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Wraxall, Sir Nathaniel William
(1751-1831)
Historical writer, b. at Bristol, was for a few years in the service of the East India ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Field, Nathaniel
(1587-1633)
Dramatist and actor, was one of "the children of the Queen's Revels," who performed in ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel
(1804-1864)
Novelist, b. at Salem, Massachusetts, s.. of a sea captain, who d. in 1808, after which...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Lee, Nathaniel
(1653?-1692)
Dramatist, s. of a clergyman at Hatfield, was ed. at Westminster School and Camb. Afte...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Gould, Nathaniel
(b. 1857)
Sporting novelist. The Double Event (1891), Running it Off (1892), Thrown Away (1894), Th...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Sir
·noun A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet.
II. Sir ·noun A man of socia...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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sir
Once a scholastic title applied to priests and curates; now to knights. "Aye, aye, sir," is the well...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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House
·vt To drive to a shelter.
II. House ·noun The <<Grave>>.
III. House ·noun A public house; an inn;...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
...
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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Sir George Waterman's House
On the north side. of Thames Street at the south-east corner of Suffolk Lane, in Dowgate Ward (O. an...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sir Henry Tulce's House
At the north end of Warnford Court, south of Drapers Gardens (O. and M. 1677).
Site now occupied by...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sir John Lawrence's House
On the south side of the southern portion of Great St. Helens. In Bishopsgate Ward Within (O. and M....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sir Joseph Sheldon's House
On the south side of St. Paul's Churchyard, in Castle Baynard Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
A...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sir Patient Ward's House
On the south side of Lawrence Pountney Hill. In Dow-gate Ward (O. and M. 1677, and Strype, ed. 1720)...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sir Richard Levet's House
On the north side of Maiden Lane, east of St. John Zachary, in Aldersgate Ward (Strype, 1720 and 175...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sir Robert Clayton's House
On the east side of Old Jewry. opposite Mr. Frederick's House (afterwards Frederick's Place) (O. and...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sir Robert Vyner's House
See Post Office, Lombard Street, and Post Office Court.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sir Samuel Barnardiston's House
See New City Chambers.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sir Thomas Bludworth's House
See Sir Richard Levet's House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sir Thomas Davis' House
At the south-west end of Angel Court, Snow Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
Site ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tucker, Nathaniel Beverly
(1784-1851)
B. in Virginia, became a Prof., of Law in William and Mary Coll. He wrote a novel, The ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Willis, Nathaniel Parker
(1806-1867)
Poet, b. at Portland, and ed. at Yale, was mainly a journalist, and conducted various m...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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sir john
The old title for a country parson: as Sir John of Wrotham, mentioned by Shakespeare.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sir loin
The sur, or upper loin.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sir reverence
Human excrement, a t--d.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sir timothy
One who, from a desire of being the head of the company, pays the reckoning, or, as the term is, sta...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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you, sir!
The irritating mode in which some officers address the seamen. The late Lord Collingwood never permi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Apartment house
·add. ·- A building comprising a number of suites designed for separate housekeeping tenements, but ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Doss house
·add. ·- A cheap lodging house.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Lombar-house
·noun A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.
II. Lombar-house ·noun A public institution for lending money ...
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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...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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African House
See Africa House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Amen House
Mentioned 1641 (L. and P. Chas. I. XVIII. p. 164).
Not further identified.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bath House
See Minories.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bergavenny House
See Stationers' Hall.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bloomfield House
In Bloomfield Court, King Street, West Smithfield (L.C.C. List, 1912). In Farringdon Ward Without.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Brew House
West out of the Minories in Rocque's map, 1746, between the Minories Street. In Portsoken Ward.
Sit...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Bride's House
See Bell's Buildings.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Brooke House
On the north side of Holborn on the site now occupied by Brooke Street (q.v.).
Accounts Commissione...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Burgavenny House
See Stationers' Hall.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Caroone House
See Fleet Prison.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Charsey House
See Chartesey House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Chicheley's House
See Bakers' Hall.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Colonial House
No. 155 Fenchurch Street (P.O. Directory). In Langbourne Ward, nearly opposite Rood Lane.
Occupies ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(Sir William) Craven's House
See East India House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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-...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Denmark House
In Fenchurch Street. The house in which the Russian ambassador was lodged in the time of Queen Mary ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Derby House
See Darby House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Devonshire House
On the east side of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
This was the ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dominion House
See (Mr. Thos.) Papillon's House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dorchester House
See London House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dorset House
See Dorset Court, Dorset Street, Whitefriars.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Drewry House
See (Hostel of Abbot of) Ramsey.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Garter House
See College of Arms.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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). ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Heneadge House
Mentioned in the description of the bounds of the parish of St. Katherine Creechurch, opposite to Du...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Heydon House
See Haydon Square.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Howard House
Some of the buildings of the late dissolved Charterhouse were so named by Thomas Howard in 1569 and ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Huntington House
See Beaumondes Inn.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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India House
See East India House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lauderdale House
See Lauderdale Buildings.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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London House
On the west side of Aldersgate Street, adjoining Bartholomew Close west, in Aldersgate Without and F...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lumley House
See Lord Lumley's House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Middlesex House
See Middlesex Passage.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Mousetrap House
See Fleur de lis Court1, Fetter Lane.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(Lord) Nevill's House
See Greene Yard, near Leadenhall.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Nofolk House
No. 7 Laurence Pountney Hill. Occupied as extensive offices and chambers (P.O. Directory).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Nonsuch House
On the seventh and eighth arches from the Southwark end of Old London Bridge. Perhaps the most beaut...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Peter House
See London House, Aldersgate Street.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Post House
At the junction of Threadneedle Street and Cornhill opposite the Stocks (Leake, 1666).
The site is ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Powlet House
1) See Winchester House.
2) On the east side of Bishopsgate, between the Dolphin and Fisher's Folly...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sackville House
See Salisbury Court, Fleet Street.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(Sir Nicholas) Salter's, House
See (Sir Francis) Walsingham House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sandie House
See Chartesey House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sharington House
Capital messuage called "Sharington House" forfeited to King Edward VI. which house the king gave to...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Shelley House
See Bacon House, Noble Street.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Southampton House
On the east side of Chancery Lane, outside the City boundary.
Liberties and bounds to be extended f...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Le Spurrers' House
See Sporier's Inn.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Suffolk House
No. 5 Laurence Pountney Hill, forming large offices and chambers (P.O. Directory).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sussex House
On the south side of Leadenhall Street, No.52 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
"Sussex Hall" (O. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Trinity House
On the north side of Tower Hill (P.O. Directory).
Built 1793-5. Architect, S. Wyatt.
Site bccupied...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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Windsor House
See Nevill's Inn.
...
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(Sir William) Winter's House
See St. Mary de Berkyngcherch, Chapel.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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bog house
The necessary house. To go to bog; to go to stool.
...
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.
...
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.
...
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.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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louse house
The round house, cage, or any other place of confinement.
...
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.
...
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.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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steeple house
A name given to the church by Dissenters.
...
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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house-hunting
In the city of New York all houses are let from the 1st day of May, and the landlords have assumed t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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house-warmlng
A feast, or merry-making, upon going into a new house.--Johnson.
Overeat himself at a housewarming....
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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still-house
A common term in the United States for a distillery.
Despise it not, ye Bards to terror steel'd,
W...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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host-house
an ale-house for the reception of lodgers.
...
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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cook-house
See cook-house
...
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cub-house
, or cubboos.
See caboose.
...
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custom-house
An office established on the frontiers of a state, or in some chief city or port, for the receipt of...
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deck-house
An oblong-house on the deck of some merchantmen, especially east-country vessels, and latterly in pa...
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house-cockle
See gawky.
...
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house, to
To enter within board. To house a topgallant-mast, is to lower it so as to prevent the rigging resti...
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house-boat
One with a cabin; a coche d'eau.
...
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house-line
See housing
...
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hurricane-house
Any building run up for temporary purposes; the name is occasionally given to the round-house on a v...
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kub-house
, or cubboos.
See caboose.
...
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mast-house
In dockyards, where masts are made.
...
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pitch-house
A place set apart for the boiling of pitch for the seams and bottoms of vessels.
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rope-house
A long building in a dockyard, where ropes are made.
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round-house
A name given in East Indiamen and other large merchant ships, to square cabins built on the after-pa...
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rudder-house
Synonymous with wheel-house.
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wheel-house
A small round-house erected in some ships over the steering-wheel for the shelter of the helmsman.
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Herbert, Sir Thomas
(1606-1682)
Traveller and historian, belonged to an old Yorkshire family, studied at Oxf. and Camb....
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Herschel, Sir John Frederick William
(1792-1871)
S. of Sir William H., the eminent astronomer and discoverer of the planet Uranus, was b...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Hoby, Sir Thomas
(1530-1566)
Translator, b. at Leominster, and ed. at Camb., translated Bucer's Gratulation to the C...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Howard, Sir Robert
(1626-1698)
Dramatist, s. of the Earl of Berkshire, and brother-in-law of Dryden. On the outbreak o...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Jones, Sir William
(1746-1794)
Orientalist and jurist, was b. in London, and ed. at Harrow and Oxf. He lost his f., an...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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L'Estrange, Sir Roger
(1616-1704)
Journalist and pamphleteer, youngest s. of a Norfolk baronet, was probably at Camb., an...
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Lindsay, or Lyndsay, Sir David
(1490-1555)
Scottish poet and satirist, s. of David L. of Garmylton, near Haddington, was b. either...
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Lyell, Sir Charles
(1797-1875)
Geologist and writer, s. of Charles L., of Kinnordy, Forfarshire (a distinguished botan...
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Lyndesay, Sir D.
see Lindsay, Sir David.
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Mackenzie, Sir George
(1636-1691)
Lawyer and miscellaneous writer, s. of Sir Simon M., of Lochslin, a brother of the Earl...
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Mackintosh, Sir James
(1765-1832)
Philosopher and historian, was b. at Aldowrie, Inverness-shire, s. of an officer in the...
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Maitland, Sir Richard
(1496-1586)
Poet, f. of M. of Lethington, Sec. of State to Mary Queen of Scots. In his later years ...
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Malcolm, Sir John
(1769-1833)
Indian soldier, statesman, and historian, b. at Burnfoot, Dumfriesshire, went to India ...
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Malory, Sir Thomas
(fl. 1470)
Translator of Morte d'Arthur. Very little is known of him. An endeavour has been made to...
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Mandeville, Sir John
Was the ostensible author only of a book of travels bearing his name, written about the middle of th...
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Martin, Sir Theodore
(1816-1909)
Poet, biographer, and translator, s. of James M., solicitor in Edin., where he was b. a...
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Melville, Sir James
(1535-1617)
Historian, s. of Sir John M., of Hallhill, was a page to Mary Queen of Scots at the Fre...
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More, Sir Thomas
(1478-1535)
Historical and political writer, s. of Sir John M., a Justice of the King's Bench, was ...
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Morris, Sir Lewis
(1833-1907)
Poet, b. at Penrhyn, Carnarvonshire, and ed. at Sherborne and Oxf., was called to the B...
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Newton, Sir Isaac
(1642-1727)
Natural philosopher, b. at Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, the s. of a small landed propriet...
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North, Sir Thomas
(1535?-1601?)
Translator, 2nd s. of the 1st Lord N., may have studied at Camb. He entered Lincoln's...
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Overbury, Sir Thomas
(1581-1613)
Poet and miscellaneous writer, ed. at Oxf., became the friend of Carr, afterwards Earl ...
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Vanbrugh, Sir John
(1664-1726)
Dramatist and architect, b. in London of Flemish descent, was in France from 1683 to 16...
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Walpole, Sir Spencer
(1839-1907)
Historian, s. of the Right Hon. Spencer W., Home Sec. in the three Derby Cabinets, belo...
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Wilson, Sir Daniel
(1816-1892)
Archæologist and miscellaneous writer, b. and ed. in Edin., and after acting as sec. of...
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Wotton, Sir Henry
(1568-1639)
Diplomatist and poet, s. of a Kentish gentleman, was b. at Boughton Park, near Maidston...
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Wyatt, Sir Thomas
(1503-1542)
Poet, s. of Sir Henry W., a servant of Henry VII., and ed. at St. John's Coll., Camb., ...
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