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Garden
·vt To cultivate as a garden.
II. Garden ·noun A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.
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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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Minories
South out of Aldgate High Street, at No. 81, to Tower Hill (P.O. Directory).
The name seems to have...
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Shepherd's Alley
1) West out of Old Bailey, in Farringdon Ward Without, south of Ship Court (O. and M. 1677).
Site n...
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Shepherd's Court
North out of Skinner Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799).
The site is now occupied ...
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Brook's Garden
In Heneage Lane, Aldgate (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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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)...
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Garden Place
West out of Middlesex Street. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
First mention: O.S. 1880.
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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...
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Jews' Garden
In the parish of St. Giles without Cripplegate, to the east of Aldersgate Street.
First mention: "l...
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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...
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Rolls' Garden
On the west side of Clifford's Inn Gardens, on the western boundary of Farringdon Ward Without (O.S....
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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...
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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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Great Minories
See Minories.
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Little Minories
See Church Street, Minories.
The bounds of Little Minories are set out in Letters Patent of James I...
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Minories' Cross
In Agas' map at the junction of the Minories and Little Tower Hill.
It is also shown on Haiward and...
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Minories' Ears
On the eastern boundary of .Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, 1. ii. 26).
Not named in the maps.
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(Holy) Trinity Minories
At the east end of Church Street, Minories (P.O. Directory).
Stow speaks of it in 1603 as a parish ...
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Shepherd's, Sheppard's Court
South out of King's Head Court, west of Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-Elmes, ...
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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...
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Merchant Taylors' Garden
See Merchant Taylors' Hall.
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bear-garden jaw
Rude, vulgar language, such as was used at the bear-gardens.
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covent garden abbess
A bawd.
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covent garden ague
The venereal disease. He broke his shins against Covent Garden rails; he caught the venereal disorde...
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covent garden nun
A prostitute.
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Angel Court, Minories
1) West out of the Minories to Vine Street. (Rocque, 1746.) In Portsoken Ward.
Formerly called: " E...
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Brown's Yard, Minories
See Peacock Place, Court.
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Bullocks Yard, Minories
See Bullocks Court.
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Church Passage, Minories
See Church Street, Minories.
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Church Street, Minories
East out of the Minories, leading to Holy Trinity, Minories Church (P.O. Directory).
Former names :...
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Crown Alley, Minories
West out of the Minories. In Portsoken Ward (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Former name : "Crown Court" (O...
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Crown Court, Minories
See Crown Alley.
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Fountain Alley, Minories
See Fountain Court.
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George Street, Minories
See India Street.
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Hamersmith Alley, Minories
See Hammer Court.
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Pope's Yard, Minories
See New Square.
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Preston's Yard, Minories
See Perston's Yard.
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Ship Yard, Minories
See London Prentice Yard and Sheppy Place.
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Squerell Alley, Minories
See Squirrel Alley.
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Star Court, Minories
West out of Minories. In Portsoken Ward (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
Former names: "Tarr Alley" (O. ...
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Swan Street, Minories
East out of Minories to Mansell Street (P.O. Directory). Partly in Portsoken Ward.
Former name: "Sw...
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Tidewaiter's Court, Minories
See Lancaster Place.
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Trinity Court, Minories
See Lancaster Place.
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Watch House, Minories
Removed 1830, when the system of parochial watching was superseded by the establishment of the polic...
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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 ...
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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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Bakers' Arms Alley, Minories
North out of Rosemary Lane, towards the middle of that street by the Bakers' Arms (Hatton, 1708-Elme...
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Black Horse Court, Minories
West out of the Minories about the middle. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
In Stryp...
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Red Cross Alley, Minories
See Maidenhead Alley.
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Red Gate Alley, Minories
East out of Minories at No.71, nearly opposite the Crescent (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named i...
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Red Lion Court, Minories
East out of Minories, west of Morley's Court (P.C. 1732-O.S. 25 in. 1880). In Portsoken Ward.
On th...
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Three Crown Court, Minories
West out of the Minories. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lond. Guide, 1758).
Former names: "Thre...
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Three Kings Alley, Minories
See Three King Court.
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Squire Alley, Squirel's Alley, Minories
See Squirrel Alley.
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Six Garden Court, Paul's Alley, Cripplegate
See Garden Court and Young's Buildings.
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Black Boy Alley, Black Boy Court, Minories
See Golden Fleece Court.
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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