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Mary
·noun <<Marrow>>.
II. Mary ·interj ·see <<Marry>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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Mary
Hebrew Miriam.
1) The wife of Joseph, the mother of Jesus, called the "Virgin Mary," though never s...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Mary
a Roman Christian who is greeted by St. Paul in his Epistle to the Romans, ch. (Romans 16:6) as havi...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Ave Mary
·- A salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of God;
— used in the Roman Catholic churc...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Mary-bud
·noun The marigold; a blossom of the marigold.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Brunton, Mary (Balfour)
(1778-1818)
Novelist, dau. of Col. Balfour of Elwick, and m. to the Rev. Dr. Brunton, Prof. of Orie...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Howitt, Mary
See Howitt, William
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Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Tighe, Mary (Blackford)
(1772-1810)
Poet, dau. of a clergyman, made an unhappy marriage, though she had beauty and amiable ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Cholmondeley, Mary
Novelist. Diana Tempest, Red Pottage, Moth and Rust (1902), Prisoners (1906), etc.
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Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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(St.) Mary Abchurch
On the north-west side of Abchurch Lane at No. 17, north of Cannon Street (P.O. Directory). In Candl...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Aldermanbury
On the west side of Aldermanbury at No. 64 (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Within.
Earliest m...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Aldermannechurche
Mentioned in Will of Wm. de Kingeston poulterer, 1273 (Ct. H.W. I. 15), and in will of Sir John le B...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Aldermary
On the east side of Bow Lane at No. 38a. (P.O. Directory). In Cordwainer Ward.
Earliest mention fou...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Axe
On the west side of the street of St. Mary Axe. In Lime Street Ward.
First mention found in records...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Bethlehem
See Old Bethlehem Hospital.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Bothaw
On the east side of Turnwheel Lane, in Dowgate and Walbrook Wards (O. and M. 1677).
Earliest mentio...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Botolfe
See St. Mary Bothaw.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Buttolphe
See St. Mary Bothaw.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Chapel
In Churchyard of St. Benet Gracechurch.
The chapel of St. Mary situate in the churchyard of St. Ben...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Colechurch
On the north side of Cheapside, at the south-west corner of Old Jury (Leake, 1666). In Cheap Ward.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Fenchurch
Earliest mention: "S. Mary de Fancherche," 1315 (Ct. H.W. I. 255).
Other forms : "St. Mary de Farnc...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Hill
See St. Mary at Hill, Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Lothbury
A parish and chapel so named 1255 in Cal. Close Rolls, H. III. I. p. 449, and 1321, 15 Ed. II. (Cal....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Matfellon
See St. Mary Whitechapel.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Mounthaw
On the west side of Old Fish Street Hill, in Queenhithe Ward (Leake, 1666).
Earliest mention found ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Olaf
See St. Olave Silver Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Oldechurche
Tenement in parish of St. Mary Oldechurche in Cornehill, formerly belonging to the Charterhouse, 31 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Pattens
Occurs in one or two records.
An error for Margaret (St.) Pattens.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Pellipar
= St. Mary Axe.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Salutacion
See The Charterhouse.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Somerset
On the north side of Upper Thames Street, opposite Broken Wharf. Remains and tower shown (O.S. 1880)...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Spital
In the parish of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate in the Ward of Bishopsgate Without, extending from ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Staining
At the north end of Staining Lane, in Aldersgate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677).
The parish extends i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Street
See St. Mary Axe, Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Upehulle
See St. Mary at Hill.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Wenlock
See St. Mary Woolnoth.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Whitechapel
On the south side of Whitechapel Road at No. 1 (P.O Directory). Not within the City boundary.
Menti...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Wolmaricherch
See St. Mary Woolchurch.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Woolchurch
On the south side of the Stocks Market, at the junction of the Poultry and Cornhill (S. 227). In Wal...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Woolnoth
On the south side of Lombard Street at its junction with King William Street (P.O. Directory). In La...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Mary Magdalene
Different explanations have been given of this name; but the most natural is that she came from the ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Evans, Mary Ann or Marian ("George Eliot")
(1819-1880)
Novelist, was b. near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, dau. of Robert E., land agent, a man of s...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Godwin, Mrs. Mary (Wollstonecraft)
(1759-1797)
Miscellaneous writer, was of Irish extraction. Her f. was a spend-thrift of bad habits,...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Kingsley, Mary Henrietta
(1862-1900)
Traveller, dau. of George Henry K. (himself a traveller, and author of South Sea Bubble...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Mitford, Mary Russell
(1787-1855)
Poetess and novelist, b. at Alresford, Hants, dau. of a physician, without practice, se...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (Pierrepont)
(1690-1762)
Letter-writer, was the eldest dau. of the 1st Duke of Kingston. In her youth she combin...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Somerville, Mrs. Mary (Fairfax)
(1780-1872)
Mathematician and writer on science, dau. of Admiral Sir William G. Fairfax, b. at Jedb...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Yonge, Charlotte Mary
(1823-1901)
Novelist, only dau. of a landed gentleman of Hampshire, was b. near Winchester, and in ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth
(b. 1837)
Novelist. Lady Audley's Secret, Aurora Floyd (1862), Henry Dunbar (1864), Only a Clod (18...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Murfree, Mary Noailles ("Charles Egbert Craddock")
American novelist. In the Tennessee Mountains (1884), Down the Ravine (1885), The Prophet of the Gre...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Wilkins, Mary Eleanor (Mrs. C.M. Freeman)
(b. 1862)
American story-writer. A New England Nun, Young Lucretia, A Humble Romance, A Faraway Mel...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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(St.) Mary Abchurch Chnrchyard
See Abchurch Yard.
Described by Strype as a Churchyard enclosed by a Brick Wall and hath an open la...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Aldermanbary, Hospital
See Elsing Spital.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Aldermary Churchyard
See Aldermary Churchyard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary at Hill
On the west side of St. Mary at Hill (Street) (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgate Ward.
Earliest ment...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary atte Naxe
See St. Mary Axe.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary atte Stokke
See St. Mary Woolchurch.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Axe, Street
North out of Leadenhall Street, at No. 116, to Houndsditch (P.O. Directory). Eastern side in Aldgate...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Axe Warehouses
See Leadenhall Chambers.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary de Aldermygbure
See St. Mary Aldermanbury.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary de Arcubus
See St. Mary le Bow.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary de Berkyngcherch
See All Hallows Barking.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary de Newechirche
St. Mary "que Niwekirke" dicitur, mentioned in Charter of Wm. I. to Westminster Abbey (Cott. Ch. vi....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary de Vaucherche
See St. Mary Fenchurch.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary de Westcheping
In the Charter of Eudo Dapifer "de fundatione Ecclesiae S. Johannis de Colcestre" is : "Et ecclesiam...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary le Bow
On the north side of Cheapside at No. 56 at the north-west corner of Bow Lane (P.O. Directory). In C...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary le Quern
Bequest to the church of St. Mary le Quern, 28 Ed. III. (Ct. H.W. I. 685).
Would seem to be an erro...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen, Aldgate
Mentioned by Stow as an old Parish, forming with S. Michael, S. Katherine and the blessed Trinitie, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen, Eldefisshestrete
See St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen, Lamberdyshel
= Mary (St.) Magdalen, Old Fish Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Mounthaunt Lane
See Mountenhaut Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Mounthaw Churcbyard
Shown in Rocque, 1746, and in Strype's maps on the east side of Labour in Vain Hill.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Without Aldersgate
Various bequests to the new chapel of St. Mary the Virgin without Aldresgate, or to the new work of ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary without Aldgate
See St. Mary Whitechapel.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Mary The Virgin
the mother of our Lord. There is no person perhaps in sacred or profane history around whom so many ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Shelley, Mrs. Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin)
(1797-1851)
Novelist, b. in London, the only child of William Godwin (q.v.) and Mary Wollstonecraft...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Sherwood, Mrs. Mary Martha (Butt)
(1775-1851)
Writer of children's books, m. in 1803 Captain H. Sherwood, and went to India, where sh...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Harrison, Mary St. Leger ("Lucas Malet")
Novelist. Mrs. Lorimer (1882), Colonel Enderby's Wife (1885), A Counsel of Perfection (1888), The Wa...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Molesworth, Mrs. Mary Louisa (Stewart)
(b. 1839)
Novelist and writer for children. Carrots, Cuckoo Clock, Herr Baby, The Boys, etc.; novel...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Robinson, Agnes Mary Frances (Mme. Duclaux)
(b. 1857)
Poetess. A Handful of Honeysuckles (1878), The Crowned Hippolytus (1881), Arden (novel) (...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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(St.) Mary Abchurch, Lane of
See Abchurch Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary at Hill, Street
South out of Eastcheap, at No. 28, to Lower Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgate Ward.
E...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary de Berkyngcherch, Chapel
Chapel of St. Mary de Barking founded on the north side of the church of All Hallows, Barking, by Ki...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary de Cricherche, Chapel
John de Cantebrigge to be buried Chapel of Crichiche (sic.) Holy Trinity, 49 Ed. III. (Anc. Deeds, A...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary in Fleet Street
See Whitefriars.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary le Bow School
This seems to have been one of the three schools in London, mentioned by Fitzstephen in 1175, the ot...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen, Milk Street
On the east side of Milk Street, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 75).
The par...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary of Graces, Abbey
East of Tower Hill, in the new graveyard of the Prior and Convent of the Holy Trinity by the Tower o...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary of the Piu
See St. Mary Magdalen of the Guildhall.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary, King's Chapel of
The king had caused it to be made out of a synagogue of the Jews, and granted to the chaplain Simon ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Mary, Mother Of Mark
(Colossians 4:10) was sister to Barnabas. (Acts 4:36; 12:15) She was among the earliest disciples, a...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Mary, Sister Of Lazarus
She and her sister Martha appear in (Luke 10:40) as receiving Christ in their house. Mary sat listen...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Craigie, Mrs. Pearl Mary Teresa (Richards)
(1867-1906)
Dau. of John Morgan, R. b. in Boston, Massachusetts. Most of her education was received...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Church Alley, St. Mary Hill
See Church Passage.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock's Court, St. Mary Axe
East out of St. Mary Axe. In Aldgate Ward (Strype, ed 1720).
Near Fletchers' Hall.
Site now occupi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary atte Bow, Fraternity of
Bequest to this fraternity made in 1361 (Ct. H.W. II. 33).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary de Coneyhope, Chapel of
-At the eastern end of Cheapside, in the Poultry, in Coneyhope Lane, now Grocer's Hall Court. In Che...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary de Crichirche, Fraternity of
Bequest to the Fraternity, 1379 (Ct. H.W II. 209).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen of the Guildhall
The chapel within the precincts of the Guildhall, in Guildhall Yard (Fabyan, p. 297). In Cheap Ward....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street
On the north side of Little Knightrider Street, at the south-west corner of Old Change, in Castle Ba...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary of the Carmelite Friars
Church of St. Mary of the Carmelite Friars, 1349 (Ct H.W. I. 620).
See Whitefriars.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary within Cripplegate, Hospital of
See Elsing Spital.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary without Bishopsgate, Hospital of
See Old Bethlehem Hospital and St. Mary Spital.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Mary, Priorie of Elsing Spital
See Elsing Spital.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Soaper's Yard, St, Mary Axe
See Soper's Yard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Manley, Mrs. Mary de la Riviere
(1663 or 1672-1724)
Novelist, dramatist, and political writer, dau. of Sir Roger Manley, was decoye...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Church Rents, St. Mary at Hill
In the records of the parish of St. Mary at Hill (E.E.T. Soc.) there are numerous references to the ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen in Piscar', by Westpiscar
See St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Annunciation of the Virgin Mary Without Aldrichegate (Chapel of)
John Bret directed that he should be buried in the new churchyard of this chapel, 1349 (Ct. H.W. I. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Chapel in the Charnel at St. Mary Spitall
See St. Edmond the Bishop and Marie Magdalen.
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Conduit by St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street
Erected 1583 and castellated with stone for the receipt of Thames water, conveyed to it at the charg...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen at the Fishmarket, de la Fishstrete
See St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street.
There was an altar in the Priory Church to St. Mary Magdale...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.