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White Bear Court, Aldgate High Street
See White Bear Alley.
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Aldgate High Street
From Duke Street at 19 and 20 Aldgate to Middlesex Street at 146 Whitechapel High Street. In Portsok...
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High Street, Aldgate
See Aldgate High Street.
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White Bear Alley
West out of Addle Hill, with a passage north to Church Hill, in Castle Baynard Ward (Rocque, 1746-L....
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White Horse Alley, Aldgate High Street
See Black Horse Yard, Aldgate High Street.
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White Bear
In Abchurch Lane.
Destroyed in the Fire 1666.
Rebuilt as " Pontack's," for many years a famous tav...
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Bell Alley, Aldgate High Street
South out of Aldgate High Street, leading into Chequer Yard (O. and M. 1677-P.C. 1732). In Portsoken...
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Harrow Alley, Aldgate High Street
South out of Aldgate High Street at No. 60. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: O...
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Hatchet Alley, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
Seems to have bee...
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Parrot Alley, Aldgate high Street
See The Bore's Head Tavern.
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Sun Court, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street at No. 20. In Portsoken Ward (P.C. 1732-Collingridge, 1908).
Forme...
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Aldgate, Street
West from Aldgate High Street to Leadenhall Street at its junction with Fenchurch Street (P.O. Direc...
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Bear Alley
Out of Addle Hill (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Bear Court
1) East out of Giltspur Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, 1720 and 1755).
Site now occupi...
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High Street
1) See Aldgate, Street?.
2) Thames Street seems to be so described in Anc. Deeds, A. 1779.
This ex...
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Great White Bear Court
North out of Thames Street in Blackfriars, west of Addle Hill, in Castle Baynard Ward (P.C. 1732).
...
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Little White Bear Court
North out of Thames Street, in the precinct of Blackfriars (P. C. 1732-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in...
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White Street
West out of Moorfields, at No.39, to Moor Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without.
First...
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Half Moon Court, Aldgate High Street
South out of Aldgate High Street, near the eastern boundary of the ward. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M...
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Bear Alley, Farringdon Street
East out of Farringdon Street at No.28 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
First mention:...
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White Alley, Coleman Street
See White's Alley.
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White Bear Yard
South out of Bride Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1816)
Not named in the maps.
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Butcher Row, Aldgate High Street
On the south side of Aldgate High Street, east from the Minories.
...
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Chequer Yard, Aldgate High Street
South out of Aldgate High Street, the first turning east from the Minories (O.S. 25 in., 1880 ed.). ...
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Church Lane, Aldgate High Street
See Church Row.
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Church Row, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street, on the north and east sides of St. Botolph's Church and churchyard...
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Crown Inn, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street, east of St. Botolph Aldgate Church and Churchyard (O. and M. 1677)...
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Crown Place, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street, at No. 21. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: ...
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White Bear Alley, Rosemary Lane
See Bell Alley, Little Tower Hill.
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White Bear Alley, St. Katherine's
West out of Red Cross Street (Rocque, 1746).
Name probably derived from "White Bear Brewhouse" (Sur...
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White Bear Inn, Basinghall Street
See Bear Inn.
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Anchor and Harp Alley, Aldgate High Street
See Anchor and Hart Alley.
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Sun and Trumpet Alley, Aldgate High Street
See Sun Court.
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Back Alley, Bear Alley
South out of Bear Alley and west to Fleet Market (Rocque, 1746-Dodsley, 1761). See Back Bear Alley.
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Aldgate
One of the gates in the City wall on its eastern side. It stood in the midst of the High Street, at ...
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aldgate
A draught on the pump at Aldgate; a bad bill of exchange, drawn on persons who have no effects of th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Bear
·vt To gain or win.
II. Bear ·noun A portable punching machine.
III. Bear ·noun A <<Bier>>.
IV. B...
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Bear
A native of the mountain regions of Western Asia, frequently mentioned in Scripture. David defended ...
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The Bear
1) Tenement so called in Botolph Lane in 1544 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 172).
This tenement was dev...
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bear
One who contracts to deliver a certain quantity of sum of stock in the public funds, on a future day...
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bear, native
n.
the colonists' name for ananimal called by the aborigines Koala, Koolah, Kool-la, andCarbora ( P...
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bear
1) for bar. Connecticut and Virginia.
2) A word to denote a certain description of stock-jobbers.--...
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bear
A large block of stone, matted, loaded with shot, and fitted with ropes, by which it is roused or pu...
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Bear
(1 Samuel 17:34; 2 Samuel 17:8)
The Syrian bear, Ursus syriacus, which is without doubt the animal ...
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Duke Street, Aldgate
West from Aldgate to Bevis Marks (P.O. Directory). The south side is in Aldgate Ward, the northern i...
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Back Bear Alley
On the south side of Bear Alley, Fleet Market, in Farringdon (Lockie, 1810 and 1816).
Former names ...
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Great Bear Alley
West out of Seacoal Lane to the Fleet Ditch or New Canal, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677...
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Little Bear Alley
East from the New Canal with a passage north to Great Bear Alley, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and...
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Church Court, Duke Street, Aldgate
See Church Passage.
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Brown Bear Alley or Court
North out of Upper East Smithfield, at No. 1, in the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate (L.C.C. List, 19...
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High Timber Street
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 42, and extending east and west between Broken Wharf and Bro...
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High
·vi To <<Hie>>.
II. High ·noun The highest card dealt or drawn.
III. High ·noun People of rank or ...
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high
In gunnery, signifies tightly fitting the bore; said of shot, wads, &c. Also, a gun is said to be la...
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Black Bull Yard, Aldgate High Street
See Aldgate Avenue.
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Black Horse Yard, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street, between Nos. 34 and 35, turning north-east into Middlesex Street (...
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Three Tun Tavern, Aldgate High Street
See George Alley.
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White Rose Alley, Whitecross Street
Mentioned in L.C.C. List, 1901.
See White Rose Place.
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White Bell Alley
North out of Great Eastcheap, east of St. Clement's Lane. In Candlewick Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype,...
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White Cock Alley
South out of Thames Street to the Thames, west of and leading to Dyers' Hall (O. and M. 1677).
Purc...
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White Hart Alley
South out of Leadenhall Street, in Aldgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Former name: "White ...
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White Horse Alley
1) South out of Holborn, east of Fetter Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
See Stok...
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White Lyon Alley
See White Lion Court, Cornhill.
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White Hart Street
East out of Warwick Lane, at No.25, to Paternoster Square (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward.
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White Street, Houndsditch
See Cutler Street.
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White Hart Court, Leadenhall Street
See White Hart Alley.
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White Hart Court, Middlesex Street
Near Inkhorn Court, Petticoat Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 28).
Not named in t...
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White Rose Court, Coleman Street
See Masons' Avenue.
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White Bear, Botolph Lane
See The Bear1.
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White
·noun A white pigment; as, Venice white.
II. White ·superl Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; ...
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White
A symbol of purity (2 Chr. 5:12; Ps. 51:7; Isa. 1:18; Rev. 3:18; 7:14). Our Lord, at his transfigura...
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1) to requite ; as, God white you, God requite you. Chesh. Var. Dial.
2) to blame ; you lean all th...
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White Cock Court
East out of Bread Street, in Bread Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
Site has been rebuilt...
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White Hall Court
East from the Tower precinct to St. Katherine's lane (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1811).
Removed for the ...
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White Hart Court
1) North out of Long Lane, West Smithfield, to the northern boundary of Farringdon Ward Without (Hor...
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White Head Court
In Duke's Place (W. Stow, 1722-P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps.
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White Hind Court
1) See Bishopsgate Buildings.
2) West out of Coleman Street, in Coleman Street Ward (Boyle, 1799).
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White Horse Court
1) East out of Noble Street, in Aldersgate Ward, between Lillypot Lane and Oat Lane (Strype, 1720 an...
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White Lion Court
1) South out of Great Tower Street, east of Beer Lane (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward.
Earliest men...
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White Lyon Court
1) East out of Little Bell Alley, in Broad Street Ward (P.C. 1732-Elmes, 1831).
The site is now occ...
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White Rose Court
South out of Widegate Street to Middlesex Street (L.C.C. List, 1912).
First mention: Lockie, 1810.
...
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White Swan Court
In Newgate Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps.
Name derived from the sign...
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White Hart, White Hart Court
West out of Bishopsgate, at No, 119, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
The date 1480 wa...
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Blackhorse Alley, Court, Fleet Street
North out of Fleet Street with a passage east to Fleet Market and Ditch (O.S. 1848-51).
First menti...
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(St.) Paul's Alley, Court, Fenchurch Street
See Paulshead Court.
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Ram Alley, Court, Fleet Street
See Hare Place.
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Bread Street Alley
In Bread Street Hill (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Lime Street Alley
East out of Lime Street, with a winding passage leading by Lime Street Square and Billiter Square in...
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Peacock Alley, Street
In Giltspur Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732-L. Guide, 1758).
In parish of St. Sepulch...
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Bear Alley, Fleet Ditch
West from Fleet Ditch and south to Bride Lane, in Bridewell precinct, in Farringdon Ward Without (O....
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Bear Alley, London Wall
Out of London Wall, in parish of All Hallows, London Wall (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Called in P.C. S...
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Acorn Alley, Court
See Acorn Street.
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Gingerbread Alley, Court
East out of Old Change, in Bread Street Ward, small and ordinary (Strype, ed. 1720-Boyle, 1799).
Si...
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Harp Court, Alley
South out of Knightrider Street west of Lambeth Hill, in Castle Baynard Ward (Boyle, 1799).
"Harp A...
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Helmet Alley, Court
South out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
Called "Helmet Co...
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(St.) Matthew's Alley, Court
See Fountain Court.
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Paved Alley, Court
South from Newgate Market to Paternoster Row at No.30. In Farringdon Ward Within (P.C. 1732-Elmes, 1...
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Potters' Alley, Court
See Porter's Court.
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Pump Court, Alley
Near Whitecross Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Sun Alley, Court
North-west out of Chick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-L. Guide, 1758).
Site now ...
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Sutton's Alley, Court
East out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without, between Sweedland Court and Catherine W...
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Swan Alley, Court
West out of Old Change to St. Paul's Churchyard (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755).
Named after the Public...
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Well Court, Alley
East out of the Minories, at No.22 (O. and M. 1677-L,C.C. List, 1901).
Called "Well Alley" (O. and ...
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White Horse Court, Old Broad Street
See Union Court; White Horse Inn, Yard.
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White Horse Court, Royal Mint Street
North out of Royal Mint Street in the parish of St. Mary Whitechapel (P.C. 1732-O.S. 25 in. 1880). F...
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Bagnio Court Street
See Roman Bath Street.
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Fleet Street Court
In Fleet Street (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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Black and White Alley
East out of Tower Hill, near Woodruff Lane (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799). Within the Tower precincts.
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White Horse Alley, Inn
1) North out of Barbican, in Aldersgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
See White Horse...
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Bull Inn, Bull Inn Yard, Aldgate High Street
See Aldgate Avenue.
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Aldgate Avenue
North out of Aldgate High Street at No.24 and east to 25 Middlesex Street. First named, December, 18...
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Aldgate Churchyard
This is the churchyard which is still in existence, adjoining to and surrounding the Church of St. B...
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Aldgate Hermitage
In a turret of the City wall near Aldgate built 4 feet without the turret of the said wall in the Ki...
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Aldgate Pump
Taken down 1876 and a drinking fountain erected on the site.
There was a well called " Alegate well...
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Aldgate Ward
With Tower Ward the easternmost ward of the City within the walls (O.S.).
Earliest mention: " In wa...
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Aldgate Well
See Aldgate Pump.
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(St.) Botolph Aldgate
On the north side of Aldgate High Street, at the south-east corner of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward...
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(St.) Michael Aldgate
One of the old parishes mentioned by Stow as having formed first the parish of the Holy Cross or Hol...
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(Holy) Trinity Aldgate
There seems to have been a parish of this name in existence before the foundation of Holy Trinity Pr...
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Black and White Court
South out of Fleet Lane to Belle Savage Inn and the Old Bailey (Leake, 1666-Elmes, 1831).
Strype de...
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White Horse Court, Inn
North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-L. Guide, 1758).
Site now occup...
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White Lion Court, Cornhill
North out of Coruhill at No.64 (P.O. Directory). In Cornhill Ward.
First mention: W. Stow, 1722.
F...
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Ant-bear
·noun An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the genus...
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Bear State
·add. ·- Arkansas;
— a nickname, from the many bears once inhabiting its forests.
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Sea bear
·- The white bear.
II. Sea bear ·- Any fur seal. ·see under <<Fur>>.
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Water bear
·- Any species of Tardigrada, 2. ·see ·Illust. of Tardigrada.
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Bear Inn
1) On the east side of Basinghall Street, near the middle, at.No. 31, in Bassishaw Ward (O. and M. 1...
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Bear Quay
Between Porter's Quay east and New Bear Quay west (Act Parlt. 1559-Lockie, 1810).
Other names : "Gr...
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Bear Yard
North out of Bride Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
The site is now occupied by s...
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bear leader
A travelling tutor.
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monkey-bear
or Monkey
n.
i.q. Native Bear. See Bear.
1853. C. St. Julian and E. K. Silvester, `TheProductions...
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native bear
n.
See bear.
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bear state
A name by which the State of Arkansas is known at the West. I once asked a Western man if Arkansas a...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bear, to
The direction of an object from the viewer; it is used in the following different phrases: The land'...
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over-bear
One ship overbears another if she can carry more sail in a fresh wind.
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sea-bear
A name applied to several species of large seals of the genus Otaria, found both in the northern and...
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Cradle Alley, Cradle Court, Fenchurch Street
See Bowyer's Court.
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New Court, Harrow Alley, Middlesex Street
North-west out of Harrow Alley. In Portsoken Ward (Rocque, I 746-Boyle, 1799).
Site covered by ware...
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Alley
·noun A choice taw or marble.
II. Alley ·noun A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
III. ...
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alley
(Lat. albus, white.) An ornamented marble, used by boys for shooting in the ring, &c.; also called i...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Street
·adj Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or vi...
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Street
The street called "Straight" at Damascus (Acts 9:11) is "a long broad street, running from east to w...
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Street
The streets of a modern Oriental town present a great contrast to those with which we are familiar, ...
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Chain Alley, Cooper's Row, Aldgate
See Gould Square.
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Rose Alley, Duke's Place, Aldgate
See Mitre Street.
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Dark Entry, Duke Street, Aldgate
See Church Passage.
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Bear and Ragged Staff Alley
East out of Red Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, ed. 1720).
The si...
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Black Bear Alley, Fleet Market
See Back Bear Alley
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Breast-high
·adj High as the breast.
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High five
·add. ·- ·see Cinch (the game).
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High priest
·- A chief priest; ·esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood.
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High steel
·add. ·- Steel containing a high percentage of carbon; high-carbon steel.
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High-blown
·adj Inflated, as with conceit.
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High-bred
·adj Bred in high life; of pure blood.
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High-built
·adj Of lofty structure; tall.
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High-church
·adj Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or polic...
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High-churchism
·noun The principles of the high-church party.
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High-churchman
·noun One who holds high-church principles.
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High-churchmen
·pl of High-churchman.
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High-colored
·adj Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed.
II. High-colored ·adj Vivid; strong or forci...
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High-embowed
·adj Having lofty arches.
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High-fed
·adj Pampered; fed luxuriously.
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High-finished
·adj Finished with great care; polished.
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High-flown
·adj Elevated; proud.
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High-flushed
·adj <<Elated>>.
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High-go
·noun A spree; a revel.
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High-handed
·adj Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.
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High-hearted
·adj Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled.
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High-hoe
·noun The European green woodpecker or yaffle.
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High-holder
·noun The flicker;
— called also high-hole.
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High-low
·noun A laced boot, ankle high.
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High-mettled
·adj Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high-mettled steed.
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High-minded
·adj Proud; arrogant.
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High-mindedness
·noun The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.
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High-palmed
·adj Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.
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High-pressure
·adj Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life.
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High-priesthood
·noun The office, dignity, or position of a high priest.
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High-priestship
·noun High-priesthood.
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High-principled
·adj Possessed of noble or honorable principles.
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High-proof
·adj So as to stand any test.
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High-raised
·adj Elated with great ideas or hopes.
II. High-raised ·adj Elevated; raised aloft; upreared.
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High-reaching
·adj Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring.
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High-red
·adj Of a strong red color.
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High-seasoned
·adj Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant.
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High-sighted
·adj Looking upward; supercilious.
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High-souled
·adj Having a high or noble spirit; honorable.
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High-sounding
·adj Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
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High-spirited
·adj Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or oppos...
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High-stepper
·noun A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing.
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High-stomached
·adj Having a lofty spirit; haughty.
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High-strung
·adj Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strung horse.
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High-swelling
·adj Inflated; boastful.
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High-toned
·adj High in tone or sound.
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High-top
·noun A ship's masthead.
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High-wrought
·adj Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate.
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Knee-high
·adj Rising or reaching upward to the knees; as, the water is knee-high.
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Sky-high
·adv & ·adj Very high.
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High place
An eminence, natural or artificial, where worship by sacrifice or offerings was made (1 Kings 13:32;...
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High priest
Aaron was the first who was solemnly set apart to this office (Ex. 29:7; 30:23; Lev. 8:12). He wore ...
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High Holborn
West from Holborn Bars to Drury Lane, outside the City boundary (P.O. Directory).
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