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Market
·noun The privelege granted to a town of having a public market.
II. Market ·noun Exchange, or purc...
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Fleet
·vt To draw apart the blocks of;
— said of a tackle.
II. Fleet ·vi To take the cream from; to <<Sk...
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The Fleet
A river on the western side of London which entered the City in Farringdon Ward Without to the south...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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fleet
[Teut. flieffen].
The old word for float: as "we fleeted down the river with our boats;" and Shaks...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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George Alley, Fleet Market
West from Fleet Market to Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Leake, 1666-Lockie, 1816).
In 1708...
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Goose Alley, Fleet Market
See Braziers' Buildings.
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Black Bear Alley, Fleet Market
See Back Bear Alley
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Market-place
Any place of public resort, and hence a public place or broad street (Matt. 11:16; 20:3), as well as...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Sheep-market
Occurs only in John 5:2 (marg., also R.V., "sheep-gate"). The word so rendered is an adjective, and ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Beef Market
In Leadenhall Market (P.C. 1732).
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Billingsgate Market
See Billingsgate.
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Clothes' Market
On the east side of Houndsditch, north of the Clothes' Exchange. It seems to be entered through Phil...
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Farringdon Market
Between Farringdon Street east and Shoe Lane west, north of Stonecutter Street, in Farringdon Ward W...
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Fish Market
See Old Fish Market and Leadenhall.
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Flesh Market
See Leadenhall.
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Gracechurch Market
There are frequent references in the Liber Albus and the City Letter Books to the sale of corn at "G...
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Green Market
See Leadenhall.
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Hutchison's Market
On the east side of Hutchison Street, between that street and Middlesex Street (O.S. ed. 1875-O.S. e...
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Leadenhall Market
On the south side of Leadenhall Street between Gracechurch Street and Lime Street, at No. 88 Gracech...
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Market Buildings
In Mincing Lane at No. 29 (P.O. Directory).
First named, 1872 (L.C.C. List, 1901).
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Market Passage
1) In Paternoster Row, Cheapside, leading into Newgate Market (Strype, ed. 1755-Poyle, 1799).
Not n...
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Meal Market
On the south side of Upper Thames Street at Queenhithe (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
Newgate...
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Newgate Market
Between Rose Street, Newgate Street, and Paved Alley, Paternoster Row, in Castle Baynard Ward and Fa...
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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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Stocks Market
The City market so called occupied a large tract of ground at the junction of Coruhill, Threadneedle...
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Winchester Market
Shop of Henry le Wimpler in Winchester market and his chest in seld of Robert de Arraz, 1281 (Ct. H....
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Woolchurch Market
See Stocks Market.
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cloth market
He is just come from the cloth market, i.e. from between the sheets, he is just risen from bed.
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Fleet-foot
·adj Swift of foot.
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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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Fleet Conduit
See Conduit in Fleet Street.
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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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Fleet Lane
West out of Old Bailey at Nos. 45 and 25 to No. 16 Farringdon Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon...
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Fleet Prison
On the eastern bank of the Fleet, and afterwards of the Canal and Fleet Market, in Farringdon Ward W...
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Fleet Street
West from Ludgate Circus to the Strand at Temple Bar (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
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Fleet Wharf
Dwelling-house of John Hadon, draper, situate near the road leading to the hostel of the Abbot of Wy...
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breast fleet
He or she belongs to the breast fleet; i.e. is a Roman catholic; an appellation derived from their c...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fleet-dyke
From the Teut. vliet, a dyke for preventing inundation.
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fleet-water
Water which inundates.
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mosquito fleet
An assemblage of small craft.
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Herb Market, Leadenhall
The southernmost portion of Leadenhall Market. In Bishopsgate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 17...
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Hide, Hides Market
See Leadenhall Market.
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Honey Lane Market
On the east side of Milk Street, at the north end of Honey Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate War...
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Old Fish Market
In the parishes of St. Mary Magdalene, St. Nicholas Cold abbey, and St. Nicholas Olave in Old Fish S...
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Appius, Market Of
Revised Version for Appii Forum. (Acts 28:16)
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Market Of Appius
(Acts 28:15) In the Revised Version for Appii Forum of the Authorized Version, which see.
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(St.) Dunstan Fleet Street
See St. Dunstan in the West.
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Fleet Ditch Side
By Fleet Ditch (P.C. 1732).
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Fleet Street Court
In Fleet Street (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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Fleet Street Hill
Mentioned 1653 (L. and P. Commonw. 1653-4, p. 198).
Qy. = Ludgate Hill.
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Fleet Street Ward
Ward of Flete.
See Farringdon Ward Without.
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clubbing a fleet
Manœuvring so as to place the first division on the windward side.
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fleet the messenger
When about to weigh, to shift the eyes of the messenger past the capstan for the heavy heave.
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round the fleet
A diabolical punishment, by which a man, lashed to a frame on a long-boat, was towed alongside of ev...
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through the fleet
A seaman's being sentenced by court-martial to be towed by a boat from every ship through the fleet,...
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Crown Inn, Newgate Market
See Crown Court6, Warwick Lane.
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Fowle Lane, Newgate Market
See King Edward Street.
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Metropolitan Market, West Smithfield
See London Central Markets.
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Rose Alley, Newgate Market
See Rose Street.
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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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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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Cock Alley, Fleet Lane
See Cock Court.
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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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Conduit in Fleet Street
At the south end of Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Leake, 1666), near the hostel of the Bish...
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Harrow Corner, Fleet Lane
See Harrow Alley.
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(St.) Mary in Fleet Street
See Whitefriars.
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Moorcroft's Court, Fleet Street
See Morecroft's Court.
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Serjeants' Inn, Fleet Street
On the south side of Fleet Street, adjoining the east side of the Temple precincts, in Farringdon Wa...
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The Standard in Fleet Street
Opposite the south end of Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (S. 110, 394).
First mention: " The...
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captain of the fleet
Is a temporary admiralty appointment; he is entitled to be considered as a flag-officer, and to a sh...
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going through the fleet
A cruel punishment, long happily abolished. The victim was sentenced to receive a certain portion of...
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master of the fleet
A master on board the commander-in-chief's ship, who has a general superintendence of the stores iss...
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spread a fleet, to
To keep more open order.
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Blackhorse Alley, Court, Fleet Street
North out of Fleet Street with a passage east to Fleet Market and Ditch (O.S. 1848-51).
First menti...
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Ram Alley, Court, Fleet Street
See Hare Place.
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judge-advocate of the fleet, or to the forces
A legal officer whose duty it is to investigate offences previous to determining on sending them bef...
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Little Conduit by the Stocks Market
Erected about 1500 (S. 18). In Walbrook Ward. Removed after the Fire 1666 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. i. 2...
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Bolt and Tun Court, Fleet Street
See Bolt in Tun Court, Yard.
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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