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George Coach Office
On the west side of Old Bailey, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1810).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Coach
·vt To convey in a coach.
II. Coach ·vi To drive or to ride in a coach;
— sometimes used with.
II...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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coach
I.
n.
a bullock used as a decoy to catchwild cattle. This seems to be from the use of coach as the...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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coach
, or couch
A sort of chamber or apartment in a large ship of war, just before the great cabin. The...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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King
·noun The chief piece in the game of chess.
II. King ·noun A crowned man in the game of draughts.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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King
Is in Scripture very generally used to denote one invested with authority, whether extensive or limi...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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King
"a chief ruler, one invested with supreme authority over a nation, tribe or country."-Webster. In th...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Green Dragon Coach Office
On the south side of Fleet Street at No. 56, east of Serjeants' Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without (Loc...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Arms Coach Office
West out of Bishopsgate Street at 106, north of Thread-needle Street (Lockie, 1810-1816).
Not named...
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Office
·vt To perform, as the duties of an office; to <<Discharge>>.
II. Office ·noun Any service other th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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office
To give the office; to give information, or make signs to the officers to take a thief.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Key
·noun A piece of wood used as a wedge.
II. Key ·noun A <<Keystone>>.
III. Key ·noun The last board...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Key
Frequently mentioned in Scripture. It is called in Hebrew maphteah, i.e., the opener (Judg. 3:25); a...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Le Key
A brewhouse in the parish of All Saints in the Ropery ("Roperia"). (Anc. Deeds, A. 1683).
Seems to ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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key
I.
In ship-building, means a dry piece of oak or elm, cut tapering, to drive into scarphs that hav...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Key
The key of a native Oriental lock is a piece of wood, from seven inches to two feet in length, fitte...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Coach and Horses Inn
South out of Camomile Street. In Lime Street Ward (O. and M. 1677).
No later mention.
...
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Coach and Horses' Yard
1) West out of Northumberland Alley, Fenchurch Street (Lockie, 1816-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock and Key Alley
Near Water Lane, Whitefriars, in Farringdon Ward Without.
In a Wardmote Inquest, 1560, the inhabita...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Coach Yard
South out of Houndsditch in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
No further reference.
...
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coach wheel
A half crown piece is a fore coach wheel, and a crown piece a hind coach wheel; the fore wheels of a...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gaoler's coach
A hurdle: traitors being usually conveyed from the gaol, to the place of execution, on a hurdle or s...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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yarmouth coach
A kind of low two-wheeled cart drawn by one horse, not much unlike an Irish car.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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coach-horses
The crew of the state barge; usually fifteen selected men, to support the captain in any daring expl...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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coach-whip
The pendant.
...
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And
·conj If; though. ·see <<An>>, ·conj.
II. And ·conj It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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and
• The people who inhabited generally the whole of that country.
• In (Genesis 10:18-20) the seats o...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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King-post
·noun A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea king
·- One of the leaders among the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of plun...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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King, Henry
(1592-1669)
Poet, s. of a Bishop of London, was ed. at Westminster School and Oxf. He entered the C...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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King Street
1) South-west out of West Smithfield, at No. 1 to No.10 Snow Hill (P.O. Directory).
First mention: ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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king-fish
n.
In New Zealand a sea-fish, Seriola lalandii (Maori, Haku), sometimes called the Yellow-tail; in ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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king-parrot
See parrot.
1865. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `History of the Discoveryand Exploration of Australia,'...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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king harry
a goldfinch. Norf. and SufF.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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king arthur
A game played on board ship in warm climates, in which a person, grotesquely personating King Arthur...
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king-crab
The Limulus polyphemus of the West Indies.
...
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king-fish
The Zeus luna. Carteret took one at Masafuero 5-1/2 feet long, and weighing 87 lbs. Also, the Scombe...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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king-fisher
The Alcedo ispida; a small bird of brilliant plumage frequenting rivers and brooks, and feeding upon...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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(St.) Edmund the King and Martyr
On the north side of Lombard Street at No. 58 east of Birchin Lane (P.O. Directory). In Langbourne W...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Booking office
·- An office where passage tickets are sold.
II. Booking office ·- An office where passengers, bagg...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Crown office
·- The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Office wire
·add. ·- Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, ·etc.
...
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Post office
·noun ·see under 4th Post.
...
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Alienation Office
On the eastern side of King's Bench Walk in the Inner Temple (Horwood, 1799). An office under the Lo...
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Ballast Office
See Old Trinity House.
...
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Exchequer Office
On the west side of Ivy Lane (Leake, 1666).
After the Fire it seems to have been kept in the Temple...
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Excise Office
In Bartholomew Lane prior to 1666, when it was destroyed in the Great Fire. It was then removed to B...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Faculty Office
At the east corner of Paul's Bakehouse next to Little Carter lane is the Faculty Office, for the gra...
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Fen Office
In Tanfield Court, Temple, at No. 3 on the south side (Lockie, 1810 and 1816).
No further reference...
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Jewel Office
In the Tower of London (q.v.).
...
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Navy Office
On the south side of Crutched Friars and east of Seething Lane. In Tower and Aldgate Wards (Strype, ...
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Pay Office
On the west side of Broad Street, at the corner of Winchester Street, in Broad Street Ward (O. and M...
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Prerogative Office
Now in Somerset House.
In O. and M. at the south end of Prerogative Court leading out of St. Paul's...
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Record Office
On the east side of Chancery Lane (P.O. Directory).
Erected 1856-70 as a depository for the Public ...
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Rolls' Office
On the east side of Chancery Lane on part of the site now occupied by the Record Office (O.S. 1880)....
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Secondary's Office
In the Inner Temple (Horwood 1799).
...
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Transport Office
See Plough Yard, Lombard Street, Seething Lane.
...
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Victualling Office
On Tower Hill, near King Street (Dodsley, 1761).
First mention: 1665 (H. MSS. Com. 15th Rep. II. 16...
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crown office
The head. I fired into her keel upwards; my eyes and limbs Jack, the crown office was full; I s--k-d...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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navy office
The Fleet prison. Commander of the Fleet; the warden of the Fleet prison.
...
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victualling office
The stomach.
...
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loan office
A public office in which loans of money are negotiated for the public, or in which the accounts of l...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hydrographical office
A department of the admiralty where the labours of the marine surveyors of the Royal Navy are collec...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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transport office
Formerly a department under government directed by commissioners, who chartered vessels and appointe...
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Change key
·add. ·- A key adapted to open only one of a set of locks;
— distinguished from a master key.
...
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Key fruit
·add. ·- A <<Samara>>.
...
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Key tone
·- ·see <<Keynote>>.
...
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Key-cold
·adj Cold as a metallic key; lifeless.
...
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Pass-key
·noun A key for opening more locks than one; a master key.
...
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Space key
·add. ·- A bar or key, in a typewriter or typesetting machine, used for spacing between letters.
...
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Split key
·add. ·- A key split at one end like a split pin, for the same purpose.
...
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Cambrigge Key
Sometime belonging to Thos. Litley, 1467-8 (Rolls of Pan. V. 610a).
No later reference.
...
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Childes Key
See Payneskey.
...
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Clare's Key
In Petty Wales, in parish of All Hallows Barking, left by Will of Roger James, 1591, to his wife, pr...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock's Key
See Cox's Quay.
...
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Corbettes Key
Bequest by Richard Feldyng, mercer, to the Mercers' Company of tenements and a wharf, called "Corbet...
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Crown Key
Messuage and quay called "le Crowne Kay" in parish of St. Dunstan in the east in ward of the Tower o...
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Culver Key
Tenement called "le Culverkey" near Billingsgate, 2 H. VI. 1423 (Cal. L. Bk. K. p. 20).
Mentioned i...
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Customer's Key
See Custom House and Wool Quay.
...
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Dowse Key
Near Dice Key (W. Stow, 1722-Strype, ed. 1755).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Draper's Key
See Gibson's Key.
...
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Gaunt's Key
Between Hammond's Key east and Cox's Key west, in Billingsgate Ward (Rocque, 1746).
First mention: ...
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Gibson's Key
West of lane called Watergate, and south of Thames Street, belonging to Amisia Gibson, 32 H. VIII. (...
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Gilly Key
See Galley Quay.
...
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Grant's Key
Between Cox's Key east and Fresh Wharf west (O. and M. 1677).
Not named in the later maps.
...
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Haddock's Key
Appointed a general place for lading and discharging goods by Act of Parliament, 1559 (Strype, ed. 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hamond's Key
Three messuages and le key late Dodmer's and now Robert Hamondes in parish of St. Andrew next Baynar...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hatters Key
See Kneseworth Key.
...
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Horner's Key
Tenement called "Horners key" in Thames Street in parish of St. Dunstan in the East, 26 H. VI. (S. 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(Thomas) Johnson's Key
For lading and discharging goods, appointed under Act of Parliament, 1559 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Key Court
South out of Little St. Thomas Apostle, in Cordwainer Ward, east of Bow Lane (Strype, ed. 1720-Locki...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Kneseworth Key
Messuage with wharf annexed belonging to Thomas Kneseworth, formerly called "Hatters Kaye," and now ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lion Key
See Lyon Key.
...
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Lyon Key
On the Thames between Dark House Lane east and Botolph Wharf west. In Billingsgate Ward (Elmes, 1831...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Marowe Key
Wm. Marowe left to his brother a book and "Marowe Key," 1504 (Ct. H.W. II. 606).
Probably near to G...
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Marowlowes Key
A structure forming part of a great messuage in the parish of St. Michael Quenhith extending from Po...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Marroys Key
Capital messuage of Thomas Marrow called "Marroys Key," in parish of St. Mary at Hyll next Byllyngsg...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New Key
The New Key as rebuilt after the Great Fire is shown in O. and M. 1677, extending along the river fr...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Peter Key
The corner houses at the upper end of Peter's Hill towards the north, were so called in Stow's time ...
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Potter's Key
See Porter's Quay.
...
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Rauff's Key
See Ralph's Quay.
...
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Sabb's Key
West out of Little Bear Key (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
Earliest mention: " Sabbis key," 1516 (L...
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Skuttes Key
Rauff Skuttes key in London, 26 H. VIII. (L. and P. H. VIII. VIII. 129).
Not identified.
...
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Smart's Key
On the south side of Thames Street, fronting the river, east of Billingsgate, in parish of St. Mary ...
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Somar's Key
On the south side of Thames Street, fronting the river, next to Billingsgate west (S. 44).
Belonged...
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Sommer's Key
See Somar's Key.
...
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Stew Key
Lands and tenements in Petty Wales called " Stew key" in parish of All Hallows Barking, 1466 (Strype...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Summer's Key
See Somar's Key.
...
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key-beer
ale, or a better sort of beer, kept under lock and key. Kent.
...
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key-model
In ship-building, a model formed by pieces of board laid on each other horizontally. These boards, b...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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New River Office and Yard
Between Pigs Quay and Dorset Wharf on the Thames, at the southern end of Dorset Street (Horwood, 179...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Coach and Horses Court, Wood Street
See Coach and Horses' Yard4.
...
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Coach and Horses' Inn, Wood Street
See White Horse Inn.
...
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Pewter Platter Alley, Pewter Platter Coach Office
In Gracechurch Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Lockie, 1816).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Coach Yard, Aldgate
See George Yard.
...
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coach-whip bird
n.
Psophodes crepitans,V. and H. (see Gould's `Birds of Australia,' vol. iii. pl. 15);Black-throate...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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(St.) Edmund the King and Martyr Churchyard
On the north side of the church (O. and M., 1677-O.S. 1880).
Mentioned 1557 (Lond. I. p.m. II. 31)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King Charles spaniel
·- A variety of small pet dogs, having, drooping ears, a high, dome-shaped forehead, pug nose, large...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Shorter, Clement King
(b. 1858)
Journalist and biographer. Charlotte Bronté and her Circle (1896), Sixty Years of Victori...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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King Edward Street
1) South out of Tudor Street to William Street in the precincts of Bridewell (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 18...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King Henry Yard
West out of Nightingale lane. In East Smithfield (Rocque, 1746-Lockie, 1810).
Former name : "King H...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King Street Passage
Out of Little Tower Hill (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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King Street, Cheapside
North out of Cheapside at No. 92, across Gresham Street to the Guildhall (P.O. Directory). In Cheap ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King Tudor Street
See Tudor Street.
...
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King William Street
South from Lombard Street, at No. 6, to Adelaide Place, London Bridge (P.O. Directory).
Extends thr...
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Three King Court
1) South out of Lombard Street at No.33, with a passage into Nag's Head Court and out into St. Cleme...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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arthur, king arthur
A game used at sea, when near the line, or in a hot latitude. It is performed thus: A man who is to ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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king john's men
He is one of king John's men, eight score to the hundred: a saying of a little undersized man.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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king william pine
n.
a Tasmanian tree.See cedar.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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king john's men
The Adullamites of the navy.
...
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Canada Company's Office
At No. 13 St. Helen's Place, Bishopsgate. Company established 1826, in aid of the Canadian Colonies ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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City Police Office
On the West side of Old Jewry at No. 26 (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward.
First mention: "P...
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Coal Meters' Office
See Wilson's Yard.
The coal-meters were 15 in number, and were officers appointed to inspect the ju...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Crown Office Row
On the north side of the Inner Temple Gardens, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory).
First ...
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General Post Office
On the west side of King Edward Street, in Farringdon Ward Within. The chief office in place of the ...
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Herald's College, Office
See College of Arms.
...
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King's Bench Office
At the southern end of King's Bench Walk, Temple (Strype, 1720, Horwood, 1799).
See King's Bench Wa...
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London Insurance Office
On the south side of Cornhill in Ball Court and Birchin Lane (Rocque, 1746-Strype, 1755, I. p. 474)....
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Old Navy Office
See Navy Office.
...
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Old Victualling Office
See Victualling Office.
...
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Palace Court Office
In Clifford's Inn, near Fetter Lane (Lockie, 1816). Not named in the maps.
...
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Post Office Court
South out of Lombard Street at No. io adjoining the Post Office (P.O. Directory). In Langbourn Ward....
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Queen's Office Alley
In Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Six Clerks' Office
On the west side of Chancery Lane, south of Carey Street, outside the City boundary (O. and M. 1677)...
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Sun Fire Office
See Bank Buildings1, Cornhill.
...
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Times' Printing Office
On the north side of Printing House Square (q.v.).
...
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Wine Office Court
North out of Fleet Street, at No.145, to King's Head Court, Shoe Lane, which is now also called Wine...
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jack in office
An insolent fellow in authority.
...
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Ambrose Thurstan's Key
Made a general place for lading and discharging goods by Act of Parliament, 1559 (Strype, ed. 1720, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Andro Morris Key
Appointed a general place for lading and discharging goods by Act of Parliament, 1559 (Strype, ed. 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bear Key Stairs
On the river, opposite Harp Lane and Young's Key, west of Bear Key (Rocque, 1746).
Site occupied by...
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Belins-Gate Key
See Billingsgate Stairs.
...
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Billingsgate Key, Quay
See Billingsgate Stairs.
...
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Cross Key Court
1) South out of London Wall at No. 44 to Coleman Street Ward (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street War...
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Cross Key Square
North out of Little Britain at No. 8 (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate Ward Without.
First mention: H...
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Golden Key Court
South out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without, near Basinghall Postern (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, ...
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Great Dice Key
It occupies the site of Smart's Key in O. and M. 1677, and Rocque, 1746, but in Strype it is shown b...
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Great Somer's Key
Between Lyons Key east and Dark House Lane west. In Billingsgate Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755)....
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Little Dice Key
See Dice Quay.
...
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Little Somer's Key
See Dark House Lane2, Somer's Key [Somar?].
...
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Somer's Key Gateway
Leading to Somars Key (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Thomas Johnson's Key
See (Thomas) Johnson's Key.
...
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London County and Westminster Bank, Head Office
On the north side of Lothbury at No. 41 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: O.S. 1875.
Occupies part ...
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National Debt and Government Life Annuity Office
On the east side of Old Jewry at No.19 (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward.
First mention: O.S...
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Coach Yard, Northumberland Alley
See Carlisle Avenue.
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Coach Harness Makers' Hall
On the east side of Noble Street, at No. 11, next St. Mary Staining Churchyard, in Aldersgate Ward (...
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Chronicles of king David
(1 Chr. 27:24) were statistical state records; one of the public sources from which the compiler of ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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King Street, Cloth Fair
See Kinghorn Street, Cloth Fair.
...
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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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Sun Alley, King Street
See Prudent Passage.
...
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king of the gypsies
The captain, chief, or ringleader of the gang of misrule: in the cant language called also the uprig...
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king of spain's trumpeter
See spanish
...
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king of the herrings
n.
another name for the elephant-fish (q.v.).
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Kingly office of Christ
One of the three special relations in which Christ stands to his people. Christ's office as mediator...
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Insurance Office, Birchin Lane
See London Insurance Office.
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Old General Post Office
On the east side of St. Martin le Grand (Street), between that street and Foster Lane.
Erected 1825...
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Post Office, Lombard Street
On the south side of Lombard Street at No. l0 east of St. Mary Woolnoth (P.O. Directory). In Langbou...
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Six Penny Receivers' Office
On Tower Hill (Dodsley, 1761).
Sixpence a month paid in by all seamen for the benefit of Greenwich ...
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jack in an office
An insolent fellow in authority.
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key of the rudder
(See wood-locks of the rudder.)
In machinery, applies to wedges, forelocks, &c.
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Castor and Pollux
·- ·see Saint Elmo's fire, under <<Saint>>.
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Half-and-half
·noun A mixture of two malt liquors, ·esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts.
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In and an
·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...
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In-and-in
·noun An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, eithe...
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Lords and Ladies
·- The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), — those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with ...
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Make and break
·add. ·- Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
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Tom and Jerry
·add. ·- A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, ·etc., and beaten up w...
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Tops-and-bottoms
·noun ·pl Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, — used as food fo...
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Tweedledum and Tweedledee
·add. ·- Two things practically alike;
— a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692-1793) in his satire "O...
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Azur and Azzur
Helper.
1) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer. 28:1).
2) The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek. ...
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By and by
Immediately (Matt. 13:21; R.V., "straightway;" Luke 21:9).
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Castor and Pollux
The "Dioscuri", two heroes of Greek and Roman mythology. Their figures were probably painted or scul...
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Jachin and Boaz
The names of two brazen columns set up in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:15-22). Each was eighteen cubi...
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Tryphena and Tryphosa
Two female Christians, active workers, whom Paul salutes in his epistle to the Romans (16:12).
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Bell and Crown
On the north side of Holborn, east of Furnival's Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without. The southern porti...
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(The) Cat and Fiddle
In the parish of St. Benet Sherehog, 1542 (L. and P. H. VIII. XVII. 393).
Earliest mention: "le Cat...
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(The) Crown and Cushion
See Pay Office.
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The Hand and Still
In Houndesditch at the boundary of Bishopsgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 94, and in 1755 ed.).
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Hoare and Co
Premises on the west side of Water Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within (Horwood, 1799).
Site occupied i...
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