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School
·noun A session of an institution of instruction.
II. School ·noun A shoal; a multitude; as, a scho...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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school
A term applied to a shoal of any of the cetacean animals.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Passage
·vi Reception; currency.
II. Passage ·vi A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.
III. Passage ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Passage
Denotes in Josh. 22:11, as is generally understood, the place where the children of Israel passed ov...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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passage
A camp game with three dice: doublets, making up ten or more, to pass or win; any other chances lose...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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passage
Enactment; the act of carrying through oll the regular forms necessary to give validity; as the pass...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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passage
A voyage is generally supposed to comprise the outward and homeward passages. Also, a west-country t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Passage
Used in the plural, (Jeremiah 22:20) probably to denote the mountain region of Abarim on the east si...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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House
·vt To drive to a shelter.
II. House ·noun The <<Grave>>.
III. House ·noun A public house; an inn;...
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House
Till their sojourn in Egypt the Hebrews dwelt in tents. They then for the first time inhabited citie...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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house
or tenement, to let
A widow's weeds; also an atchievement marking the death of a husband, set up on...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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house
the house, the room called the hall. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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House
The houses of the rural poor in Egypt, as well as in most parts of Syria, Arabia and Persia, are gen...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Barbison school
·add. ·- A French school of the middle of the 19th century centering in the village of Barbizon near...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Correspondence school
·add. ·- A school that teaches by correspondence, the instruction being based on printed instruction...
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Public school
·add. ·- In the United States, a free primary, grammar, or high school maintained by the local gover...
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School-teacher
·noun One who teaches or instructs a school.
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Vested school
·add. ·- In Ireland, a national school which has been built by the aid of grants from the board of C...
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(St.) Anne's School
In Foster Lane. Established 1709. For 30 boys and 30 girls.
In praise of St. Anne and St. Agnes.
N...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Antony's School
Founded in the reign of H. VI. in the Hospital of St. Anthony (q.v.). Perhaps the most celebrated in...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Blackfriars School
Founded in 1716 by Peter Joy, for 40 boys and 30 girls (Dodsley, 1761).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Charity School
See St. Botolph Aldgate Charity School.
...
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Mercers' School
On the south side of Holborn in Barnard's Inn. Erected here in 1894.
The Hall of the inn retained a...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's School
Formerly on the eastern side of St. Paul's Churchyard, west of Old Change, in Farringdon Ward Within...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Starling School
On Little Tower Hill. Founded 1673 by Sir Samuel Starling for forty boys and thirty girls of the par...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Stationers' School
On the north side of Fleet Street between Bolt Court east and St. Dunstan's Court west, in Farringdo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward School
See Lime Street and Cornhill Wards' School.
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boarding school
Bridewell, Newgate, or any other prison, or house of correction.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cavaulting school
A Bawdy-house.
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pushing school
A fencing school; also a brothel.
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school butter
Cobbing, whipping.
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vaulting school
A bawdy-house; also an academy where vaulting and other manly exercises are taught.
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school-schnapper
n.
a fish.A name given to the Schnapper when three years old.See Schnapper.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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school-district
A division of a city or State for establishing schools. The State of New York is divided into more t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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school-ma'am
A school-mistress. This word is peculiar to New England.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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gray-school
A particular shoal of large salmon in the Solway about the middle of July.
...
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By-passage
·noun A passage different from the usual one; a byway.
...
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Angel Passage
,-South out of Upper Thames Street at No.95, adjoining Dyers' Hall and leading to Dyers' Hall Wharf ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Barleymow Passage
South out of Long Lane to Cloth Fair at No.45 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: Horwood, 1799.
Form...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bartlett's Passage
West out of Bartlett's Buildings at No.9 to Fetter Lane (P.O. Directory).
First mention: Rocque, 17...
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Beehive Passage
At 13 Lime Street, opposite Cullum Street, at Leadenhall Market (Lockie, 1816).
Not named in the ma...
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Borer's Passage
A passage at the north-west end of Cutler Street, north of the Clothes Market (P.O. Directory). In P...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bride's Passage
West out of Bride Lane to St. Bride1s Avenue (P.O. Directory) and west from St. Bride1s Church to Sa...
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Bridgewater Passage
Out of Bridgewater Square (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Church Passage
1) North out of Gresham Street at No. 79, at the west end of St. Lawrence Church, and extending to t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Coxe's Passage
West out of Aldersgate Street, a little south of Long Lane (Strype, 1720 and 1755).
The site is now...
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Dean's Passage
Out of Huggen Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Dermer's Passage
Seems to have been another name for Bartlett's Passage, Fetter Lane (Lockie, 1810).
...
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Dryden Passage
Out of Fetter Lane (L.C.C. List, 1912).
Named in 1881.
The site seems to have been rebuilt.
Dryde...
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East Passage
West out of Cloth Street to Cloth Fair and New Court, with a passage north into Long Lane. In Farrin...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fishmongers' Passage
See Fishmonger Alley.
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Hercules' Passage
North-west out of Threadneedle Street at No. 54, and Old Broad Street (P.O. Directory). In Broad Str...
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Heydon Passage
Out of Haydon Square (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Horsshoe Passage
North-east out of Blow Bladder Street (Newgate Street), in Farringdon Ward Within ; leading to Round...
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Hospital Passage
Leading from Christ's Hospital into Butcherhall Lane (Dodsley, 1761).
Not identified in the maps.
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(St.) John's passage
South out of Cloak Lane, near Dowgate Hill (Lockie, 1816).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Mansell Passage
West out of Mansell Street to Haydon Square. In parishes of St. Mary Whitechapel and St. Botolph Ald...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Market Passage
1) In Paternoster Row, Cheapside, leading into Newgate Market (Strype, ed. 1755-Poyle, 1799).
Not n...
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Middlesex Passage
From No. 61 to No. 49 Bartholomew Close (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
First mention...
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New Passage
1) At the north-east corner of Newgate Market, running north and east to Ivy Lane (Rocque, 1746).
S...
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Nicholas Passage
West out of Nicholas Lane, at No.5, to 31 Abchurch Lane (P.O. Directory). In Langhourn and Candlewic...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Paved Passage
See Paternoster Avenue.
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Postboy Passage
South out of Black Fryers to Shoemakers Row (Rocque, 1746- Boyle, 1799).
Seems to be called " Poste...
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Postern Passage
In Shoemaker Row (Dodsley, 1761).
See Postboy Passage.
...
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Prudent Passage
West out of Ironmonger Lane, between Nos. 27 and 28, to King Street. In Cheap Ward (P.O. Directory)....
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Sun Passage
In Milk Street.
Or Mitre Court Passage (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Sweating's Passage
At the northern end of Moor Lane, running east and west, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-B...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Turpin's Passage
On the north side of Cloth Fair to Long Lane (L.C.C. List, 1901).
Called "Passage leading to Long L...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Whalebone Passage
North out of Tokenhouse Yard, a narrow footway (L.C.C. List, 1912).
Leading into Whalebone Court, M...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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passage bank
The top tilter of that gang throughout the whole army, who demands and receives contribution from al...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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windward passage
One who uses or navigates the windward passage; a sodomite.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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limber-passage
The line of limber-holes throughout the whole length of the floor, on each side of the keelson, for ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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passage-boat
A small vessel employed in carrying persons or luggage from one port to another. Also, a ferry-boat....
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passage-broker
One who is licensed to act in the procuring of passages by ships from one port to another.
...
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passage-money
The allowance made for carrying official personages in a royal ship. Also, the charge made for the c...
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Apartment house
·add. ·- A building comprising a number of suites designed for separate housekeeping tenements, but ...
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Doss house
·add. ·- A cheap lodging house.
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Full house
·add. ·- A hand containing three of a kind and a pair, as three kings and two tens. It ranks above a...
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Lombar-house
·noun A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.
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Lombard-house
·noun ·Alt. of Lombar-house.
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Moot-house
·noun A hall for public meetings; a hall of judgment.
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Sugar-house
·noun A building in which sugar is made or refined; a sugar manufactory.
...
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Tippling-house
·noun A house in which liquors are sold in drams or small quantities, to be drunk on the premises.
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Tiring-house
·noun A tiring-room.
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Treasure-house
·noun A house or building where treasures and stores are kept.
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Trugging-house
·noun A <<Brothel>>.
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Weigh-house
·noun A building at or within which goods, and the like, are weighed.
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Dagon's house
(1 Sam. 5:2), or Beth-dagon, as elsewhere rendered (Josh. 15: 41; 19:27), was the sanctuary or templ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Draught-house
(2 Kings 10:27). Jehu ordered the temple of Baal to be destroyed, and the place to be converted to t...
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Shearing-house
(2 Kings 10:12, 14; marg., "house of shepherds binding sheep." R.V., "the shearing-house of the shep...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Abergavenny House
See Stationers' Hall and Pembrook's Inn.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Africa House
On the south side of Leadenhall Street, Nos. 44 to 46, east of Billiter Street. In Aldgate Ward.
Fi...
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African House
See Africa House.
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Amen House
Mentioned 1641 (L. and P. Chas. I. XVIII. p. 164).
Not further identified.
...
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Bacon House
In Noble Street on the boundary of Aldersgate Ward Within. Formerly called Shelly House, as of old b...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bangor House
The town house of the Bishops of Bangor, in Shoe Lane.
It seems to be mentioned in 1349 as " Bancor...
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Bath House
See Minories.
...
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Belfounder's House
A tenement so-called in Hundesdiche in parish of St. Botulph Without, Aldgate, 1540 (L. and P. H. VI...
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Bergavenny House
See Stationers' Hall.
...
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Bloomfield House
In Bloomfield Court, King Street, West Smithfield (L.C.C. List, 1912). In Farringdon Ward Without.
...
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Brew House
West out of the Minories in Rocque's map, 1746, between the Minories Street. In Portsoken Ward.
Sit...
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(St.) Bride's House
See Bell's Buildings.
...
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Bridge House
A dwelling-house attached to St. Thomas' Chapel on London Bridge, and quite distinct from the Bridge...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bridgewater House
On the north side of the Barbican. The house of the Earl of Bridgewater (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1720...
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Brooke House
On the north side of Holborn on the site now occupied by Brooke Street (q.v.).
Accounts Commissione...
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Buckingham House
On the west side of College Hill, in Vintry Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, ed. 1720).
So called as be...
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Burgavenny House
See Stationers' Hall.
...
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Burley House
In Thames Street, between Baynard's Castle and Paul's Wharf in Castle Baynard Ward (S. 366), next to...
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Candle House
Messuage west of the Brick House called the "Candle Howse" within the site of the late priory or new...
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Caroone House
See Fleet Prison.
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Charsey House
See Chartesey House.
...
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Chartesey House
A messuage so called in parish of St. Peter beside Paulys Wharfe, 36 H. VIII. 1544 (L. and P. H. VII...
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Chicheley's House
See Bakers' Hall.
...
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Colonial House
No. 155 Fenchurch Street (P.O. Directory). In Langbourne Ward, nearly opposite Rood Lane.
Occupies ...
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(Sir William) Craven's House
See East India House.
...
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Custom House
On the south side of Lower Thames Street. In Tower Ward (P.O Directory).
Erected on this site 1814-...
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Darby House
Next adjoining Woodmongers' Hall is Darby House, sometime belonging to the Stanleys. Thomas Stanley,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dashwood House
At No. 9 New Broad Street (P.O. Directory).
Commemorates the name of Francis Dashwood, Alderman, 16...
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Denmark House
In Fenchurch Street. The house in which the Russian ambassador was lodged in the time of Queen Mary ...
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Derby House
See Darby House.
...
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Devonshire House
On the east side of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
This was the ...
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Dominion House
See (Mr. Thos.) Papillon's House.
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Dorchester House
See London House.
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Dorset House
See Dorset Court, Dorset Street, Whitefriars.
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Drewry House
See (Hostel of Abbot of) Ramsey.
...
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Ely House
The inn or hostel of the Bishop of Ely in Holborn (S. 388).
Granted by John de Kyrkeby, Bishop of E...
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Ethelburga House
On the west side of Bishopsgate, at 91 and 93 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Within.
First m...
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Fermes House
A messuage so called in parish of St. Sepulchre, 31, Eliz. 1583 (Lond. I. p.m. III. 345).
Not furth...
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Garter House
See College of Arms.
...
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Glass House
In the centre of Glass House Yard, Goodman's Yard. Partly in Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677 to Elmes...
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Gresham House
On the east side of Old Broad Street at No. 24, with an entrance from Bishopsgate (P.O. Directory). ...
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Griste's House
At the west end of Tower Street near Mincing Lane, a turning runs north to a house belonging formerl...
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Hamilton House
On the west side of Bishopsgate Street at No. 155 (P.O. Directory).
In L.C.C. List, 1901.
A large ...
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Hatton House
In parish of St. Andrew Holborn, being the dwelling-house of Sir Edward Coke, 2 Jas. I. (Middlesex S...
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The Hede House
A messuage so called in Smythfield in parish of St. Sepulchre without Newgate, 23 H. VII. (Anc. Deed...
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Heneadge House
Mentioned in the description of the bounds of the parish of St. Katherine Creechurch, opposite to Du...
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Heydon House
See Haydon Square.
...
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Howard House
Some of the buildings of the late dissolved Charterhouse were so named by Thomas Howard in 1569 and ...
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Huntington House
See Beaumondes Inn.
...
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India House
See East India House.
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Lauderdale House
See Lauderdale Buildings.
...
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London House
On the west side of Aldersgate Street, adjoining Bartholomew Close west, in Aldersgate Without and F...
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Lumley House
See Lord Lumley's House.
...
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Mansion House
At the junction of the Poultry and Cornhill on the south side, opposite Mansion House Street (P.O. D...
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Middlesex House
See Middlesex Passage.
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Mousetrap House
See Fleur de lis Court1, Fetter Lane.
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(Lord) Nevill's House
See Greene Yard, near Leadenhall.
...
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Nofolk House
No. 7 Laurence Pountney Hill. Occupied as extensive offices and chambers (P.O. Directory).
...
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Nonsuch House
On the seventh and eighth arches from the Southwark end of Old London Bridge. Perhaps the most beaut...
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Northumberland House
On the west side of St. Martin's Lane (now St. Martin le Grand), in the parish of SS. Anne and Agnes...
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Palmerston House
A large block of offices and chambers on the west side of Bishops-gate, at No.51 (P.O. Directory). I...
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(Mr. Thos.) Papillon's House
On the north side of Fenchurch Street. In Aldgate Ward (O. and M. 1677).
Site seems now occupied by...
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Peter House
See London House, Aldersgate Street.
...
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(Sir Paul) Pindar's House
No. 169 Bishopsgate, in Bishopsgate Ward Without. Ralph Pindar acquired the site in 1597 and the hou...
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Post House
At the junction of Threadneedle Street and Cornhill opposite the Stocks (Leake, 1666).
The site is ...
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Powlet House
1) See Winchester House.
2) On the east side of Bishopsgate, between the Dolphin and Fisher's Folly...
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Sackville House
See Salisbury Court, Fleet Street.
...
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Salisbury House
In parish of St. Mary "Botulphi" in ward of Walbroke, 30 H. VIII 1538 (L. and P. Hen. VIII. XIII. Pt...
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(Sir Nicholas) Salter's, House
See (Sir Francis) Walsingham House.
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Sandie House
See Chartesey House.
...
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Scalding House
1) In the parish of St. Mildred in the Poultry near le Stokkes, 1361 (Ct. H.W. II. 33).
Wm. Otes le...
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Sharington House
Capital messuage called "Sharington House" forfeited to King Edward VI. which house the king gave to...
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Shelley House
See Bacon House, Noble Street.
...
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Shunamites' House
In Watling Street.
A house of entertainment provided for the use of preachers at Paul's Cross in th...
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Southampton House
On the east side of Chancery Lane, outside the City boundary.
Liberties and bounds to be extended f...
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(Lord) Sowches' House
On the south side of Leadenhall Street, next to Benbridges Inn (S. 153). In Lime Street Ward.
Site ...
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Spital House
Bequest for repair of highway between the Spittle howse and Highegate and the corner of S. Jones's w...
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Le Spurrers' House
See Sporier's Inn.
...
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Stationers' House
Or the Black Spread Eagle in Fleet Street, against St. Dunstan's Church, 1653 (H. MSS. Corn. 7th Rep...
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Suffolk House
No. 5 Laurence Pountney Hill, forming large offices and chambers (P.O. Directory).
...
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Sussex House
On the south side of Leadenhall Street, No.52 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
"Sussex Hall" (O. ...
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Thanet House
On the east side of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, ed. 1720 a...
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Trinity House
On the north side of Tower Hill (P.O. Directory).
Built 1793-5. Architect, S. Wyatt.
Site bccupied...
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(Sir Francis) Walsingham House
On the north-eastern boundary of Tower Ward. Now Sir Nicholas Salter's. In Seething Lane (Strype, ed...
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Watch House
At the south-east corner of St. Sepulchre's Church Yard on the north side of Snow Hill (Strype, ed. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Whitchurch House
See Africa House.
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Winchester House
See Winchester Place.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Windsor House
See Nevill's Inn.
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(Sir William) Winter's House
See St. Mary de Berkyngcherch, Chapel.
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Worcester House
1) William, earl of Worcester, was seised of the capital messuage called "Worcester place" in the pa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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York House
Wheatley says Baynard's Castle was known by this name, Richard Duke of York having lodged there in 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(Lord de la) Zouches', House
See (Lord) Sowches' House.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bog house
The necessary house. To go to bog; to go to stool.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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coffee house
A necessary house. To make a coffee-house of a woman's ****; to go in and out and spend nothing.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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flying house
A lock in wrestling, by which he who uses it throws his adversary over his head.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hen house
A house where the woman rules; called also a SHE HOUSE, and HEN FRIGATE: the latter a sea phrase, or...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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light house
A man with a red fiery nose.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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louse house
The round house, cage, or any other place of confinement.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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lumber house
A house appropriated by thieves for the reception of their stolen property.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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nanny house
A brothel.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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nugging-house
A brothel.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ox house
He must go through the ox house to bed; a saying of an old fellow who marries a young girl.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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she house
A house where the wife rules, or, as the term is, wears the breeches.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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steeple house
A name given to the church by Dissenters.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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block-house
A small fort built of logs which project some six or eight feet over a wooden or stone foundation, f...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cubby-house
A snug place for a child. Common to various English dialects.--Barnes's Dorset Glossary. Seldom hear...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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host-house
an ale-house for the reception of lodgers.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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house-place
the common room in a farm house. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cub-house
, or cubboos.
See caboose.
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The Sailor's Word-Book