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Tower Bridge
Over the Thames, from the eastern boundary of the Tower to Southwark, parish of St. John Horseleydow...
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Approach
·vt To take approaches to.
II. Approach ·vi Movements to gain favor; advances.
III. Approach ·vi ·...
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Bridge
·vt To open or make a passage, as by a bridge.
II. Bridge ·add. ·noun A card game resembling whist....
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bridge
To make a bridge of any one's nose; to push the bottle past him, so as to deprive him of his turn of...
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to bridge
To build a bridge, or bridges; as, 'to bridge a river.'--Webster.
Mr. Todd, in his edition of Johns...
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bridge
A narrow gangway between two hatchways, sometimes termed a bridge. Military bridges to afford a pass...
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Railway Approach
South out of Cannon Street leading to the Station (P.O. Directory).
First named 1910.
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Tower
·vt To soar into.
II. Tower ·noun High flight; elevation.
III. Tower ·noun A citadel; a fortress; ...
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tower
Clipped money: they have been round the tower with it. CANT.
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Tower
Watch-towers or fortified posts in frontier or exposed situations are mentioned in Scripture, as the...
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Auction bridge
·add. ·- A variety of the game of bridge in which the players, beginning with the dealer, bid for th...
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Bridge-ward
·noun The principal ward of a key.
II. Bridge-ward ·noun A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a...
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Leg bridge
·add. ·- A type of bridge for small spans in which the floor girders are rigidly secured at their ex...
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Water bridge
·- ·see Water table.
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Wheatstone's bridge
·- ·see under <<Bridge>>.
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Blackfriars Bridge
A bridge across the Thames above London Bridge extending from the southern end of New Bridge Street ...
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Bridewell Bridge
Bridge over the Fleet opposite Bridewell at the end of Paved Alley, built of timber before the Fire,...
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Bridge Gate
Said to be one of the four original gates of the City. On London Bridge (S. 42).
New made when the ...
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Bridge House
A dwelling-house attached to St. Thomas' Chapel on London Bridge, and quite distinct from the Bridge...
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Bridge Street
South from Easteheap to Old London Bridge. Now Fish Street Hill.
Earliest mention found in records ...
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Fleet Bridge
Over the Fleet River between Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill, near Fleet Prison, in Farringdon Ward Wi...
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Hermitage Bridge
See Swing Bridge, Hermitage Entrance.
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Holborn Bridge
At the east end of Holborn Hill and north end of Fleet Market over the Fleet, at its junction with t...
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London Bridge
Extends across the River Thames from Adelaide Place and King William Street to High Street, Southwar...
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Mill Bridge
In St. Catherine's Thames Street (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
Qy. = Mille Dock.
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Southwark Bridge
Connects the north and south sides of the river from Queen Street Place to Bankside, Southwark. Desi...
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Temple Bridge
Order for repair of the Bridge of the New Temple by which persons coming to Parliament and Councils ...
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Traitors' Bridge
At the Tower of London (Strype, ed. 1755~B0yle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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asses'-bridge
The well-known name of prop. 5, b. i. of Euclid, the difficulty of which makes many give in.
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bridge-islet
A portion of land which becomes insular at high-water as Old Woman's Isle at Bombay, and among other...
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bridge-train
An equipment for insuring the passage of troops over a river. Pontooners. (See pontoon.)
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drowning-bridge
A sluice-gate for overflowing meadows.
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floating bridge
A passage formed across a river or creek by means of bridges of boats, as over the Douro, Rhine, &c....
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Conning tower
·noun The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.
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Martello tower
·- A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the sum...
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Water tower
·add. ·- A tower or standpipe used as a reservoir to deliver water at a required head, as to a fount...
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Le Bretask, Tower
There seem to have been at least two houses bearing this name in the City in the 14th century.
One ...
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Lollards' Tower
At either corner of the west end of St. Paul's were two Towers of stone, made for Bell Towers, one t...
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Romeland, Tower
The whole ditch and plain without the Tower within the Postern,. called Romeland; in and of the City...
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Sernes Tower
On the north side of Bucklersbury, in Cheap Ward (S. 262).
Originally the house of William Servat i...
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Tower Bank
On the eastern boundary of Tower Ward running north and south between Thames Street and Tower Street...
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Tower Buildings
See Tower Chambers.
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Tower Chambers
On the north side of London Wall at No. 118, at the south-east corner of Finshury Pavement, facing o...
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Tower Ditch
Made by the Bishop of Ely while King Richard was in Palestine (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 9).
Land pu...
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Tower Dock
On Tower Hill, south from No.50 Great Tower Street to 46 Lower Thames Street (P.O. Directory).
Earl...
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Tower Hill
North and west of the Tower, west from the Minories and south to Tower Bridge (P.O. Directory). In P...
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Tower Liberty
Tower and fortifications with Tower Hill of the ancient demesne of the Crown with jurisdiction and p...
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Tower Postern
North of the Tower, by George Yard, between that yard and the Tower Ditch, at the southern terminati...
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Tower Royal
North out of Cannon Street, at No.75, to Budge Row (P.O. Directory). In Cordwainer Ward.
It formerl...
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Tower Street
West from Tower Hill to Eastcheap and St. Margaret Pattens Church (S. 132).
First mention: " La Tou...
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Tower Subway
A circular iron tube under the Thames extending from Great Tower Hill on the north bank to Pickle He...
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Tower Ward
One of the twety-sex wards of the City (O.S. ).
With Aldgate Ward the most eastern within the walls...
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Tower Wharf
South out of and fronting the Tower, from Tower Stairs west to Tower Bridge east. Entrance on the so...
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Westsmithfield Tower
A tower so called in the Tower of London, 1461 (Cal. P.R. Ed. IV. 1461-7, p. 85).
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to tower
To overlook, to rise aloft as in a high tower.
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martello tower
So named from a tower in the Bay of Mortella, in Corsica, which, in 1794, maintained a very determin...
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shield tower or turret
A revolving armoured cover for guns.
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Bridge House Court
West out of Gracechurch Street, at No. 37, opposite Talbot Court (Lockie, 1816).
Shown in Horwood, ...
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Bridge House Rents
On the north side of Newgate Street, opposite Warwick Lane, in 1546 and 1617, shown in a "plat of th...
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Bridge Ward School
In Old Swan Lane, on the west side (Lockie, 1810).
Not named in the maps.
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Bridge Ward Within
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, known as Bridge Ward Within, in contradistinction to Southw...
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Bridge Ward Without
= Southwark. Not included in the present work.
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Horse-shoe Bridge
A bridge over the stream of the Walbrook by the church of St. John upon Walbrook (S. 27 and 230).
E...
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Little Bridge Street
East out of New Bridge Street to St. Martin's Court, on the boundary of Farringdon Wards Within and ...
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London Bridge Square
On London Bridge, in Bridge Ward (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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London Bridge Waterworks
See Water Works, London Bridge.
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London Bridge Wharf
On the east side of London Bridge and the south side of Lower Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Bri...
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(St.) Margaret Bridge Street
See St. Margaret Fish Street Hill.
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New Bridge Street
South from Fleet Street to Blackfriars Bridge (P.O. Directory). On the boundary of Farringdon Ward W...
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Southwark Bridge Stairs
Adjoining Southwark Bridge on the west (O.S. 1894). First mention: O.S. 1875.
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Babel, tower of
The name given to the tower which the primitive fathers of our race built in the land of Shinar afte...
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Jezreel, Tower of
One of the turrets which guarded the entrance to the city (2 Kings 9:17).
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Siloam, Tower of
Mentioned only Luke 13:4. The place here spoken of is the village now called Silwan, or Kefr Silwan,...
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Great Tower Hill
See Tower Hill.
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Great Tower Street
East from No. 40 Eastcheap to Tower Dock, Tower Hill. In Tower Ward (P.O. Directory).
Widened from ...
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Little Tower Hill
North-east and east of the Tower, extending south from the Minories to Little Thames Street (Stow's ...
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Little Tower Street
See Eastcheap.
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Mountfiquit, Tower of
Near the Wall of London, next to Castle Baynard, in the Ward of Castle Baynard, afterwards included ...
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(St.) Paul's Bell Tower
In the Lib. Cust. I. 343, it is stated that the Campanile used by the citizens to summon the Folkmoo...
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Tower Hill Passage
On Little Tower Hill (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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Tower of London
Situated at the eastern extremity of the City of London on the north bank of the Thames on Tower Hil...
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Tower Royal Court
East out of Tower Royal, in Cordwainer Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
The site is now occupied ...
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Tower Royal Lane
In Budge Row (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Watergate, Tower Ward
A quay facing the Thames by the Custom House in Thames streete (S. 135) at the south end of Water la...
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tower hill play
A slap on the face, and a kick on the breech.
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Edar, Tower Of
(accur. Eder, a flock), a place named only in (Genesis 35:21) According to Jerome it was one thousan...
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Siloam, Tower, In
(Luke 13:4) Of this we know nothing definitely beyond these words of the Lord. In connection with Op...
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Cistern at Fleet Bridge
Made in 1478 by the inhabitants of Fleet Street at their own charges for the receipt of the waste wa...
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Conduit at Fleet Bridge
A cistern or conduit for receipt of spring water made by the inhabitants of Fleet Street in 1478, bu...
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Forcier, near London Bridge
Erected by Peter Moris, a Dutchman, in 1582, for the supply of water to the eastern part of the City...
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Horse-shoe Bridge Street
East out of Tower Royal to the church of St. John Walbrook (S. 230).
First mention: A lane leading ...
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(St.) Michael towards London Bridge
See St. Michael Crooked Lane.
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(St.) Olave by London Bridge
Qy. = Olave (St.) Hart Street or Olave (St.) Southwark.
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Swing Bridge, Hermitage Entrance
Over the Hermitage Entrance to the London Docks (O.S. 25 in. 1897).
Former name : " Hermitage Bridg...
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(St.) Thomas Chapel, London Bridge
Erected over the centre pier of the first stone bridge on the east side, 1176-1209.
"Capella beati ...
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Water House, London Bridge
See Water Works, London Bridge.
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Water Works, London Bridge
On the west side of Old London Bridge, opposite St. Magnus Church, in Bridge Ward Within (O. and M. ...
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Tower of the furnaces
(Neh. 3:11; 12:38), a tower at the north-western angle of the second wall of Jerusalem. It was proba...
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All Hallows, Tower Street
See All Hallows Barking.
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Carpenter's Yard, Tower Street
See Carpenters' Hall Yard.
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Chick Lane, Tower Ward
Described as east of Barking Church (in Stow, p. 132). From the descriptions given at the references...
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Chitterling Alley, Tower Street
See Rose Court.
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George Street, Tower Hill
West from Little Tower Hill to Great Tower Hill (O.S. 1894).
First mention: Horwood, 1799.
Formerl...
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George Yard, Tower Hill
See George Street, Tower Hill.
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King Street, Tower Hill
North out of Tower Hill to Royal Mint Street (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention (Hatton, 1708).
No...
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Liberties of the Tower
See Tower Liberty.
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(St.) Mary towards the Tower
Walter le Stockere left rents to the churches of St Mary towards the Tower and St. Leonard in Estche...
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Pye Corner, Tower Street
At the east end of Tower Street, and north end of Petty Wales, 23 poles north from Richardson's whar...
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Rose Court, Tower Hill
West out of Tower Hill, south of Muscovy Court (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755).
Seems to have been rebu...
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Rose Court, Tower Street
South out of Great Tower Street at No. 41. In Tower Ward (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: O. and...
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(Holy) Trinity near Tower Hill
See Holy Trinity, Priory of.
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Bell Alley, Little Tower Hill
North out of Little Tower Hill, east from the Minories (O. and M. 1677).
Earliest mention: "The Bel...
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(St.) Dunstan up towards the Tower
See St. Dunstan in the East.
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Hart Lane, Great Tower Street
See Harp Lane.
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Hatchet Alley, Little Tower Hill
North-west out of Little Tower Hill (P.C. 1732-London Guide, 1758).
Former name : "Hand and Hatchet...
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(St.) John in the White Tower
See St. John's Chapel in the Tower.
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(St.) John's Chapel in the Tower
In the White Tower, Tower of London. A fine specimen of Norman architecture. Records kept there (De ...
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(St.) Nicholas' Chapel, by the Tower
See SS. Mary and Nicholas Chapel by the Tower of London.
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Rose Tavern, Gt. Tower Street
See Rose Court, Tower Street.
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Swan Court, Great Tower Street
See Black Swan Court.
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(St.) Margaret de Froscherche, by London Bridge
See St. Margaret Fish Street Hill.
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Bayley, Bayley's, Place, Little Tower Hill
See Baily Place.
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Blue Anchor Yard, Alley, Tower Hill
See Baily Place.
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Crosleys Square, Hart Street, Tower Street
See New London Street.
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Gun Yard, Little Tower Hill, East
East out of Little Tower Hill. In St. Katherine's precinct (O. and M. 1677-Lond. Guide, 1758).
Also...
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Gun Yard, Little Tower Hill, North
North out of Little Tower Hill (O. and M. 1677).
Site has been rebuilt.
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Hand and Hatchet Alley, Tower Hill
See Hatchet Alley.
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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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Red Cross Court, Great Tower Street
See Red Cross Square.
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Parish church in the Tower for the inhabitants there, in Tower ward (S. 492).
First mention: Founded probably Temp. H. I. Mentioned in reign of K. John, 1210 (Bell, p. 1 ; Clark,...
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(St.) Olave by the Tower or versus Turrim
See St. Olave Hart Street.
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(Sts.) Mary and Nicholas Chapel by the Tower of London
Chapel of St. Mary and St. Nicholas in the Torella of the city wall by the Tower of London, H. III. ...
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