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(St.) Peter Cornhill
On the south side of Cornhill at No.55 (P.O. Directory). In Comhill Ward.
The parish is in Lime Str...
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(St.) Michael's Cornhill Churchyard
Graveyard (disused) on the south side of the Church (Leake, 1666-O.S. 1880).
Stow says there was a ...
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Cornhill
From Mansion House east to No. 1 Gracechurch Street (P.O. Directory). In Cornhill Ward.
One of the ...
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Peter
·noun A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles.
II. Peter ·vi To become e...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Peter
a rock or stone
...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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Peter
Originally called Simon (=Simeon, i.e., "hearing"), a very common Jewish name in the New Testament. ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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peter
A portmanteau or cloke-bag. Biter of peters; one that makes it a trade to steal boxes and trunks fro...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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peter
See blue peter.
...
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Peter
(a rock or stone). The original name of this disciple was Simon, i.e. "hearer." He was the son of a ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Churchyard
·noun The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Churchyard
See St. Botolph Billingsgate, Churchyard.
...
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(St.) Benedict Cornhill
Mentioned temp. H. III. (Anc. Deeds, A. 2122), 2139.
Qy. = Benet (St.) Fink.
...
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Cornhill Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, lying north and south of the high street of Cornhill, from ...
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(St.) Michael's Cornhill
On the south side of Cornhill, in Cornhill Ward, at No. 42 (P.O. Directory). The parish is in Cornhi...
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(St.) Nicholas Cornhill
Messuage and garden in parish of St. Nicholas Cornhill, parcel of the possessions of the late Colleg...
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Heylin, Peter
(1600-1662)
Ecclesiastical writer, b. at Burford, Oxon., was one of the clerical followers of Charl...
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Pindar, Peter
see Wolcot, John.
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(St.) Peter Westcheap
At the south-west corner of Wood Street, on the north side of Cheapside (Leake). In Farringdon Ward ...
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Peter College
Otherwise called "presteshouse" in Paul's churchyard, mentioned in will of Robert Brokelt, 1534 (Ct....
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Peter House
See London House, Aldersgate Street.
...
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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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Peter Street
South out of Sun Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (P.C. 1732-O>S> 1848-51).
The site is now occu...
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peter gunner
will kill all the birds that died last summer. A piece of wit commonly thrown out at a person walkin...
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peter lay
The department of stealing portmanteaus, trunks, &c.
...
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peter lug
Who is Peter Lug? who lets the glass stand at his door, or before him.
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peter funk
At the petty auctions a person is employed to bid on articles put up for sale, in order to raise the...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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blue peter
The signal for sailing when hoisted at the fore-topmast head; this well-known flag has a blue ground...
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peter-boat
A fishing-boat of the Thames and Medway, so named after St. Peter, as the patron of fishermen, whose...
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peter-man
, or peterer.
A fisherman. Also, the Dutch fishing vessels that frequented our eastern coast.
...
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Churchyard, Thomas
(1520?-1604)
Poet and miscellaneous writer, began life as a page to the Earl of Surrey, and subsequ...
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Aldermary Churchyard
East and south of St. Mary Aldermary Church, from Budge Row to Bow Lane (O. and M. 1677-L.C.C. List,...
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Aldgate Churchyard
This is the churchyard which is still in existence, adjoining to and surrounding the Church of St. B...
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(St.) Alphage Churchyard
On the north side of London Wall, opposite the present church of St. Alphage. Enclosed by iron raili...
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(St.) Ann's Churchyard
On the north side of St. Ann's Lane, south and east of the church (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1880).
It is...
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Bishopsgate Churchyard
West out of Bishopsgate at No.109 to New Broad Street south of St. Botolph's Church (P.O. Directory)...
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Bow Churchyard
South out of Cheapside at No. 55 on the west side of St. Mary le Bow (P.O. Directory). In Cordwainer...
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(St.) Bride's Churchyard
Surrounding the church (O.S. 1880). Another one shown on the west side of the new canal, south of St...
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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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Churchyard Court
East out of Inner Temple Lane. On the north side of the Temple Church, in Farringdon Ward Without (L...
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Creed Churchyard
East of St. Katherine Creechurch and north of Leadenhall Street (O.S.).
First mention: O. and M. 16...
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Cripplegate Churchyard
See St. Giles' without Cripplegate Churchyard.
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(St.) Dunstan's Churchyard
On the west side of Fetter Lane, north of and detached from the church, in Farringdon Ward Without (...
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(St.) Ethelburg Churchyard
On the east side of the church of St. Ethelburga (Rocque, 1746, and O.S.1880).
...
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(St.) Helen Churchyard
On the west and south-west of the church (O.S.).
Strype describes it as planted with trees and very...
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Ludgate Churchyard
On the east side of Church Entry, Blackfriars (Rocque, 1746)
...
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(St.) Martin Churchyard
On the north side of Upper Thames Street, between New Queen Street and College Hill (Rocque, 1746, a...
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New Churchyard
See Spinning Wheel Alley.
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Pardon Churchyard
1) In the cloister on the north side of Old St. Paul's (S. 329).
First mention: " le Pardoncherchaw...
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(St.) Paul's Churchyard
A street extending west from Cheapside and Cannon Street to Ludgate Hill on the north south, west an...
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(St.) Swithin's Churchyard
North-west of the church, north of Oxford Court and west of Salters' Hall Court (O.S.).
Shown in O....
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(St.) Vedast Churchyard
On the east side of Foster Lane and north of the Church, in Aldersgate Ward (O. and M. 1677).
...
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churchyard cough
A cough that is likely to terminate in death.
...
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All Hallows, Cornhill
A grant of land by Stephen the prior and the convent of Holy Trinity to John the goldsmith held of t...
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(St.) Andrew super Cornhill
See St. Andrew Undershaft.
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Ball Court, Cornhill
South out of Cornhill, at No.38, east of Birchin Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cornhill Ward.
First men...
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Cardinal Alley, Cornhill
See Swan and Hoop Passage.
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Conduit upon Cornhill
In Cornhill opposite the north end of Change Alley and the eastern side of the Royal Exchange.
Show...
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Cornhill, Soke of
A piece of land in the soke of the bishop "apud Cornhillam" given by Giraldus de Stratford to the Ca...
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Cornhill Wards' School
On the west side of St. Mary Axe, east of Leathersellers' Hall. In Lime Street Ward (O.S. 1875 and 1...
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Standard in Cornhill
At the east end of Cornhill, where the four streets met, in the middle of the street (S. 189).
It s...
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Sun Court, Cornhill
North out of Cornhill at No.67, in Cornhill Ward (P.O. Directory).
First mention: W. Stow, 1722.
F...
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Tun upon Cornhill
In Cornhill, opposite the north end of Change Alley. Built as a prison for night walkers by Henry le...
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Weigh House, Cornhill
On the north side of Cornhill, for weighing merchandize at the king's beam (S.193).
A master and Po...
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Brown, Peter Hume
LL.D.
(b. 1850)
Historian. George Buchanan, Humanist and Reformer (1890), Early Travellers in Scot...
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(St.) Peter at Baynardescastel
See St. Peter Paul's Wharf.
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(St.) Peter le Poor
On the West side of Old Broad Street. In Broad Street Ward (O.S.).
Earliest mention found in record...
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(St.) Peter Paul's Wharf
On the north side of Thames Street and east side of St. Peter's Hill. In Queenhithe Ward. The parish...
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(St.) Peter super Tamisiam
See St. Peter Paul's Wharf.
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(St.) Peter the Less
See St. Peter Paul's Wharf.
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(St.) Peter, Bread Street
Mentioned in H. MSS. Corn. 9th Rep. 23.
Probably an error in transcription for Broad Street.
See S...
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Peter Hill Lane
See St. Peter's Hill.
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Aldgate Churchyard, New
There appears to have been a new churchyard or burial ground attached to the Church of St. Botolph, ...
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(St.) Andrew Holborn Churchyard
On the north, south, and west sides of the church (Horwood, 1799).
Shown also in O. and M. 1677 and...
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(St.) Andrew Undershaft Churchyard
North and east of the church, with a passage south to Leadenhall Street (O. and M. 1677-Horwood, 179...
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(St.) Anne Blackfriars' Churchyard
At the north-west end of Church Entry (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1880).
Purchased by the inhabitants of t...
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(St.) Benet Sherehog Churchyard
On the north side of Pancras Lane, on the site formerly occupied by the church (O.S. 1880).
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(St.) Botolph Aldgate Churchyard
See Aldgate Churchyard.
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(St.) Botolph Billingsgate, Churchyard
East out of Botolph Lane, south of Botolph Alley. In Billingsgate Ward (Strype, 1720 and 1755, and R...
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(St.) Botolph Bishopsgate Churchyard
See Bishopsgate Churchyard.
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Churchyard Alley Hole
At the south end of Churchyard Alley adjoining the Water Works on the west side of Old London Bridge...
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(St.) Clement Eastcheap Churchyard
On the east side of the church, "Graveyard disused" (O.S. 1880).
It is shown in O. and M. 1677, the...
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(St.) Katherine Coleman Churchyard
On the north side of the church (O.S.).
It seems to have been more extensive in old days than now, ...
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(St.) Katherine Cree Churchyard
On the north and east sides of the church (O.S.). Shown in O. and M. 1677 north-east.
See Creed Chu...
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(St.) Lawrence Pountney Churchyard
On the south side of the Church, west of Lawrence Pountney Lane. In Candlewick Ward (O.S.).
Mention...
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(St.) Margaret Lothbury, Churchyard
Graveyard disused shown to the north of the church (O.S. 1880).
In Rocque, 1746, but not named.
...
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(St.) Margaret Pattens Churchyard
East of the Church (O. and M. 1677).
...
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(St.) Martin Orgar Churchyard
On the east side of St. Martin's Lane, south of the French Church (Rocque, 1746, and Strype, 1720 an...
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(St.) Martin Outwich, Churchyard
Piece of ground between St. Mary Street and Bishopsgate let by the Chamberlains of London to the par...
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(St.) Martin Pomary Churchyard
Shown in Rocque's map 1746 on the east side of Ironmonger Lane. The site is vacant and unnamed in O....
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(St.) Mary Aldermary Churchyard
See Aldermary Churchyard.
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(St.) Nicholas Acon Churchyard
On the west side of Nicholas Lane at No.4 (O.S.). Site still open and unbuilt on.
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(St.) Nicholas Olave, Churchyard
On the west side of Bread Street Hill, with a passage to Five Foot Lane (Rocque, 1746 Strype; and Lo...
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Pardon Churchyard, Smithfield
Said to have been purchased and a chapel built there for the burial of those who died of the Black D...
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(St.) Thomas Apostle Churchyard
On the north side of Great St. Thomas Apostle at its junction with Queen Street (O. and M. 1677-O.S....
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(Holy) Trinity Priory Churchyard
Burial Ground in Eastsmithfield procured by John Corey, 1348, in time of great pestilence on conditi...
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Cardinal Cap Alley, Cornhill
See Swan and Hoop Passage.
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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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Weigh House Yard, Cornhill
See Sun Court, Cornhill.
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White Lion Court, Cornhill
North out of Coruhill at No.64 (P.O. Directory). In Cornhill Ward.
First mention: W. Stow, 1722.
F...
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Peter, First Epistle of
This epistle is addressed to "the strangers scattered abroad", i.e., to the Jews of the Dispersion (...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Peter, Second Epistle of
The question of the authenticity of this epistle has been much discussed, but the weight of evidence...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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(St.) Peter de Bradestrate, Broadstreet
See St. Peter le Poor.
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(St.) Peter near Olde fishstret
See St. Peter Paul's Wharf.
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Ward of Peter Aunger
Beavan (I. 270) identifies it with Broad Street Ward.
In the Hundred Rolls, 3 Ed. I. under the Ward...
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Peter, First Epistle Of
The external evidence of authenticity of this epistle is of the strongest kind and the internal is e...
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Peter, Second Epistle Of
The following is a brief outline of the contents of this epistle: The customary opening salutation i...
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All Hallows Barking Churchyard
On the north and east sides of the Church of All Hallows Barking (O.S.). Churchyard mentioned in Wil...
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(St.) Bartholomew the Great, Churchyard
On the western side of the church.
Shown in O. and M. 1677.
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(St.) Bartholomew the Less, Churchyard
Little St. Bartholomew Churchyard is shown to the south of the Hospital in O. and M. 1677.
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(St.) Benet Paul's Wharf Churchyard
On the north side of the church (O. and M. 1677, and Horwood, 1799).
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(St.) Botolph without Aldersgate Churchyard
On the south side of St. Botolph's Church, between Aldersgate Street and King Edward Street (O.S.).
...
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Chapel In Pardon Churchyard
The chapell of Seint Thomas in Pardon chirchawe, 1500-1521 (Arnold's Chronicle, p. 254).
A Chapell ...
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Churchyard Alley, Clement's Lane
See Church Court.
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(St.) Giles' without Cripplegate Churchyard
On the south and west sides of the church. In Cripplegate Ward Without, bounded by the City Wall on ...
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Great St. Helen Churchyard
See St. Helen Churchyard.
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(St.) Katherine's Churchyard, East Smithfield
North and east of the church, the part south of the church is called "Green Churchyard" (Strype, 172...
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(St.) Michael Crooked Lane Churchyard
On the south and east sides of the church (O. and M. 1677-Rocque, 1746).
The churchyard was enlarge...
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(St.) Olave Silver Street Churchyard
On the south side of Silver Street at its junction with Monkwell Street (Rocque, 1746).
It still oc...
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Fleece Tavern, Fleece Yard, Cornhill
See Cowper's Court.
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(St.) Peter de Wodestrate, Wood Street
See St. Peter Westcheap.
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All Hallows Lombard Street Churchyard
On the south side of the church (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1880).
...
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All Hallows the Great Churchyard
On the south side of Upper Thames Street. Enclosed and left " in situ " after the removal of the chu...
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All Hallows the Less Churchyard
At the north-west corner of Cole Harbour, on the south side of Thames Street (O. and M. 1677-O.S.).
...
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Ball Alley, St. Paul's Churchyard
Out of St. Paul's Churchyard.
Named after the " Ball," a house with such a sign standing there 1594...
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(St.) Dunstan in the East, Churchyard
On the north and south sides of the Church (O.S.). Churchyard of the Church of St. Dunstan in East c...
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Pool by St. Giles' Churchyard
Mentioned by Stow, p. 16, as having been in existence in 1244, but in his time stopped up, and the s...
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Lime Street and Cornhill Wards' School
On the west side of St. Mary Axe, east of Leathersellers' Hall. In Lime Street Ward (O.S. 1875 and 1...
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Little Peter Court, Royal Mint Street
See Peter's Court.
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(St.) Peter ad Vincula in the Tower
On the west side of the Tower (O.S.).
In the Inner ward, at the north-west angle of the Parade (Bel...
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(St.) Peter at the Cross of Cheap
See St. Peter Westcheap.
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(St.) Peter de la Wodewarve, Wood Wharf
See St. Peter Paul's Wharf.
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Ward of Peter de Edelmeton, Eddelmethon
Mentioned 1277 (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.269).
Identified with Castle Baynard Ward.
In Lansdowne MS. 558 P...
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Black Swan Court, St. Paul's Churchyard
See Black Swan Alley.
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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)....
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Flemish Churchyard, Flemish Courtyard, Flemish Street
See Flemings' Church Yard.
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Chapel in (St.) Dunstan in the East Churchyard
There was a chapel "upon the charnell in the chirch haue of Seint Dunstan in the Est," mentioned in ...
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(St.) Katherine in the Churchyard of Holy Trinity
See St. Katherine Cree.
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Chapel upon the Charnell in St. Paul's Churchyard
Newly built chapel in St. Paul's Churchyard beyond the charnel house mentioned in will of Roger Beyv...
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(St.) Mary's Chapel in the New Churchyard near Smethefeld
Bequest to work of new Chapel of St. Mary near Westsmythfeld, 1372 (Ct. H.W. II. 148).
See Charterh...
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Left by Thomas Hinde, 1635, to the parson and churchwardens of the parish (End. Ch. St. Peter, 1903, p. 2).
No later mention.
Named after an owner or builder.
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