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(Liberty of) Rolls
See Rolls' Office.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Garden
·vt To cultivate as a garden.
II. Garden ·noun A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.
I...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Garden
Gardens in the East, as the Hebrew word indicates, are enclosures on the outskirts of towns, planted...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Rolls' Buildings
West out of Fetter Lane at No.133, north of the Record Office (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward W...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rolls' Chapel
In Chancery Lane, attached to the Rolls' Office (q.v.).
Originally the Chapel of the house for conv...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rolls' Yard
On the east side of Chancery Lane at No.15, in the Liberty of the Rolls (Lockie, 1810-O.S. 1880).
N...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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weather-rolls
Those inclinations, so inviting to coming waves, which a ship makes to windward in a heavy sea; the ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Brook's Garden
In Heneage Lane, Aldgate (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dorset Garden
In Salisbury Court in Fleet Street (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799)./Not named in the maps.
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Garden Alley
See Two Swan Yard.
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Garden Court
1) In St. Botolph, Bishopsgate Churchyard in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799)...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Garden Place
West out of Middlesex Street. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
First mention: O.S. 1880.
Former...
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Garden Row
In the Inner Temple, within the Temple precincts (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the m...
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Garden Street (Great)
See Great Garden Street.
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Grocers' Garden
On the north side of Grocers' Hall (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755).
Shown but not named in O. and M. 16...
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Hatton Garden
North from Holborn Circus, at No. 8, to Clerkenwell Road (P.O Directory).
Outside the City boundary...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Jews' Garden
In the parish of St. Giles without Cripplegate, to the east of Aldersgate Street.
First mention: "l...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Patrick's Garden
Near the Tower of London.
Part of the possessions of the Abbey of Graces, on which Lord Burghley ha...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Salters' Garden
North of Oxford Court (O.S. 1894-6). Formerly on the west and south sides of Salters' Hall (O. and M...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tokenhouse Garden
See Tokenhouse Yard2, Lothbury.
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convent garden
vulgarly called common garden. Anciently, the garden belonging to a dissolved monastery; now famous ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cabbage garden
a name applied to the colony of Victoria by Sir John Robertson, the Premier of New South Wales,in co...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Devonshire House Garden
See Devonshire Square.
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Great Garden Street
East out of St. Katherine's Lane to Helmet Court and Butcher Row (Lockie, 1810).
Former names : A t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Merchant Taylors' Garden
See Merchant Taylors' Hall.
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Shepherd's Garden, Minories
See Sheppy Place.
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bear-garden jaw
Rude, vulgar language, such as was used at the bear-gardens.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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covent garden abbess
A bawd.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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covent garden ague
The venereal disease. He broke his shins against Covent Garden rails; he caught the venereal disorde...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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covent garden nun
A prostitute.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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master of the rolls
A baker.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Covent Garden, East Smithfield
Inhabited by foreigners in 1635 (L. and P. Chas. I. Dom. S. 1635, p. 594).
Not mentioned in any of ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Garden Court, Petticoat Lane
See Garden Place, Hutchison Avenue and Seven Step Alley.
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(The) Great Garden, Great Gardens
See Great Garden Street.
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Uzza, The Garden Of
the spot in which Manasseh king of Judah and his son Amon were buried. (2 Kings 21:18,26) It was the...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Six Garden Court, Paul's Alley, Cripplegate
See Garden Court and Young's Buildings.
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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