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pay, to
[from Fr. poix, pitch]. To pay a seam is to pour hot pitch and tar into it after caulking, to defend...
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pay a mast, to
or pay a yard, to
To anoint it with tar, turpentine, rosin, tallow, or varnish; tallow is particul...
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Pay
·noun Satisfaction; content.
II. Pay ·vt To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pa...
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to pay
To smear over. To pay the bottom of a ship or boat; to smear it over with pitch: The devil to pay, a...
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pay
A buccaneering principle of hire, under the notion of plunder and sharing in prizes, was, no purchas...
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top a yard or boom, to
To raise up one end of it by hoisting on the lift, as the spanker-boom is lifted before setting the ...
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traverse a yard, to
To get it fore and aft.
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pay round, to
To turn the ship's head.
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pay a vessel's bottom, to
To cover it with tallow, sulphur, rosin, &c. (See breaming.)
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Dead-pay
·noun Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls.
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Pay Cerps
·add. ·- A staff corps in the United States navy, consisting of pay directors, pay inspectors, payma...
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Pay dirt
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Pay rock.
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Pay rock
·add. ·- Earth, rock, ·etc., which yields a profit to the miner.
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Pay streak
·add. ·- A stratum of oil sand thick enough to make a well pay.
II. Pay streak ·add. ·- The zone, p...
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Pay Office
On the west side of Broad Street, at the corner of Winchester Street, in Broad Street Ward (O. and M...
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store pay
Payment made for produce or other articles purchased, by goods from a store, instead of cash. This i...
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dead-pay
That given formerly in shares, or for names borne, but for which no one appears, as was formerly pra...
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full pay
The stipend allowed when on actual service.
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growing pay
That which succeeds the dead-horse, or pay in prospect.
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pay away
The same as paying out (which see). To pass out the slack of a cable or rope.
♦ Pay down. Send che...
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retired pay
A graduated pension for retired officers; but the term is nearly synonymous with half pay.
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sea-pay
That due for actual service in a duly-commissioned ship.
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Yard
·vi A branch; a twig.
II. Yard ·vi A rod; a stick; a staff.
III. Yard ·vi The <<Penis>>.
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yard
A measure of length, consisting of 3 feet.
[Anglo-Saxon gyrde]. A long cylindrical timber suspende...
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A
A, a, indecl. n. (sometimes joined with littera), the first letter of the Latin alphabet, correspond...
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a
a, prep.=ab, v. ab.
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A
A. a. as an abbreviation, 1 for the praenomen Aulus.
2 for Absolvo, on the voting-tablet of a jud...
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·- Of.
II. A ·prep In; on; at; by.
III. A ·- An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter.
I...
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·- A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on ...
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A
Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the last. These letters occur in the text...
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a
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·prep Addition; union; accumulation.
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To-
·prep An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break,...
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to
for at or in, is an exceedingly common vulgarism in the Northern States. We often hear such vile exp...
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bringing-to the yard
Hoisting up a sail, and bending it to its yard.
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broach a business, to
To begin it.
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buffet a billow, to
To work against wind and tide.
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build a chapel, to
To turn a ship suddenly by negligent steerage.
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cable, to coil a
To lay it in fakes and tiers one over the other.
♦ To lay a cable. (See laying.)
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cleat a gun, to
To nail large cleats under the trucks of the lower-deckers in bad weather, to insure their not fetch...
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clinch a business, to
To finish it; to settle it beyond further dispute, as the recruit taking the shilling.
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cut a stick, to
To make off clandestinely.
♦ Cut your stick, be off, or go away.
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feather, to cut a
When a ship has so sharp a bow that she makes the spray feather in cleaving it.
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lay a gun, to
So to direct it as that its shot may be expected to strike a given object; for which purpose its axi...
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loose a rope, to
To cast it off, or let it go.
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mount a gun, to
To place it on its carriage.
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point a gun, to
To direct it on a given object.
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point a sail, to
To affix points through the eyelet-holes of the reefs. (See points.)
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purchase a commission, to
A practice in our army, which has been aptly termed the "buying of fetters;" it is the obtaining pre...
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raise a siege, to
To abandon or cause the abandonment of a siege.
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rate a chronometer, to
To determine its daily gaining or losing rate on mean time.
...
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reduce a charge, to
To diminish the contents of a cartridge, sometimes requisite during heavy firing.
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reduce a place, to
To compel its commander to surrender, or vacate it by capitulation.
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return a salute, to
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risk a run, to
To take chance without convoy.
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scour a beach, to
To pour a quick flanking fire along it, in order to dislodge an enemy.
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shift a berth, to
To move from one anchorage to another.
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speak a vessel, to
To pass within hail of her for that purpose.
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spin a yarn, to
To tell a long story; much prized in a dreary watch, if not tedious.
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spin a twist or a yarn, to
To tell a long story; much prized in a dreary watch, if not tedious.
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spread a fleet, to
To keep more open order.
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support a friend, to
To make every exertion to assist a vessel in distress, from whatever cause. Neglect of this incurs p...
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top a boom, to
To raise up one end of it by hoisting on the lift, as the spanker-boom is lifted before setting the ...
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trail a pike, to
To hold the spear end in the right hand, and the butt trailed behind the bearer.
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turn, to catch a
To pass a rope once or twice round a cleat, pin, kevel, or any other thing, to keep it fast.
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turn, to take or catch a
To pass a rope once or twice round a cleat, pin, kevel, or any other thing, to keep it fast.
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turn a turtle, to
To take the animal by seizing a flipper, and throwing him on his back, which renders him quite helpl...
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wend a course, to
To sail steadily on a given direction.
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wind a boat, to
To change her position by bringing her stern round to the place where the head was. (See wending.)
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wind a ship or boat, to
To change her position by bringing her stern round to the place where the head was. (See wending.)
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work a ship, to
To adapt the sails to the force and direction of the wind.
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wring a mast, to
To bend, cripple, or strain it out of its natural position by setting the shrouds up too taut. The p...
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pinch-gut pay
The short allowance money.
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bring-to, to
To bend, as to bring-to a sail to the yard. Also, to check the course of a ship by trimming the sail...
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broach-to, to
To fly up into the wind. It generally happens when a ship is carrying a press of canvas with the win...
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heave-to, to
To put a vessel in the position of lying-to, by adjusting her sails so as to counteract each other, ...
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lie-to, to
To cause a vessel to keep her head steady as regards a gale, so that a heavy sea may not tumble into...
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round-to, to
To bring to, or haul to the wind by means of the helm. To go round, is to tack or wear.
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lying out on a yard
To go out towards the yard-arms.
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laying or lying out on a yard
To go out towards the yard-arms.
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Horn Yard, Goodman's Yard
See Enoch Court.
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to carry a horse to water
instead of lead or ride him to water. A Southern expression.--Sherwood, Georgia.
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breeze, to kick up a
To excite disturbance, and promote a quarrelsome row.
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deaden a ship's way, to
To retard a vessel's progress by bracing in the yards, so as to reduce the effect of the sails, or b...
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double-bank a rope, to
To clap men on both sides.
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gather aft a sheet, to
to pull it in, by hauling in slack.
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hold a good wind, to
To have weatherly qualities.
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kick up a dust, to
To create a row or disturbance.
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lay up a ship, to
To dismantle her.
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shake out, a reef, to
See let out, a reef, to
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let out, a reef, to
, or shake out, a reef, to
To increase the dimensions of a sail, by untying the points confining a...
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luff into a harbour, to
To sail into it, shooting head to wind, gradually. A ship is accordingly said to spring her luff whe...
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pick up a wind, to
Traverses made by oceanic voyagers; to run from one trade or prevalent wind to another, with as litt...
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roll up a sail, to
To hand it quickly.
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run down a coast, to
To sail along it, keeping parallel to or skirting its dangers.
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run down a vessel, to
To pass over, into, or foul her by running against her end-on, so as to jeopardize her.
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run out a warp, to
To carry a hawser out from the ship by a boat, and fasten it to some distant place to remove the shi...
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stretch along a brace, to
To lay it along the decks in readiness for the men to lay hold of; called manning it.
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thwart-marks, to a harbour
Two objects on the land, which, brought into line with each other, mark the safe course between shoa...
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lie-to, in a gale
, is, by a judicious balance of canvas, to keep a ship's bow to the sea, and, with as much as she ca...
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try, to, or lie-to, in a gale
, is, by a judicious balance of canvas, to keep a ship's bow to the sea, and, with as much as she ca...
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turn in a heart, to
To seize the end of a shroud or stay, &c., securely round it.
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under-run a warp, to
To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...
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under-run a hawser or warp, to
To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...
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veer a buoy in a ship's wake, to
To slack out a rope to which a buoy has been attached, and let it go astern, for the purpose of brin...
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Main yard
·- The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast.
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Tilt-yard
·noun A yard or place for tilting.
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Abchurch Yard
On the north-west side of Abchurch Lane at No. 17, south of St. Mary Abchurch, to Sherborne Lane, at...
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Alexander's Yard
East out of Water Lane and south to the wharves (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799). In Farringdon Ward Witho...
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Allam Yard
See Allum Yard.
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Allum Yard
South out of Crutched Friars, west of Savage Gardens (O. and M. 1677).
Other names : " Alam," " All...
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Almhouse Yard
North out of White's Alley, Coleman Street, in Coleman Street Ward (Strype, ed. 1720-Boyle, 1799).
...
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Ax Yard
West out of Little Britain, in Aldersgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720-Boyle, 1799).
This site is...
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Axe Yard
East out of St. Mary Axe. In Aldgate Ward (O. and M. 1677).
No later reference.
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Back Yard
1) Out of Pelican Court, Little Britain (Strype, 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) Out ...
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Baker's Yard
East out of Little Tower Hill, near the Victualling Office (Hatton,1708-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in ...
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Balding's Yard
See Baldwin's Court.
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Ball Yard
In Beech Lane. In Cripplegate Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Barehouse Yard
Out of Silver Street, Cripplegate (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Barge Yard
South out of Bucklersbury at No.20 (P.O. Directory). In Cheap Ward.
First mention: O. and M. 1677.
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Barking Yard
See Barking Church Yard.
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Barn Yard
North out of Beech Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without. Near the boundary of the Ward (O. and M. 1677)...
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Baron's Yard
At the north-east corner of Broad Street Buildings, at No.8 in Bishops-gate Ward Without.
Mentioned...
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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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Bell Yard
1) South out of Carter Lane at No.41 to Knightrider Street, in Castle Baynard Ward (P.O. Directory)....
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Bellows Yard
West out of the Minories (Strype, 1720-P.C. 1732). In Portsoken Ward. Shown in O. and M. 1677, but n...
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Bird's Yard
Out of Chick Lane, West Smithfield (P.C. I 732-Strype, ed. 1755-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the ma...
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Bland's Yard
In the Minories (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Probably = "Brand's Yard" (...
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Brand's Yard
In Minories (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Probably = Bland's Yard (q.v.).
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Brazile Yard
North out of Trinity Lane, in Cordwainer and Bread Street Wards (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
Calle...
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Brown's Yard
In Woodroffe Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in maps.
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Bull Yard
1) At the south-east end of Church Lane, Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (O.S. ed. 1848-51).
Former ...
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Butler's Yard
In Monkwell Street (Strype, 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Car Yard
1) See White Horse Yard, Seething Lane; also Car Square.
2) Out of Redoross Street, in Cripplegate ...
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Carpenter's Yard
1) Out of Skinner Street in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in t...
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Cart Yard
West out of Harrow Alley, Aldgate High Street. In Portsoken Ward.
So called in Rocque's map, 1746, ...
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Castle Yard
1) See Furnival Street.
2) South out of Upper Thames Street to the Thames at No. 34 (P.O. Directory...
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Checker Yard
See Chequer Alley2, Old Bailey.
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Chequer Yard
East out of Dowgate Hill to Bush Lane. In Dowgate Ward (O. and M. 1677) (Midd. Sess. Roll. 4 Chas. I...
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Clarke's Yard
In Cock Alley, London Wall (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Cloth Yard
Out of Dunning's Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in th...
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Coach Yard
South out of Houndsditch in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
No further reference.
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Cock Yard
1) West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
~The s...
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Cockpit Yard
South out of Jewin Street to Horn Alley, in Aldersgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720-Boyle, 1799).
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Coleman's Yard
See Harrow Alley, Houndsditch.
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Cole's Yard
East out of Houndsditch, near the middle, with a passage into Petticoat Lane (Middlesex Street).
So...
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Conduit Yard
South of Aldgate, adjoining the Wall of London. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677).
Adjacent to the...
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Cooper's Yard
On Little Tower Hill (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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Cote's Yard
Out of Skinner Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Crown Yard
West out of Bishopsgate Street in Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and N. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
The London...
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Eccle's Yard
In the Minories (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Mentions Eele's Yard separately, but query identica...
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Elephant Yard
North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (L.C.C. List, 1901 and 1912).
Not named in th...
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Falcon Yard
North of Falcon Inn, in Aldersgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
Site afterwards occupied by the C...
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Farrier's Yard
In the Minories, in Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Fern's Yard
East out of Whitecross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, 1720 and 1755, and Rocque, 1746)...
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Fish Yard
East out of Pudding Lane near No. 20 or 21, in Billingsgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720-Boyle, 1799).
Si...
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Freeman's Yard
See Freeman's Court1, Cornhill.
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Garrards Yard
North out of Rosemary Lane, near the west end (Hatton, 1708).
Not named in the maps.
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Gate Yard
At the south-east corner of America Square, behind No. 8, facing Hanover Court, in Portsoken Ward (L...
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George Yard
1) South out of Fenchurch Street, west of the Saracen's Head Yard (O.S. 1894-5, and Bacon, 1912). In...
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Glasshouse Yard
In Old Bethlehem in Bishopsgate Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Globe Yard
1) North out of Lower Thames Street at No. 58, opposite the Custom House (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831)....
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Gooding's Yard
See Goodwin's Yard.
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Goodman's Yard
East out of Minories, at No. 60, to Mansell Street. Partly in Portsoken Ward and partly in the paris...
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Goodwin's Yard
West out of the Minories. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 28).
Former name : "Pope's Ya...
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Grace's Yard
East out of Minories at No. 46, two doors north of Swan Street (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not name...
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Grasshopper Yard
North-west out of Long Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
The site seems to have be...
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(The) Green Yard
See City Greenyard.
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Grey's Yard
In Brand's Yard, Great Minories, in Portsoken Ward (W. Stow, 1722-P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps...
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Griffin Yard
North out of Long Lane, West Smithfield, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
The...
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Guildhall Yard
North out of Gresham Street to the Guildhall, at No. 23 King Street (P.O. Directory). In Cheap Ward....
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Gun Yard
1) Out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
2) West out...
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Handcock's Yard
In Water Lane (W. Stow, 1722).
Not named in the maps.
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Harrow Yard
1) Out of Dunning's Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720,1. ii. 108).
Not further i...
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Haydon Yard
See Haydon Street.
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Hemp Yard
1) Out of Petticoat Lane, in Portsoken Ward (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) Out...
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Hendrijch's Yard
See Walnut Tree Yard.
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Hick's Yard
Out of Angel Alley, Little Moorfields (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Named...
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Hog Yard
1) East out of White's Yard, Rosemary Lane.
In East Smithfield (Strype, ed. 1755-Elmes, 1831).
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Holiday Yard
See Ludgate Square.
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Hoop Yard
Tavern on the east side of Fish Street Hill, north of Thames Street. In Bridge Ward Within (Strype, ...
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Horn Yard
South out of Cloth Fair, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
"Horne Yard" in Roc...
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Horse Yard
See Evans' Court, Basinghall Street.
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Ireland Yard
West out of St. Andrew's Hill, at No. 7, to The Times Printing Office (P.O. Directory). In Farringdo...
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Jericho Yard
In Jerusalem Alley (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Johnson's Yard
Out of Three Needle Alley, Moorfields (Strype, ed. 1755-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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Jones' Yard
In Stony Lane, Petticoat Lane, in Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the m...
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Kebb's Yard
In the Minories (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Named after an owner or a b...
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Lady's Yard
Out of Harrow Alley, Aldgate High Street, in Portsoken Ward (Lockie, 1816).
Not named in the maps.
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Lamb's Yard
In Bishopsgate Street Without (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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Larger's Yard
On the north side of Angel Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Lockie, 1816).
Not named in the maps...
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Leatherdressers' Yard
Out of Paul's Alley (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Lime Yard
South out of Bristol Street to Lime Wharf, in Castle Baynard Ward (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
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Lion's Yard
Out of Whitecross Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Lloyd's Yard
North of Langthorn Court, in Coleman Street Ward (Horwood, 1799-Elmes, 1831).
Coleman Street Ward S...
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Lovel's Yard
In Whitecross Street, Cripplegate (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Loyd's Yard
See Three Colt Court1, Angel Alley, Bishopsgate.
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