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Little Tower Hill
North-east and east of the Tower, extending south from the Minories to Little Thames Street (Stow's ...
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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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Tower Hill
North and west of the Tower, west from the Minories and south to Tower Bridge (P.O. Directory). In P...
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Gun Yard
1) Out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
2) West out...
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George Yard, Tower Hill
See George Street, Tower Hill.
...
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Bell Alley, Little Tower Hill
North out of Little Tower Hill, east from the Minories (O. and M. 1677).
Earliest mention: "The Bel...
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Hatchet Alley, Little Tower Hill
North-west out of Little Tower Hill (P.C. 1732-London Guide, 1758).
Former name : "Hand and Hatchet...
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North
·adv <<Northward>>.
II. North ·vi To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west t...
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north
From the Anglo-Saxon nord.
...
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Little Tower Street
See Eastcheap.
...
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Great Tower Hill
See Tower Hill.
...
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Tower Hill Passage
On Little Tower Hill (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
...
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tower hill play
A slap on the face, and a kick on the breech.
...
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Gun Yard, Houndsditch
See Gun Square, Houndsditch.
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Bayley, Bayley's, Place, Little Tower Hill
See Baily Place.
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Tower
·vt To soar into.
II. Tower ·noun High flight; elevation.
III. Tower ·noun A citadel; a fortress; ...
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tower
Clipped money: they have been round the tower with it. CANT.
...
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Tower
Watch-towers or fortified posts in frontier or exposed situations are mentioned in Scripture, as the...
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Gun
·noun Violent blasts of wind.
II. Gun ·- of <<Gin>>.
III. Gun ·noun A piece of heavy ordnance; in ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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gun
He is in the gun; he is drunk: perhaps from an allusion to a vessel called a gun, used for ale in th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gun
a flaggon for ale. N.
...
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gun
The usual service name for a cannon (which see); it was originally called great gun, to distinguish ...
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Little
·noun A small degree or scale; miniature.
II. Little ·adj Short in duration; brief; as, a little sl...
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Hill
·vt To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn.
II. Hill ·noun ...
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Hill
1) Heb. gib'eah, a curved or rounded hill, such as are common to Palestine (Ps. 65:12; 72:3; 114:4, ...
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hill
to cover ; a bed-hilling, a quilt or coverlet. N.
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hill
In use with the Anglo-Saxons. An insulated rise of the ground, usually applied to heights below 1000...
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Blue Anchor Yard, Alley, Tower Hill
See Baily Place.
...
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George Street, Tower Hill
West from Little Tower Hill to Great Tower Hill (O.S. 1894).
First mention: Horwood, 1799.
Formerl...
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King Street, Tower Hill
North out of Tower Hill to Royal Mint Street (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention (Hatton, 1708).
No...
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Rose Court, Tower Hill
West out of Tower Hill, south of Muscovy Court (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755).
Seems to have been rebu...
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(Holy) Trinity near Tower Hill
See Holy Trinity, Priory of.
...
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Little New Street Hill
Near Shoe Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-L. Guide, 1758).
Not named in the maps.
...
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North country
A general name for the countries that lay north of Palestine. Most of the invading armies entered Pa...
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North Alley
In Basinghall Street (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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North Buildings
In Eldon Street, Finsbury (L.C.C. List, 1901).
Not named in the maps.
...
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North Court
Out of St. John's Court, Smithfield (Wheatley).
So named after John North, uncle of Sir Dudley Nort...
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North Street
South out of Ropemaker Street to White Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-O.S. 1880)...
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north allertons
Spurs; that place, like Rippon, being famous for making them.
...
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following, north or south
See quadrant.
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north following
For this and north preceding, see quadrant.
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north sea
The Jamaica name for the north swell. (See ground-sea.)
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north-wester
This wind in India usually commences or terminates with a violent gust from that quarter, with loud ...
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north wind
This wind in the British seas is dry and cold, and generally ushers in fair weather and clear skies....
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Carpenter's Yard, Tower Street
See Carpenters' Hall Yard.
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Brook Yard, Lambeth Hill
North out of Upper Thames Street at No. 218 (P.O Directory) to St. Mary Somerset Church. In Queenhit...
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Goat Yard, Ludgate Hill
See Goat Alley.
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Yard
·vi A branch; a twig.
II. Yard ·vi A rod; a stick; a staff.
III. Yard ·vi The <<Penis>>.
IV. Yard...
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yard
A measure of length, consisting of 3 feet.
[Anglo-Saxon gyrde]. A long cylindrical timber suspende...
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Conning tower
·noun The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.
...
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Martello tower
·- A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the sum...
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Water tower
·add. ·- A tower or standpipe used as a reservoir to deliver water at a required head, as to a fount...
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Le Bretask, Tower
There seem to have been at least two houses bearing this name in the City in the 14th century.
One ...
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Lollards' Tower
At either corner of the west end of St. Paul's were two Towers of stone, made for Bell Towers, one t...
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Romeland, Tower
The whole ditch and plain without the Tower within the Postern,. called Romeland; in and of the City...
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Sernes Tower
On the north side of Bucklersbury, in Cheap Ward (S. 262).
Originally the house of William Servat i...
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Tower Bank
On the eastern boundary of Tower Ward running north and south between Thames Street and Tower Street...
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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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Tower Buildings
See Tower Chambers.
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Tower Chambers
On the north side of London Wall at No. 118, at the south-east corner of Finshury Pavement, facing o...
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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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Tower Dock
On Tower Hill, south from No.50 Great Tower Street to 46 Lower Thames Street (P.O. Directory).
Earl...
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Tower Liberty
Tower and fortifications with Tower Hill of the ancient demesne of the Crown with jurisdiction and p...
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Tower Postern
North of the Tower, by George Yard, between that yard and the Tower Ditch, at the southern terminati...
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Tower Royal
North out of Cannon Street, at No.75, to Budge Row (P.O. Directory). In Cordwainer Ward.
It formerl...
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Tower Street
West from Tower Hill to Eastcheap and St. Margaret Pattens Church (S. 132).
First mention: " La Tou...
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Tower Subway
A circular iron tube under the Thames extending from Great Tower Hill on the north bank to Pickle He...
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Tower Ward
One of the twety-sex wards of the City (O.S. ).
With Aldgate Ward the most eastern within the walls...
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Tower Wharf
South out of and fronting the Tower, from Tower Stairs west to Tower Bridge east. Entrance on the so...
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Westsmithfield Tower
A tower so called in the Tower of London, 1461 (Cal. P.R. Ed. IV. 1461-7, p. 85).
...
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to tower
To overlook, to rise aloft as in a high tower.
...
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martello tower
So named from a tower in the Bay of Mortella, in Corsica, which, in 1794, maintained a very determin...
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shield tower or turret
A revolving armoured cover for guns.
...
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Air gun
·- A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air ...
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Gatling gun
·- An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrels which, being revolved by a crank, are...
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Hotchkiss gun
·add. ·- A built-up, rifled, rapid-fire gun of oil-tempered steel, having a rectangular breechblock ...
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Krupp gun
·- A breech-loading steel cannon manufactured at the works of Friedrich Krupp, at Essen in Prussia. ...
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Maxim gun
·add. ·- A kind of machine gun;
— named after its inventor, Hiram S. Maxim.
...
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Vickers' gun
·add. ·- One of a system of guns manufactured by the firm of Vickers' Sons, at Sheffield, ·Eng. now ...
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Whitworth gun
·- A form of rifled cannon and small arms invented by Sir Joseph Whitworth, of Manchester, England.
...
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Wire gun
·add. ·- = Wire-wound gun.
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Gun Alley
1) West out of Moorfields, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
In Rocque, 174...
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air-gun
A silent weapon, which propels bullets by the expansive force of air only.
...
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armstrong gun
Invented by Sir William Armstrong. In its most familiar form, a rifled breech-loading gun of wrought...
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cotton, gun
See gun-cotton.
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cutty-gun
A northern term for a short pipe.
...
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dahlgren gun
A modification of the Paixhan gun, introduced into the United States service by Lieut., now Admiral,...
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evening gun
The warning-piece, after the firing of which the sentries challenge.
...
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field-gun
See field-artillery.
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gally-gun
A kind of culverin.
...
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great gun
The general sea-term for cannons, or officers of great repute.
...
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gun-chambers
In early artillery, a movable chamber with a handle, like a paterero, used in loading at the breech....
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gun-cotton
An explosive compound, having some advantages over gunpowder, but so irregular hitherto in its actio...
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gun-fire
The morning or evening guns, familiarly termed "the admiral falling down the hatchway."
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gun-gear
Everything pertaining to its handling.
...
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gun-harpoon
See harpoon.
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gun-ladle
See ladle, for a gun.
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gun-lod
A vessel filled with combustibles, but rather for explosion than as a fire-ship.
...
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gun-metal
The alloy from which brass guns are cast consists of 100 parts of copper to 10 of tin, retaining muc...
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gun-pendulum
See ballistic pendulum.
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gun-room
A compartment on the after-end of the lower gun-deck of large ships of war, partly occupied by the j...
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gun-searcher
An iron instrument with several sharp-pointed prongs and a wooden handle: it is used to find whether...
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gun-shot
Formerly, the distance up to which a gun would throw a shot direct to its mark, without added elevat...
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gun-sight
See disparting a gun, or sights.
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gun-slings
Long rope grommets used for hoisting in and mounting them.
...
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gun-stones
An old term for cannon-balls, from stones having been first supplied to the ordnance and used for th...
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hand-gun
An old term for small arms in the times of Henry VII. and VIII.
...
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morning gun
The gun fired from the admiral's or senior officer's ship, to announce day-break, which is answered ...
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needle-gun
One wherein the ignition for the cartridge is produced by the penetration of the detonating priming ...
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paixhan gun
Introduced by the French General Paixhan about 1830, for the horizontal firing of heavy shells; havi...
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pivot-gun
Mounted on a frame carriage which can be turned radially, so as to point the piece in any direction....
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rodman gun
One cast on the excellent method of Captain Rodman, formerly of the United States Ordnance viz. on a...
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whitworth gun
A piece rifled by having a twisted hexagonal bore, and throwing a more elongated shot with a sharper...
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Back Alley, Yard, Little Moorfields
West out of Back Street, Little Moorfields, with passage south to Moor Lane (Strype, ed. 1720), and ...
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Bell Yard, Fish Street Hill
West out of Fish Street Hill at No.13, north of Crooked Lane, and opposite the Monument. In Bridge W...
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Do-little
·noun One who performs little though professing much.
...
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Little-ease
·noun An old slang name for the pillory, stocks, ·etc., of a prison.
...
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Little Britain
West out of Aldersgate Street at 197, and north to Smithfield (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate Ward a...
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Little Cheapside
South from Vintners' Hall to Three Cranes (O. and M. 1677-London Guide, 1758). In Vintry Ward.
It o...
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Little Court
-In Duke's Place, Aldgate (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Little Eastcheap
See Eastcheap.
...
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Little Greenwich
At the south-east end of Horn Alley, Aldersgate Street, in Aldegate Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1...
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Little Jewry
In Aldgate Street, 14 Rich. II. 1391 (Cal. P.R. Rich. II. 1388-92, p. 417).
See Jewry Street.
...
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Little Lane
"Venella parva," 1310-11 (Ct. H.W. I. 217).
"A little lane opposite the Flete prison," 1340 (ib. 43...
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Little London
Tenement of Robert Cok with houses and gardens in the parish of All Hallows "atte walle" called "lit...
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Little Minories
See Church Street, Minories.
The bounds of Little Minories are set out in Letters Patent of James I...
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Little Moorfields
See Blomfield Street and Moorfields.
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Little Moorgate
A postern or gate opposite Little Winchester Street leading into Moorfields (Strype, 1720, I. ii. 13...
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little barbary
Wapping.
...
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little breeches
A familiar appellation used to a little boy.
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little clergyman
A young chimney-sweeper.
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little ease
A small dark cell in Guildhall, London, where disorderly apprentices are confined by the city chambe...
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little snakesman
A little boy who gets into a house through the sink-hole, and then opens the door for his accomplice...
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do-little
, or do-little sword.
The old term for a dirk.
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Ant-hill
·noun A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.
...
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Moot-hill
·noun A hill of meeting or council; an elevated place in the open air where public assemblies or cou...
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Mute-hill
·noun ·see Moot-hill.
...
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Dung-hill
To sit on a, was a sign of the deepest dejection (1 Sam. 2:8; Ps. 113:7; Lam. 4:5).
...
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Mars Hill
The Areopagus or rocky hill in Athens, north-west of the Acropolis, where the Athenian supreme tribu...
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Hill, Aaron
(1685-1750)
Dramatist and miscellaneous writer, s. of a country gentleman of Wiltshire, was ed. at ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Addle Hill
South out of Carter Lane at No. 51 to Knightrider Street in Castle Baynard Ward (P.O. Directory).
F...
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Adling Hill
See Addle Hill.
...
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(St.) Andrew's Hill
South out of Carter Lane at No.59 to 148 Queen Victoria Street (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard W...
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(St.) Benet's Hill
See Bennet's Hill.
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Bennet's Hill
North out of Upper Thames Street at No. 225 to Queen Victoria Street (P.O. Directory). In Castle Bay...
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Church Hill
East out of St. Andrews Hill by the Church to Knightrider Street. In Castle Baynard Ward (Elmes, 183...
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Cock Hill
South out of Catherine Wheel Alley to New Street, Bishopsgate (P.O Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward W...
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College Hill
South out of Cannon Street, at No. 60, to Upper Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Vintry and Cordwa...
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Dowgate Hill
South out of Cannon Street at No. 76 to No.167 Upper Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Dowgate and ...
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(St.) Dunstan's Hill
South out of Great Tower Street, at No. 11, to Lower Thames Street, east of St. Dunstan's Church in ...
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Garlick Hill
North out of Upper Thames Street, at 190, to 40 Cannon Street (P.O. Directory). In Vintry Ward.
For...
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Hill Street
On the east side of Little Tower Hill, near the Mint (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the m...
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Holborn Hill
West from Holborn Bridge at Fleet Market to Holborn at Hatton Garden and Middle Row (O.S. 1848-51). ...
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Knyghttes Hill
Payment made to harry kny3te of knyghttes hill for tiles in churchwardens' accounts of the parish of...
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Lambarde Hill
See Lambeth Hill.
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Lambeth Hill
South out of Queen Victoria Street at 95, then east and west to 210 and 218 Upper Thames Street (P.O...
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Ludgate Hill
West from St. Paul's Churchyard to Ludgate Circus (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward, Farringd...
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(St.) Mary Hill
See St. Mary at Hill, Street.
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(St.) Michael's Hill
Near Crooked Lane. Mentioned in Proc. in Chancery, temp. Q. Elizabeth, I. 274.
Probably identical w...
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(St.) Peter's Hill
North out of Thames Street, at No.223, to Knightrider Street at No.34 (P.O. Directory). In Queenhith...
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Primrose Hill
South out of the south-west corner of Salisbury Square at No.17 and west to Whitefriars Street (P.O....
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Saffron Hill
North out of Holborn, outside the City boundary.
Mentioned in Middlesex Sessions' Roll, 20 Jas. I.,...
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Snow Hill
North-west out of Holborn Viaduct to the Central Meat Market in Smithfield, and to Farringdon Street...
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holborn hill
To ride backwards up Holborn hill; to go to the gallows: the way to Tyburn, the place of execution f...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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rose-hill
n.
The name is given by Gould asapplied to two Parrakeets:
1) Platycercus eximius, Vig. and Hors.,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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saddle hill
A high land visible from the coast, having a centre less elevated than its ends, somewhat like a rid...
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Mars Hill
the hill of Mars or Ares, better known by the name of Areopagus, of which hill of Mars or Ares is a ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Hand and Hatchet Alley, Tower Hill
See Hatchet Alley.
...
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North Star State
·add. ·- Minnesota;
— a nickname.
...
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North, Sir Thomas
(1535?-1601?)
Translator, 2nd s. of the 1st Lord N., may have studied at Camb. He entered Lincoln's...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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North London Railway
North from Liverpool Street along the western boundary of Bishopsgate Ward Without to the northern b...
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north-away yawl
The old term for Norway yawl (which see).
...
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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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north-west passage
By Hudson's Bay into the Pacific Ocean has been more than once attempted of late years, but hitherto...
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Horn Yard, Goodman's Yard
See Enoch Court.
...
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Main yard
·- The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast.
...
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Tilt-yard
·noun A yard or place for tilting.
...
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Abchurch Yard
On the north-west side of Abchurch Lane at No. 17, south of St. Mary Abchurch, to Sherborne Lane, at...
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Alexander's Yard
East out of Water Lane and south to the wharves (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799). In Farringdon Ward Witho...
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Allam Yard
See Allum Yard.
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Allum Yard
South out of Crutched Friars, west of Savage Gardens (O. and M. 1677).
Other names : " Alam," " All...
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Almhouse Yard
North out of White's Alley, Coleman Street, in Coleman Street Ward (Strype, ed. 1720-Boyle, 1799).
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Ax Yard
West out of Little Britain, in Aldersgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720-Boyle, 1799).
This site is...
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Axe Yard
East out of St. Mary Axe. In Aldgate Ward (O. and M. 1677).
No later reference.
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Back Yard
1) Out of Pelican Court, Little Britain (Strype, 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) Out ...
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Baker's Yard
East out of Little Tower Hill, near the Victualling Office (Hatton,1708-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in ...
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Balding's Yard
See Baldwin's Court.
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Ball Yard
In Beech Lane. In Cripplegate Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Barehouse Yard
Out of Silver Street, Cripplegate (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Barge Yard
South out of Bucklersbury at No.20 (P.O. Directory). In Cheap Ward.
First mention: O. and M. 1677.
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Barking Yard
See Barking Church Yard.
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Barn Yard
North out of Beech Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without. Near the boundary of the Ward (O. and M. 1677)...
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Baron's Yard
At the north-east corner of Broad Street Buildings, at No.8 in Bishops-gate Ward Without.
Mentioned...
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Bear Yard
North out of Bride Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
The site is now occupied by s...
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Bell Yard
1) South out of Carter Lane at No.41 to Knightrider Street, in Castle Baynard Ward (P.O. Directory)....
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Bellows Yard
West out of the Minories (Strype, 1720-P.C. 1732). In Portsoken Ward. Shown in O. and M. 1677, but n...
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Bird's Yard
Out of Chick Lane, West Smithfield (P.C. I 732-Strype, ed. 1755-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the ma...
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