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Emperor's Head Lane
See Bell Wharf Lane.
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Bore's Head Alley
1) In parish of St. Margaret Lothbury.
Mentioned in Regist. Test. Lond. in 1540 (Strype, ed. 1720, ...
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Nag's Head Alley
1) West out of the Minories. In Portsoken Ward (Rocque, 1746 - Boyle, 1799).
The site seems to be o...
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Pope's Head Alley
In Broad Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps.
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-head
(suffix.) A variant of -hood.
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Head
·noun Power; armed force.
II. Head ·noun The antlers of a deer.
III. Head ·noun Tiles laid at the ...
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head
n.
the rammer for crushing quartz ingold-mining.
1890. `Goldfields of Victoria,' p.7:
«Forty addi...
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head
face ; I told him to his head, I told him to his face. Berks.
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head
The upper part or end of anything, as a mast-head, a timber-head. Also, an ornamental figure on a sh...
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Blue Boar Head Alley, Court
North out of Barbican, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, 1720-Boyle, 1799). "Blew Bore's Head Cou...
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Pope's Head Alley, Cornhill
North out of Lombard Street, at No.72, to Cornhill at No. 18 (P.O. Directory). In Cornhill and Langb...
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Queen's Head Alley, Tavern
South out of Wormwood Street, in Broad Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1720 and 1755).
The site...
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Alley
·noun A choice taw or marble.
II. Alley ·noun A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
III. ...
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alley
(Lat. albus, white.) An ornamented marble, used by boys for shooting in the ring, &c.; also called i...
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beak-head bulk-head
The old termination aft of the space called beak-head, which inclosed the fore part of the ship.
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Goat's Head Alley, Skinner Street
See Angel Place.
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Queen's Head Alley, Newgate Street
See Queen's Head Passage.
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Addle-head
·noun ·Alt. of Addle-pate.
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Cittern-head
·noun Blockhead; dunce;
— so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved hea...
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Cubbridge-head
·noun A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship.
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Death's-head
·noun A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of de...
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Dragon's head
·- ·Alt. of Dragon's tail.
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Feather-head
·noun A frivolous or featherbrained person.
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Giddy-head
·noun A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment.
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Head gear
·noun ·Alt. of <<Headgear>>.
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Head-cheese
·noun A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pr...
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Head-hunter
·noun A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and ...
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Head-lugged
·adj Lugged or dragged by the head.
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Hot-head
·noun A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous person; as, the rant of a hot-head.
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Pope's head
·add. ·- A long-handled brush for dusting ceilings, ·etc., also for washing windows.
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Shock-head
·adj Shock-headed.
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Snake's-head
·noun The Guinea-hen flower;
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Torsion head
·add. ·- That part of a torsion balance from which the wire or filament is suspended.
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Tough-head
·noun The ruddy duck.
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Tow-head
·noun The hooded merganser.
II. Tow-head ·noun An urchin who has soft, whitish hair.
III. Tow-head...
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Turk's-head
·add. ·noun The melon cactus.
II. Turk's-head ·add. ·noun Any of several species of Echinocactus.
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Woolly-head
·noun A <<Negro>>.
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Head-bands
(Heb. kishshurim), properly girdles or belts for the waist (Isa. 3:20, R.V., "sashes;" Jer. 2:32, re...
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Head-dress
Not in common use among the Hebrews. It is first mentioned in Ex. 28:40 (A.V., "bonnets;" R.V., "hea...
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Bishop's Head
A messuage so called in Coleman Street in parish of St. Stephen 27 Eliz. 1585 (Lond. I. p.m. III. p....
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The Boar's Head
On the north side of Great Eastcheap in the parish of St. Clement Eastcheap, at Nos. 20-22, near the...
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Bore's Head
Mentioned in Circuit of St. Giles' parish (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 87).
Boar's Head, Cripplegate,...
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The Bull Head
A tavern so called within the precinct of St. Martin le Grand, 32 H. viii. 1541 (L. and P. H. VIII. ...
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Dog's Head
In Aldersgate Street (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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The Horse Head
A capital messuage or tenement so called in Thames Street given to St. Dunstan's Church (Strype, ed....
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King's Head
1) Parish of St. Gregory.
A capital messuage, in parish of St. Gregory, in ward of Castle Baynard, ...
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Moryan's Head
In Bread Street, given to the Parish of All Hallows, 9 Eliz. (Strype, Ed. 1720, I. iii. 201).
No la...
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Paul's Head
A hostel so called near " Poulescheyae" in parish of St. Gregory, in Castle Baynard Ward (Strype, Ed...
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The Rammes Head
Brewhouse of Roger James called "The Rammes Head" in parish of All Hallows Barking, 1591 (Maskell, p...
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Saracen's Head
1) See The Horse Head and King's Head.
2) South out of Little Carter Lane in parish of St. Mary Mag...
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cod's head
A stupid fellow.
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head rails
Teeth.
SEA PHRASE.
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jolter head
A large head; metaphorically a stupid fellow.
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sheep's head
Like a sheep's head, all jaw; saying of a talkative man or woman.
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swelled head
A disorder to which horses are extremely liable, particularly those of the subalterns of the army. T...
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big-head
n.
a fish. The name is used locallyfor various fishes; in Australia it is Eleotrisnudiceps, Castln....
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blue-head
n.
Tasmanian name for the fishcalled the blue-groper (q.v.)
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bull-head
n.
The name is applied to manyfishes of different families in various parts of the world,none of wh...
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copper-head
n.
See under snake.
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head-station
n.
the principal buildings,including the owner's or manager's house, the hut, store, etc.,of a shee...
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leather-head
n.
another name for the Friar-bird (q.v.), Philemon corniculatus, Lath.See Tropidorhynchus.
1847. ...
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maori-head
n.
a swamp tussock, so called froma fancied resemblance to the head of a Maori. (Compare Black-boy....
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nigger-head
n.
1) Name given in New Zealandto hard blackstones found at the Blue Spur and other miningdistricts...
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white-head
n.
a bird of New Zealand, Clitonyx albicapilla, Buller. Found in North Island,but becoming very rar...
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yellow-head
n.
name given to a bird of NewZealand, Clitonyx ochrocephala, or Native Canary (q.v.), common in So...
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to head off
To get before; to intercept. Ex. 'The thief ran fast, but the officer managed to head him off.'
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head-cheese
The ears and feet of swine cut up fine, and, after being boiled, pressed into the form of a cheese.
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snake-head
An object of dread to travellers on railways. The end of an iron rail, which sometimes is thrown up ...
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gattle-head
a forgetful person. S.
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angel-head
The hook or barb of an arrow; probably angle-head.
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beetle-head
A large beetle, weighing 1000 lbs., swayed up by a crabwinch to a height, and dropped by a pincer-sh...
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billet-head
A carved prow bending in and out, contrariwise to the fiddle-head (scroll-head). Also, a round piece...
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black-head
The pewitt-gull (Larus ridibundus).
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blether-head
A blockhead.
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boulder-head
A work against the encroachment of the sea, made of wooden stakes.
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bull-head
, or bull-jub
A name of the fish called miller's thumb (Cottus gobio).
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cat-head
The cat-head passes through the bow-bulwark obliquely forward on a radial line from the fore-mast, r...
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cross-head
In a steamer's engine, is on the top of the piston-rod athwart the cylinder; and there is another fi...
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dead-head
A kind of dolphin (which see). Also, a rough block of wood used as an anchor-buoy.
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dun-head
In east-country barges the after-planking which forms the cabin.
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family-head
When the stem was surmounted with several full-length figures, as was the custom many years ago.
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fell-head
The top of a mountain not distinguished by a peak.
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fiddle-head
When there is no figure; this means that the termination of the head is formed by a scroll turning a...
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figure-head
A carved bust or full-length figure over the cut-water of a ship; the remains of an ancient supersti...
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floor-head
This, in marine architecture, is the third diagonal, terminating the length of the floors near the b...
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futtock-head
In ship-building, is a name for the 5th, the 7th, and the 9th diagonals, the intervening bevellings ...
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gilt-head
, or gilt-poll.
The Sparus aurata, a fish of the European and American seas, with a golden mark be...
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grey-head
A fish of the haddock kind, taken on the coast of Galloway.
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hard-head
The Clupea menhaden, or Alosa tyrannus, an oily fish taken in immense quantities on the American coa...
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head-boards
The berthing or close-boarding between the head-rails.
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head-cringles
Earing-cringles at the upper clues or corners of a sail.
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head-earings
The laniards to haul out the earings. (See earings.)
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head-fast
A rope or chain employed to fasten the head of a ship or boat to a wharf or buoy, or to some other v...
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head-holes
The eyelet-holes where the rope-bands of a sail are fitted; they are worked button-hole fashion, ove...
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head-knees
Pieces of moulded compass timber fayed edgeways to the cut-water and stem, to steady the former. The...
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head-netting
An ornamental netting used in merchant ships instead of the fayed planking to the head-rails.
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head-piece
A term for the helmet.
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head-pump
A small pump fixed at the vessel's bow, its lower end communicating with the sea: it is mostly used ...
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head-quarters
The place where the general, or commanding officer, takes up his quarters. Also, the man-of-war, or ...
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head-rails
The short rails of the head, extending from the back of the figure to the cat-head: equally useful a...
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head-rope
That part of the bolt-rope which terminates any sail on the upper edge, and to which it is according...
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head-sails
A general name for all those sails which may be set on the fore-mast and bowsprit, jib, and flying j...
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head-sea
A name given to the waves when they oppose a ship's course, as the ship must rise over, or cut throu...
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head-sheets
Specially jibs and staysail sheets, before the fore-mast.
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head-stick
A short round stick with a hole at each end, through which the head-rope of some triangular sails is...
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head-way
A ship is said to gather head-way when she passes any object thrown overboard at the bow, and it pas...
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head-wind
A breeze blowing from the direction of the ship's intended course. Thus, if a ship is bound N.E. a N...
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mast-head
The upper part of a mast above the rigging.
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ram-head
An old word for halliard-block.
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rudder-head
The upper end of the rudder-stock. Also, the flat surface of the trunk, which in cabins and ward-roo...
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scroll-head
A slightly curved piece of timber bolted to the knees of the head, in place of a figure: finished of...
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skunk-head
An American coast-name for the pied duck.
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tiller-head
The extremity of the tiller, to which the tiller-ropes are attached.
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trundle-head
The lower drumhead of a capstern, when it is double, and worked on one shaft both on an upper and lo...
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turk's head
An ornamental knot, so called from resembling a turban, used on side-ropes, &c.; it is worked with a...
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warren-head
A northern term for a dam across a river.
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weather-head
The secondary rainbow.
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Back Alley, Bear Alley
South out of Bear Alley and west to Fleet Market (Rocque, 1746-Dodsley, 1761). See Back Bear Alley.
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Aldersgate Alley
In Bishopsgate Street. Mentioned in Middlesex Sessions Roll, 33 Chas. II. (Midd. Co. Rec. IV. 154). ...
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Alley Gate
See Shaft Alley.
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Alms Alley
In Harrow Alley, Petticoat Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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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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Angel Alley
1) West out of Bishopsgate in Bishopsgate Ward Without between Nos. 137 and 138 (O. and M. 1677-to O...
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(St.) Ann's Alley
North out of St. Ann's Lane and east to Noble Street, in Aldersgate Ward Within, between St. Ann's C...
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Archer's Alley
East out of Peter Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799). The site is now oc...
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Back Alley
See Little Bell Alley, Copthall Buildings.
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Badgers Alley
Houses in Badgers Alley mentioned in list of charities belonging to St. Antholin's parish (Strype, e...
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Baker's Alley
1) Out of Monkwell Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) South out of H...
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Baptist's Alley
West out of St. Martin's le Grand, in Aldersgate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677).
See John's Court.
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Barking Alley
East out of Byward Street to Trinity Square, north of All Hallows Barking Church (Bacon's map, 1912)...
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Barrow's Alley
Out of Silver Street, Mugwell Street (W. Stow, 1722). In Cripplegate Ward Within.
Not named in the ...
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Bassisshaw Alley
See Church Alley.
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Bear Alley
Out of Addle Hill (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Beehive Alley
South out of Snow Hill to Turnagain Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799), n...
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Bell Alley
1) West out of Grub Street (Milton Street) in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677, and Hatton, ...
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Bell's Alley
In St. Katherine's Lane, East Smithfield (P.C. 1732-Strype, 1755).
See Bell Court.
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Benson's Alley
In the parish of St. Martin within Ludgate, in the Ward of Farringdon Within, 1626 (L.C.C. Deeds, Ha...
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Bere Alley
See Furnival Street.
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Berwick Alley
In East Smithfield (W. Stow, 1722). Not further identified.
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Bill Alley
See Billet Court.
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Billiter Alley
See Lime Street Alley.
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Birdes Alley
The gate of the alley was against St. Stephen's Church, 1528 (L. and P. H. VIII. IV. Pt. 2, p. 1788)...
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Black's Alley
In East Smithfield (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Blanck's Alley
See Pinner's Alley.
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Bland's Alley
Within the liberty of St. Martin's le Grand, in Aldersgate Ward, 1525 and 1542 (L. and P. H. VIII. I...
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Bull Alley
1) In Nicholas Lane, Lombard Street (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in maps.
2) East out of Bro...
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Bunting Alley
In Wood Street, in the parish of St. Alphage, in the Ward of Creplegate, 1617 (Ct. H.W. II. 741).
F...
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Butcher's Alley
In Little Moorfields (W. Stow, 1722).
Not named in the maps.
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Butler's Alley
1) South out of Ropemakers Street, with a passage west to Grub Street and east to Moor Lane, in Crip...
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Cannon Alley
North out of St. Paul's Churchyard, at No. 64, to Paternoster Row (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Wa...
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Canon Alley
See Cannon Alley.
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Castle Alley
1) See Castle Court, Birchin Lane.
2) South out of Threadneedle Street to Cornhill, on the western ...
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Cat Alley
North out of Long Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). "Catt Alley" (Stryp...
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Catherine Alley
Out of Bishopsgate Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Catt Alley
See Cat Alley.
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Change Alley
South out of Cornhill at Nos. 23 and 28 to Lombard Street, with a passage east to Birchin Lane (P.O....
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Chapel Alley
On the boundary of Tower Ward, 1720 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 37).
First mention: Candle to be ligh...
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Checker Alley
See Chequer Alley, Chequer Court, Bishopsgate.
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Chequer Alley
1) See Chequer Yard.
2) On the west side of Old Bailey at the upper end of Black and White Court. I...
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Chimney Alley
East out of Coleman Street in Coleman Street Ward, (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
Mentioned in Ct. H...
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Christopher Alley
1) West out of St. Martin le Grand to Bagnio Court, in Aldersgate Ward and Farringdon Ward Within (E...
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(St.) Christopher's Alley
On the north and east sides of the church of St. Christopher le Stocks in Broad Street Ward (Hatton,...
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Church Alley
1) See St. Dunstan's Alley.
2) West out of Basinghall Street at No. 70, leading to Three Nun Court ...
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Churchyard Alley
1) In Jewin Street.
Mentioned 1678 (H. MSS. Com. 11th Rep. II. 57).
No later mention.
2) East out...
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Clockers Alley
See Clock and Wheatsheaf Alley, Court.
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Coalman's Alley
South out of Puddle Dock Hill to the Thames, west of Puddle Dock. In Castle Baynard Ward (Rocque, 17...
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Cock Alley
1) On the north side of Ludgate Street, a passage to Amen Corner and other places (O. and M. 1677-Bo...
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Cockold's Alley
See Sussex Place, Aldgate.
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Compter's Alley
A small passage leading north out of Goose Alley into Bow Churchyard, of small account (Strype, ed. ...
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Coomb's Alley
See Comb's Court.
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Fryingpan Alley
West out of Wood Street to St. Mary Staining Churchyard and Oat Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Ha...
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Furriers' Alley
In Shoe Lane (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Garden Alley
See Two Swan Yard.
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George Alley
1) South out of Lombard Street. In Langbourn Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 163).
Not further ident...
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Glasshouse Alley
North out of Tudor Street at No. 28, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
First mention: O....
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Glean Alley
See Basinghall Avenue.
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Goat Alley
1) South out of Ludgate Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720-Boyle, 1799).
Former nam...
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Goldsmith's Alley
North out of Jewen Street to Nixon's Square, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799...
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Goose Alley
South out of Bow Churchyard to Twelve Bell Court. In Cordwainer Ward (Boyle, 1799).
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Grasshopper Alley
North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
See Little Cock...
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Greenwich Alley
In Brickhill Lane, Thames Street (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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Greyhound Alley
1) East out of St. Mary Axe to Bury Street (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
The name seems to have bee...
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Guildhall Alley
Out of Basinghall Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps
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Horsey Alley
In Coleman Street in parish of St. Stephen.
It seems to have been on the east side of Coleman Stree...
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Horshoe Alley
1) South out of Camomile Street. In Lime Street Ward (O. and M. 1677).
No later mention.
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Huggin Alley
See Huggin Court and Huggin Lane, Wood Street.
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Hussey's Alley
In Wood Street (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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Jelly Alley
In parish of St. Bartholomew near the Exchange (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 148).
Near Drapers' Hall i...
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Jerusalem Alley
See Jerusalem Court.
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(St.) John's Alley
1) An alley so called in parish of St. Leonard, Foster Lane, 32 H. VIII. 1541 (L. and P. H. VIII. XV...
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Joyners' Alley
See Joiners' Hall Buildings.
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Kelles Alley
In the parish of St. Katherine Cristchurche near Billeter Lane. The Monastery of Evesham had messuag...
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King's Alley
In Gutter Lane, in precincts of St. Martin's le Grand.
Mentioned in Survey of Rents, etc. (30-33 H....
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Lamb Alley
1) West out of Bishopsgate, in Bishopsgate Ward Without, at No. 144 (O.S. 1880, and N. and Q. 11th S...
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Lambe Alley
Messuages and tenements called "Lambe alley" alias "Mayden allev," in Aldersgate street, in parish o...
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Lamb's Alley
South out of Hart Street, London Wall, at its western end, in Farringdon Ward Within (det.) (O. and ...
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(St.) Lawrence Alley
See Church Passage1, Gresham Street.
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