convent garden

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• Convent

  ·vi A coming together; a meeting. II. Convent ·vi To be convenient; to <<Serve>>. III. Convent ·vi...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Garden

  ·vt To cultivate as a garden. II. Garden ·noun A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country. I...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Garden

  Gardens in the East, as the Hebrew word indicates, are enclosures on the outskirts of towns, planted...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Brook's Garden

  In Heneage Lane, Aldgate (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Dorset Garden

  In Salisbury Court in Fleet Street (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799)./Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Garden Alley

  See Two Swan Yard. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Garden Court

  1) In St. Botolph, Bishopsgate Churchyard in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799)...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Garden Place

  West out of Middlesex Street. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory). First mention: O.S. 1880. Former...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Garden Row

  In the Inner Temple, within the Temple precincts (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the m...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Garden Street (Great)

  See Great Garden Street. ...

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• Grocers' Garden

  On the north side of Grocers' Hall (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755). Shown but not named in O. and M. 16...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Hatton Garden

  North from Holborn Circus, at No. 8, to Clerkenwell Road (P.O Directory). Outside the City boundary...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Jews' Garden

  In the parish of St. Giles without Cripplegate, to the east of Aldersgate Street. First mention: "l...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Patrick's Garden

  Near the Tower of London. Part of the possessions of the Abbey of Graces, on which Lord Burghley ha...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Rolls' Garden

  On the west side of Clifford's Inn Gardens, on the western boundary of Farringdon Ward Without (O.S....

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Salters' Garden

  North of Oxford Court (O.S. 1894-6). Formerly on the west and south sides of Salters' Hall (O. and M...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Tokenhouse Garden

  See Tokenhouse Yard2, Lothbury. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• cabbage garden

  a name applied to the colony of Victoria by Sir John Robertson, the Premier of New South Wales,in co...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Devonshire House Garden

  See Devonshire Square. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Great Garden Street

  East out of St. Katherine's Lane to Helmet Court and Butcher Row (Lockie, 1810). Former names : A t...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Merchant Taylors' Garden

  See Merchant Taylors' Hall. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Shepherd's Garden, Minories

  See Sheppy Place. ...

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• bear-garden jaw

  Rude, vulgar language, such as was used at the bear-gardens. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• covent garden abbess

  A bawd. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• covent garden ague

  The venereal disease. He broke his shins against Covent Garden rails; he caught the venereal disorde...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• covent garden nun

  A prostitute. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Covent Garden, East Smithfield

  Inhabited by foreigners in 1635 (L. and P. Chas. I. Dom. S. 1635, p. 594). Not mentioned in any of ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Garden Court, Petticoat Lane

  See Garden Place, Hutchison Avenue and Seven Step Alley. ...

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• (The) Great Garden, Great Gardens

  See Great Garden Street. ...

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• Uzza, The Garden Of

  the spot in which Manasseh king of Judah and his son Amon were buried. (2 Kings 21:18,26) It was the...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• West Smithfield, Prior and Convent of

  Qy. St. Bartholomew Priory or Charterhouse. Probably St. Bartholomew. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Six Garden Court, Paul's Alley, Cripplegate

  See Garden Court and Young's Buildings. ...

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• finish. the finish; a small coffee-house in coven garden, market, opposite russel-street, open very early in the morning, and therefore resorted to by debauchees shut out of every other house: it is also called carpenter's coffee- house.

  Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the com...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose