ward. Th...
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Gun Yard, Little Tower Hill, East
East out of Little Tower Hill. In St. Katherine's precinct (O. and M. 1677-Lond. Guide, 1758).
Also...
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Bear and Ragged Staff Inn, West Smithfield
See Bear Inn.
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Chapel in (St.) Dunstan in the East Churchyard
There was a chapel "upon the charnell in the chirch haue of Seint Dunstan in the Est," mentioned in ...
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Preist Alley, St. Dunstan in the East
North out of Church Alley, opposite St. Dunstans Church (Strype, 1720 and 1755).
Former form: " Pri...
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(Holy) Trinity Chapel, St. Dunstan's in the East
See St. Dunstan in the East.
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finish. the finish; a small coffee-house in coven garden, market, opposite russel-street, open very early in the morning, and therefore resorted to by debauchees shut out of every other house: it is also called carpenter's coffee- house.
Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the com...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose