Moore Ditch

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• Ditch

  ·vt To surround with a ditch. II. Ditch ·vi To dig a ditch or ditches. III. Ditch ·noun Any long, ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• ditch

  In fortification the excavation in front of the parapet of any work, ranging in width from a few fee...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Moore, Edward

  (1712-1757) Fabulist and dramatist, s. of a dissenting minister, was b. at Abingdon. After being in...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Moore, John

  (1729 or 1730-1802) Physician and miscellaneous writer, s. of an Episcopal minister, was b. in Stir...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Moore, Thomas

  (1779-1852) Poet, b. in Dublin, s. of a grocer and wine-merchant in a small way, was ed. at Trinity...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Moore, George

  (b. 1857) Novelist, playwright, and art critic. Flowers of Passion (verse) (1877), A Mummer's Wife ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Moore Street

  See Fore Street. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Bridewell Ditch

  A name given to the mouth of the Fleet and mentioned as the western boundary of the Blackfriars 1560...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• City Ditch

  See Houndsditch. ...

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• Deep Ditch

  The western boundary of Bethlehem Hospital as set out in Simon Fitz Mary's Charter of Foundation-to ...

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• Ditch Side

  The Town Ditch, in Farringdon Ward Within ; the east side was included in Blackfriars precinct (Stry...

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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 ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Spital Ditch

  A lane called "le Spiteldiche," 1316 (Ct. H.W. I. 269). Rent in lane given for maintenance of St Se...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• 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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• Town Ditch

  Shown to the north of Christ's Hospital (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755). The Ditch was actually covere...

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• Moore, Frank Frankfort

  (b. 1855) Novelist and dramatist. Dawn (verse), Told by the Sea, I forbid the Banns (1893), The Jes...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Jezreel, Ditch of

  (1 Kings 21:23; comp. 13), the fortification surrounding the city, outside of which Naboth was execu...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Fleet Ditch Side

  By Fleet Ditch (P.C. 1732). ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Bear Alley, Fleet Ditch

  West from Fleet Ditch and south to Bride Lane, in Bridewell precinct, in Farringdon Ward Without (O....

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.