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Robert
·noun ·see Herb Robert, under <<Herb>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hall
·noun Any corridor or passage in a building.
II. Hall ·noun A college in an English university (at ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hall
(Gr. aule, Luke 22:55; R.V., "court"), the open court or quadrangle belonging to the high priest's h...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Hall (de la)
Two messuages of Walter de Pappeworth in parish of St. Andrew in Estchep and leasehold interest in l...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hall
used of the court of the high priest's house. (Luke 22:55) In (Matthew 27:27) and Mark 15:16 "Hall" ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Bage, Robert
(1728-1801)
Novelist, b. in Derbyshire, was the s. of a paper-maker. It was not until he was 53 tha...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Baillie, Robert
(1599-1662)
Historical writer, s. of B. of Jerviston, ed. at Glasgow, he entered the Church of Scot...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Barclay, Robert
(1648-1690)
Apologist of the Quakers, s. of Col. David B. of Ury, ed. at the Scots Coll. in Paris, ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Blair, Robert
(1699-1746)
Poet, b. at Edin., where his f. was a clergyman, became minister of Athelstaneford, Had...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Bloomfield, Robert
(1766-1823)
Poet, b. at Honington in Suffolk, lost his f. when he was a year old, and received the ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Browning, Robert
(1812-1889)
Poet, only s. of Robert B., a man of fine intellect and equally fine character, who hel...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Buchanan, Robert
(1841-1901)
Poet and novelist, b. at Caverswall, Staffordshire, the s. of a Scottish schoolmaster a...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Burns, Robert
(1759-1796)
Poet, was b. near Ayr, the s. of William Burness or Burns, a small farmer, and a man of...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Burton, Robert
(1577-1640)
Miscellaneous writer, b. at Lindley, Leicestershire, and ed. at Oxf., took orders, and ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Carruthers, Robert
(1799-1878)
Journalist and miscellaneous writer, b. in Dumfriesshire, was for a time a teacher in H...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Chambers, Robert
(1802-1871)
Historical and scientific writer, was b. at Peebles. Early dependent on his own exertio...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Dodsley, Robert
(1703-1764)
Poet, dramatist, and bookseller, b. near Mansfield, and apprenticed to a stocking-weave...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Fabyan, Robert
(d. 1513)
Chronicler, was b. in London, of which he became an Alderman and Sheriff. He kept a diary...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Fergusson, Robert
(1750-1774)
Scottish poet, s. of a bank clerk, was ed. at the Univ. of St. Andrews. His f. dying, h...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Gilfillan, Robert
(1798-1850)
Poet, b. at Dunfermline, was latterly Collector of Police Rates in Leith. He wrote a nu...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Greene, Robert
(1560?-1592)
Poet, dramatist, and pamphleteer, was b. at Norwich, and studied at Camb., where he gr...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Grosseteste, Robert
(d. 1253)
Theologian and scholar, was b. of poor parents at Stradbrook, Suffolk, and studied at Oxf...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Henry, Robert
(1718-1790)
Historian, b. at St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, entered the Church of Scotland, becoming o...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Henryson, Robert
(1430?-1506?)
Scottish poet. Few details of his life are known, even the dates of his birth and dea...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Herrick, Robert
(1591-1674)
Poet, b. in London, was apprenticed as a goldsmith to his uncle, Sir William H., with w...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Keith, Robert
(1681-1757)
Historian, b. in Kincardineshire, belonged to the family of the Earls Marischal, and wa...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Leighton, Robert
(1611-1684)
Divine, was the s. of Alexander L., physician, and writer on theology, who, on account ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Lindsay, or Lindesay, Robert
(1500?-1565?)
Historian, Laird or tenant of Pitscottie, Fife, wrote a history entitled The Chronicl...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Lloyd, Robert
(1733-1764)
Poet, ed. at Westminster and Camb., pub. The Actor (1760), a poem which had considerabl...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Lowth, Robert
(1710-1787)
Theologian and scholar, s. of William L., Prebendary of Winchester, and author of a Com...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Mannyng, Robert, or Robert de Brunne
(fl. 1288-1338)
Was a Canon of the Gilbertine Order. His work, Handlynge Sinne (c. 1300), translate...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Montgomery, Robert
(1807-1855)
Poet, a minister of the Scottish Episcopal Church, wrote some ambitious religious poems...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Orme, Robert
(1728-1801)
Historian, s. of an Indian army doctor, b. at Travancore, and after being at Harrow, en...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Owen, Robert
(1771-1858)
Socialist and philanthropist, b. at Newton, Montgomeryshire, had for his object the reg...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Paltock, Robert
(1697-1767)
Novelist, was an attorney, and wrote The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornis...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Pollok, Robert
(1789-1827)
Poet, b. in Refrewshire, studied for the ministry of one of the Scottish Dissenting com...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Rollock, Robert
(1555?-1599)
Theologian and scholar, b. in Stirlingshire, was first a Prof. in St. Andrews, and the...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Sanderson, Robert
(1587-1663)
Theologian and casuist, b. of good family at Rotherham in Yorkshire, was at Oxf. Enteri...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Sempill, Robert
(1530?-1595), Sempill, Robert (1595?-1659?), Sempill, Francis (1616?-1682)
Scottish poets, all belo...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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South, Robert
(1634-1716)
Divine, s. of a London merchant, was b. at Hackney, and ed. at Westminster School and O...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Southey, Robert
(1774-1843)
Poet, biographer, etc., s. of an unsuccessful linen-draper in Bristol, where he was b.,...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Southwell, Robert
(1561?-1595)
Poet, b. at Horsham St. Faith's, Norfolk, of good Roman Catholic family, and ed. at Do...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Tannahill, Robert
(1774-1810)
Poet, b. in Paisley where he was a weaver. In 1807 he pub. a small vol. of poems and so...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Vaughan, Robert
(1795-1868)
A minister of the Congregationalist communion, Prof. of History in London Univ., 1830-4...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Watson, Robert
(1730-1781)
Historian, s. of an apothecary in St. Andrews, where and at Edin. and Glasgow, he was e...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Wodrow, Robert
(1679-1734)
Church historian, s. of James W., Prof. of Divinity in Glasgow. Having completed his li...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Bridges, Robert
(b. 1844)
Poet. Essay on Milton's Prosody, Critical Essay on Keats. Poems, The Growth of Love, Prom...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Flint, Robert
D.D., LL.D.
(b. 1838)
Writer on philosophy, sociology, and theology. Philosophy of History in Euro...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Hall-mark
·noun The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Moot-hall
·noun ·Alt. of Moot-house.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Music hall
·add. ·- A place for public musical entartainments; specif. (·Eng.), ·esp. a public hall for vaudevi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wool-hall
·noun A trade market in the woolen districts.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Judgment hall
Gr. praitorion (John 18:28, 33; 19:9; Matt. 27:27), "common hall." In all these passages the Revised...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Hall, Basil
(1788-1844)
Traveller, s. of Sir James H., an eminent man of science, was in the navy, and rose to ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Hall, or Halle, Edward
(1499?-1547)
Chronicler, b. in London, studied successively at Camb. and Oxf. He was a lawyer, and ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Hall, Joseph
(1574-1656)
Divine, b. at Ashby-de-la-Zouche, and ed. at Camb., he entered the Church, and became i...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Caine, Hall
(b. 1853)
Novelist
Shadow of a Crime (1885), Son of Hagar (1886), The Deemster (1887), The Bondman...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Apothecaries' Hall
On the east side of Water Lane, Blackfriars (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First ment...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Armourers' Hall
See Armourers and Braziers' Hall.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Backwell Hall
See Blackwell Hall.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bakers' Hall
On the east side of Harp Lane at No. 16. In Tower Ward (P.O Directory).
The Hall is mentioned as ea...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bakewell Hall
See Blackwell Hall.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Barbers' Hall
See Barber Surgeons' Hall.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Basing Hall
See Bassishaw and Blackwell Hall.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bay Hall
At the end of Bassingshall streete (S. 286, in margin).
Used as a market house (Strype, ed. 1720, I...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Blacksmiths' Hall
On the west side of Lambeth Hill, in Queenhithe Ward (Leake, 1666-Strype, 1755).
Let as a warehouse...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Blackwell Hall
On the west side of Basinghall Street at No. 6 with a passage west to the Guildhall and south to Cat...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bowyers' Hall
In Bowyers' Court on the south side of Hart Street, and east of Monkwell Street. In Cripplegate Ward...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Brasiers' Hall
See Armourers and Braziers' Hall.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Braziers' Hall
See Armourers and Braziers' Hall.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Brewers' Hall
On the north side of Addle Street at No. 19 (P.O. Directory). Near Plasterers' Hall. In Cripplegate ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bricklayers' Hall
South out of Leadenhall Street. In Aldgate Ward (S. 140-Elmes, 1831). Behind No. 53 (Lockie, 1810).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Broderers' Hall
At 36, Gutter Lane.
Valuation of goods of the Company of Brawderers in their hall in parish of St. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Butchers' Hall
On the west side of Bartholomew Close at Nos. 87 and 88 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Carpenter's Hall
On the south side of London Wall, at the north-east corner of Throgmorton Avenue (P.O. Directory).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Chandlers' Hall
See Tallow Chandlers' Hall.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Clarks' Hall
On the east side of Bishopsgate, in Bishopsgate Ward (Within), "was a fayre entrie or Court to the c...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Clerks' Hall
See Parish Clerks' Hall.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Clothworkers' Hall
On the east side of Mincing Lane (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward.
Earliest mention: Purchased 34 H....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Coachmakers' Hall
On the east side of Noble Street, at No. 11, next St. Mary Staining Churchyard, in Aldersgate Ward (...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cogers' Hall
At No. 15 Bride Lane. In Farringdon Ward Without.
A political society known as the Honourable Socie...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cokedon Hall
At the south-west end of Marte Lane, 1603 (S. 134).
Bequeathed by Richard de Hakeneye to Alan his s...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Commercial Hall
On the south side of Skinner Street, Snow Hill, at No. 9 (Lockie, 1810-16).
Not named in the maps.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cooks' Hall
On the east side of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without opposite Little Britain (S. 311-St...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Coopers' Hall
On the west side of Basinghall Street at No. 71 (P.O. Directory). North of the Guildhall Library in ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Copped Hall
A tenement so called in Hogg Lane, formed one of the boundaries of the site of the Abbey of Graces, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cordwainers' Hall
On the north side of Cannon Street, at No. 7, west from Friday Street, in Bread Street Ward (P.O. Di...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Crosby Hall
On the east side of Bishopsgate (Street Within) at the north-east corner of Crosby Square (O.S.).
T...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Curriers' Hall
On the south side of London Wall at No. 6 (P.O. Directory). Formerly further south at the southern e...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cutlers' Hall
On the west side of Newgate Street, at No .4 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First men...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Distillers' Hall
In Throgmorton Street-in Draper's Hall.
Company incorporated 1638 (Elmes, 1831).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Drapers' Hall
On the north side of Throgmorton Street at No. 28 (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward.
Grant to ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dyers' Hall
On the west side of Dowgate Hill at No. 10 (P.O. Directory). In Dowgate Ward.
Erected 1770. Rebuilt...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Embroiderers' Hall
On the west side of Gutter Lane at No. 36. In Farringdon Ward Within, north of Half Moon Alley (Elme...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fanners' Hall
See Scalding House2, Eastcheap.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Feltmakers' Hall
In Lime Street (Elmes, 1831).
Anciently a branch of the Haberdashers of hats (Dodsley, 1761).
Comp...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fisherman's Hall
Mentioned in deed of 1741 relating to Brickle's charity and identified with the Emperor's Head (q.v....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fishmongers' Hall
On the south side of Upper Thames Street at No. 107, out of Fishmongers' Hall Street (P.O. Directory...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fletchers' Hall
On the east side of St. Mary Axe (Elmes, 1831).
First mention: "le Fletchers Hall," 30 H. VIII. 153...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Founders' Hall
At the north end of Founders' Court, Lothbury. In Coleman Street Ward.
First mention: S. 285.
Buil...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Girdlers' Hall
On the east side of Basinghall Street at No. 39 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: Common Hall of the...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Gisors' Hall
See Gerard's Hall Inn.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Glasiers' Hall
In Kyrune lane, near Paternoster Church (S. 249).
The Hall was burnt in the Fire and not rebuilt. ....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Glovers' Hall
At the south end of Glovers' Hall Court, Beech Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Roc...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Goldsmiths' Hall
On the east side of Foster Lane, south of Gresham Street, between Foster Lane and Gutter Lane (P.O. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Grocers' Hall
At the north end of Grocers' Hall Court, Poultry, with a passage west to Old Jewry. In Cheap Ward (P...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Haberdashers' Hall
On the east side of Staining Lane and the north side of Gresham Street, at No. 33 (P.O. Directory). ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Hall Court
On the west side of Middle Temple Lane. North of Middle Temple Hall (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1720 and...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Holborn Hall
In Shoe Lane, letten out into Tenements (S. 392).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Innholders' Hall
On the south side of College Street at No. 28, at the north-east corner of Little College Street (P....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ironmongers' Hall
On the north side of Fenchurch Street at 1171/2 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward, east of Fishmonge...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ivy Hall
See Yvihalle.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Joiners' Hall
See Joyners' Hall.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Joyners' Hall
On the south side of Upper Thames Street, between Fryers Lane east and Joyners' Alley west, in Joyne...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Leathersellers' Hall
At the east end of Saint Helen's Place, at No. 13 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Within.
Ere...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lorimers' Hall
On the north side of London Wall, west of the Second Postern, in Cripplegate Ward Within, facing Bas...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Louse Hall
In Aldersgate Street, near Bridgewater Gardens (Gent. Mag. Lib. XV. 32).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Masons' Hall
In Basinghall Street, on the north side of Masons' Alley. In Bassishaw Ward (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 184...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Mercers' Hall
On the north side of Cheapside at No. 86 (P.O. Directory). In Cheap Ward.
First mention: Licence gr...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Olde Hall
At the corner of Elbow Lane, one great stone house called "Olde hall" now taken down. Sometime belon...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Pewterers' Hall
On the north-west side of Lime Street at No.15 (P.O. Directory). In Laughourne Ward,
First mention:...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Pinmakers' Hall
See Pinners' Hall.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Pinners' Hall
The Hall of the Pinners or Pinmakers' Company.
On the west side of Old Broad Street at No.54. In Br...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Plasterers' Hall
On the north side of Addle Street at No.23. In Cripplegate Ward Within (Elmes, 1831).
First mention...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Plumbers' Hall
On the north side of Chequer Yard, Bush Lane. In Dowgate Ward (Elmes, 1831).
First mention: O. and ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Poulterers' Hall
On the west side of Monkwell Street, in Leake, 1666.
Wheatley says the hall was at one time in Lead...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ringed Hall
A tenement called "Ryngedehall" on the south side of "Kniyghtryderestrete" in the parish of St. Thom...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Saddlers' Hall
On the north side of Cheapside at No.141 (P.O. Directory). Between Foster Lane and Gutter Lane. In F...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Salters' Hall
On the west side of St. Swithin's Lane at No.10, south of New Court (P.O. Directory). In Walbrook Wa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Scotch Hall
Hall of the Corporation of the Scottish Hospital of His Majesty's Foundation in Blackfriars, 1676 (L...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Scouts' Hall
See Scotch Hall.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Scriveners' Hall
On the east side of Noble Street, in Aldersgate Ward (Leake, 1666-Strype, 1755).
Formerly called "B...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Skinners' Hall
On the west side of Dowgate Hill at No.8, on the boundary of Dow-gate and Vintry Wards (P.O. Directo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Staple Hall
1) See Staple Inn.
2) House of Lord St. John called" Staple Hall," in length 126 ft., in breadth be...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Stationers' Hall
On the west side of Stationers' Hall Court, Ludgate Hill (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Steven's Hall
Near the north end of the Cathedral Church of St. Paui, 1641 (H MSS. Com. 4th Rep. 110).
No later m...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sussex Hall
See Sussex House.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Trinity Hall
Messuage so called belonging to a guild or fraternity of the Holy Trinity in St. Botolph's Aldgate (...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Turners' Hall
On the east side of College Hill, south of Cutlers' Hall. In Vintry Ward (Rocque, 1746).
In P. Cler...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Vintners' Hall
On the south side of Upper Thames Street at No.68 1/2, in Vintry Ward (P.O. Directory).
First menti...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Waterbearers' Hall
In Bishopsgate Street Without, Nos. 143 and 144, given by Robert Donkyn to the parish of St. Michael...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Watermen Hall
See Fruyterers and Watermen's Hall.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Weavers' Hall
On the east side of Basinghall Street at No.22 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: " Weauers Hall" (S....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Woodmongers' Hall
1) In Duke's Place, Aldgate, called the Duke's Hall (Wheatley)
No other reference.
2) On the east ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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mumpers hall
An alehouse where beggars are harboured.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wiseacre's hall
Gresham college.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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moot-hall
a town hall. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Judgment Hall
The word praetorium is so translated five times in the Authorized Version of the New Testament, and ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Ayton, Sir Robert
(1570-1638)
Poet, s. of A. of Kinaldie in Fife. After grad. at St. Andrews, he studied law at Paris...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Ballantyne, Robert Michael
(1825-1894)
Writer of tales for boys, b. in Edinburgh, was a connection of the well-known printers....
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Bird, Robert Montgomery
(1803-1854)
Novelist, an American physician, wrote three tragedies, The Gladiator, Oraloosa, and Th...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Filmer, Sir Robert
(d. 1653?)
Political writer, s. of Sir Edward F., of East Sutton, Kent, was ed. at Camb. He was an ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Gleig, George Robert
(1796-1888)
S. of George G., Bishop of Brechin, entered the army, and served in the Peninsula and A...
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Hawker, Robert Stephen
(1804-1875)
Poet and antiquary, ed. at Cheltenham and Oxf., became parson of Morwenstow, a smugglin...
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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...
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Malthus, Thomas Robert
(1766-1834)
Economist, s. of a landed proprietor, was b. near Dorking, and ed.. at Jesus Coll., Cam...
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Robert de Brunne
See Mannyng, Robert
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Maturin, Charles Robert
(1782-1824)
Novelist, b. in Dublin of Huguenot ancestry, was ed. at Trinity Coll. there, and taking...
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Sands, Robert Charles
(1799-1832)
Miscellaneous writer, b. at New York, was a scholarly and versatile writer, but without...
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Spencer, William Robert
(1769-1834)
Poet, ed. at Harrow and Oxf., belonged to the Whig set of Fox and Sheridan. He wrote gr...
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Stevenson, Robert Louis
(1850-1894)
Novelist and essayist, was b. at Edin., the s. of Thomas S., a distinguished civil engi...
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Surtees, Robert Smith
(1802-1864)
Sporting novelist, a country gentleman of Durham, who was in business as a solicitor, b...
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Ward, Robert Plumer
(1765-1846)
Novelist and politician, b. in London, ed. at Oxf., and called to the Bar 1790, held va...
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Chambers, Robert William
(b. 1865)
American novelist. In the Quarter (1895), The Red Republic (1896), Lorraine, The Cambric ...
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Hichens, Robert Smythe
(b. 1864)
Novelist, etc. The Green Carnation, An Imaginative Man (1895), Tongues of Conscience (190...
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Sims, George Robert
(b. 1847)
Novelist and dramatist, etc. The Dagonet Ballads, Memoirs of Mary Jane, Ten Commandments,...
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Tyrrell, Robert Yelverton
LL.D., D.C.L.
(b. 1844)
Scholar. Has translated Acharnians of Aristophanes into English verse (188...
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Painters' Hall or Painter Stainers' Hall
On the west side of Little Trinity Lane at No.9 (P.O. Directory). In Queenhithe Ward.
First mention...
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Barber Surgeons' Hall
On the west side of Monkwell Street at No.32 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within (detached p...
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Blackwell Hall Yard
In Basinghall Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Blakwell Hall Court
West out of Aldermanbury Postern, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
The sit...
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Butcher Hall Lane
See King Edward Street.
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Butchers' Hall Corner
High street in St. Nicholas Shambles by the small lane there leading to the gate at the Butchers Hal...
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Carpenters' Hall Yard
South out of Tower Street, west of St. Dunstan's Hill (Strype, 1720-55). In Tower Ward.
Former name...
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Crosby Hall Chambers
On the east side of Bishopsgate Street at No. 24, opposite Threadneedle Street, in Bishopsgate Ward ...
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Curriers' Hall Court
South out of London Wall, west of Philip Lane (Lockie, 1810, to Elmes, 1831).
Former name : "Currio...
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Dyers' Hall Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 95, between George Alley east and Angel passage west (P.O. D...
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Fellowship Porters' Hall
On the east side of Beer Lane at No. 22. In Tower Ward.
Formerly on the west side of St. Mary at Hi...
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Fishmongers' Hall Street
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 107 (P.O. Directory). Adjoining Fishmongers' Hall west. In B...
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Fishmongers' Hall Wharf
On the south side of Upper Thames Street, at the south end of Fishmongers' Hall, adjoining London Br...
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Founders' Hall Chapel
See Founders' Hall.
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Framework Knitters' Hall
East out of Red Cross Street. In Cripplegate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
The Company was the 65th ...
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Gerard's Hall Inn
On the south side of Basing Lane, adjoining St. Mildred, Bread Street, in Bread Street Ward (Elmes, ...
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Glovers' Hall Court
On the south side of Beech Lane at No. 7, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-L.C.C. List, 1...
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Grocers' Hall Court
North out of Poultry, at No. 35, to Grocers' Hall (P.O. Directory). In Cheap and Coleman Street Ward...
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Inner Temple Hall
On the south side of the Temple Church, and of Tanfield Court, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Dir...
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Joiners' Hall Buildings
South out of Upper Thames Street, at No. 78, to Greenwich Street, between Bell Wharf Lane and Friars...
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Merchant Taylors' Hall
On the south side of Threadneedle Street at No. 30 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: "Tailors' Hall,...
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Middle Temple Hall
On the west side of Middle Temple Lane, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory). Great Hall new...
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Parish Clerks' Hall
On the south side of Silver Street at No.24, in Cripplegate Ward Within, and west of Wood Street (P....
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Saddlers' Hall Court
West out of Gravel Lane, Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (O.S.25 in. 1880).
Removed about 1884, when...
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Salters' Hall Chapel
Near the gardens of the Salters' Hall, in Walbrook Ward. Not connected with the Salters' Company exc...
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Salters' Hall Court
North out of Cannon Street at No.109 (P.O. Directory). On the west side of St. Swithin's Church in W...
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Stationers' Hall Buildings
On the north side of Ludgate Hill at No, 30, near Stationers' Hall Court (P.O. Directory). In Farrin...
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Stationers' Hall Court
North out of Ludgate Hill, between 28 and 30, to Stationers Hall (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon War...
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Tallow Chandlers' Hall
On the west side of Dowgate Hill, No.5 (P.O. Directory). In Dowgate Ward.
First mention: S. p.232.
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Wax Chandlers' Hall
At the north-east corner of Gutter Lane, on the south side of Gresham Street (P.O. Directory). In Cr...
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Westminster Hall Court
North out of Dunning's Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, 1720, I. ii. 108-Boyle, 1799).
T...
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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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