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General Post Office
On the west side of King Edward Street, in Farringdon Ward Within. The chief office in place of the ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Post Office Court
South out of Lombard Street at No. io adjoining the Post Office (P.O. Directory). In Langbourn Ward....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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post
post (form poste, Enn. An. 235; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 131; id. Stich. 2, 2, 56), adv. and prep. [root...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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post
post (1) adv.POS-.—Of place, behind, back backwards : ante aut post, L.: servi, qui post erant: ub...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Post
·adj Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.
II. Post ·adv With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Post-
·- A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure, postdot, postscript.
...
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Post
1) A runner, or courier, for the rapid transmission of letters, etc. (2 Chr. 30:6; Esther 3:13, 15; ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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post
Any ground, fortified or not, where a body of men can be in a condition for defence, or fighting an ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Post
Probably, as Gesenius argues, the door-case of a door, including the lintel and side posts. The post...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Office
·vt To perform, as the duties of an office; to <<Discharge>>.
II. Office ·noun Any service other th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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office
To give the office; to give information, or make signs to the officers to take a thief.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Old General Post Office
On the east side of St. Martin le Grand (Street), between that street and Foster Lane.
Erected 1825...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Post Office, Lombard Street
On the south side of Lombard Street at No. l0 east of St. Mary Woolnoth (P.O. Directory). In Langbou...
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Binding post
·add. ·- A metallic post attached to electrical apparatus for convenience in making connections.
...
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Cossack post
·add. ·- An outpost consisting of four men, forming one of a single line of posts substituted for th...
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Crown-post
·noun ·same·as King-post.
...
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King-post
·noun A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent...
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Lamp-post
·noun A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, ...
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Parcel post
·add. ·- That branch of the post office having to do with the collection, transmission, and delivery...
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Post note
·- A note issued by a bank, payable at some future specified time, as distinguished from a note paya...
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Post-abdomen
·noun That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax;
— more commonly called abdomen.
...
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Post-captain
·noun A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was "posted," in the seniority list of the B...
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Post-disseizin
·noun A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of t...
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Post-disseizor
·noun A person who disseizes another of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same d...
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Post-fine
·noun A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands, when the same was fully passed;
—...
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Post-impressionism
·add. ·noun In the broadest sense, the theory or practice of any of several groups of recent painter...
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Post-mortem
·adj After death; as, post-mortem rigidity.
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Post-obit
·- ·Alt. of Post-obit bond.
...
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Post-temporal
·noun A post-temporal bone.
II. Post-temporal ·adj Situated back of the temporal bone or the tempor...
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Post-tragus
·noun A ridge within and behind the tragus in the ear of some animals.
...
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Post-tympanic
·adj Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind the auditory meatus.
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Queen-post
·noun One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framed truss of similar form. ·see King-...
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Tool-post
·noun ·Alt. of Tool-stock.
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Totem post
·add. ·- A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols, set up before the ho...
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Post House
At the junction of Threadneedle Street and Cornhill opposite the Stocks (Leake, 1666).
The site is ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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finger post
A parson: so called, because he points out a way to others which he never goes himself. Like the fin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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post nointer
A house painter, who occasionally paints or anoints posts. Knight of the post; a false evidence, one...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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post-note
In commerce, a bank-note intended to be transmitted to a distant place by mail, and made payable to ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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advanced post
A spot of ground seized by a party to secure their front. A piquet or outpost.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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alarm-post
A place appointed for troops to assemble, in case of a sudden alarm.
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body-post
An additional stern-post introduced at the fore-part of an aperture cut in the dead-wood in a ship f...
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false post
See false stern-post.
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inner post
, or inner stern-post.
The post on which the transoms are seated. An oak timber brought on and fay...
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main-post
The stern-post, as distinguished from the false-post and inner-post.
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post-captain
Formerly a captain of three years' standing, now simply captain, but equal to colonel in the army, b...
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samson's post
A movable pillar which rests on its upper shoulder against a beam, with the lower tenons into the de...
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stern-post
The opposite to the stem; scarphed into the keel, and suspending the rudder. In steam-ships, where a...
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towing-post
A substantial timber fixed through the deck of a steam-tug for making the tow-rope fast to. Also, a ...
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Booking office
·- An office where passage tickets are sold.
II. Booking office ·- An office where passengers, bagg...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Crown office
·- The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of th...
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Office wire
·add. ·- Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, ·etc.
...
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Alienation Office
On the eastern side of King's Bench Walk in the Inner Temple (Horwood, 1799). An office under the Lo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ballast Office
See Old Trinity House.
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Exchequer Office
On the west side of Ivy Lane (Leake, 1666).
After the Fire it seems to have been kept in the Temple...
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Excise Office
In Bartholomew Lane prior to 1666, when it was destroyed in the Great Fire. It was then removed to B...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Faculty Office
At the east corner of Paul's Bakehouse next to Little Carter lane is the Faculty Office, for the gra...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fen Office
In Tanfield Court, Temple, at No. 3 on the south side (Lockie, 1810 and 1816).
No further reference...
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Jewel Office
In the Tower of London (q.v.).
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Navy Office
On the south side of Crutched Friars and east of Seething Lane. In Tower and Aldgate Wards (Strype, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Prerogative Office
Now in Somerset House.
In O. and M. at the south end of Prerogative Court leading out of St. Paul's...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Record Office
On the east side of Chancery Lane (P.O. Directory).
Erected 1856-70 as a depository for the Public ...
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Rolls' Office
On the east side of Chancery Lane on part of the site now occupied by the Record Office (O.S. 1880)....
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Secondary's Office
In the Inner Temple (Horwood 1799).
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Transport Office
See Plough Yard, Lombard Street, Seething Lane.
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Victualling Office
On Tower Hill, near King Street (Dodsley, 1761).
First mention: 1665 (H. MSS. Com. 15th Rep. II. 16...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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crown office
The head. I fired into her keel upwards; my eyes and limbs Jack, the crown office was full; I s--k-d...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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navy office
The Fleet prison. Commander of the Fleet; the warden of the Fleet prison.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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victualling office
The stomach.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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loan office
A public office in which loans of money are negotiated for the public, or in which the accounts of l...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hydrographical office
A department of the admiralty where the labours of the marine surveyors of the Royal Navy are collec...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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transport office
Formerly a department under government directed by commissioners, who chartered vessels and appointe...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Ex post facto
·- ·Alt. of Ex postfacto.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Post-obit bond
·- A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds hi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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dining room post
A mode of stealing in houses that let lodgings, by rogues pretending to be postmen, who send up sham...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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post master general
The prime minister, who has the patronage of all posts and places.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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false stern-post
A piece bolted to the after-edge of the main stern-post to improve steerage, and protect it should t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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inner stern-post
See inner post
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post of honour
The advance, and the right of the lines of any army.
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Canada Company's Office
At No. 13 St. Helen's Place, Bishopsgate. Company established 1826, in aid of the Canadian Colonies ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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City Police Office
On the West side of Old Jewry at No. 26 (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward.
First mention: "P...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Coal Meters' Office
See Wilson's Yard.
The coal-meters were 15 in number, and were officers appointed to inspect the ju...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Crown Office Row
On the north side of the Inner Temple Gardens, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory).
First ...
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George Coach Office
On the west side of Old Bailey, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1810).
Not named in the maps.
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Herald's College, Office
See College of Arms.
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King's Bench Office
At the southern end of King's Bench Walk, Temple (Strype, 1720, Horwood, 1799).
See King's Bench Wa...
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London Insurance Office
On the south side of Cornhill in Ball Court and Birchin Lane (Rocque, 1746-Strype, 1755, I. p. 474)....
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Old Navy Office
See Navy Office.
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Old Victualling Office
See Victualling Office.
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Palace Court Office
In Clifford's Inn, near Fetter Lane (Lockie, 1816). Not named in the maps.
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Queen's Office Alley
In Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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Six Clerks' Office
On the west side of Chancery Lane, south of Carey Street, outside the City boundary (O. and M. 1677)...
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Sun Fire Office
See Bank Buildings1, Cornhill.
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Times' Printing Office
On the north side of Printing House Square (q.v.).
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Wine Office Court
North out of Fleet Street, at No.145, to King's Head Court, Shoe Lane, which is now also called Wine...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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jack in office
An insolent fellow in authority.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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knight of the post
A false evidence, one that is ready to swear any thing for hire.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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post-and-rail tea
slang name for strong bush-tea: socalled because large bits of the tea, or supposed tea, floatabout ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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back of the post
An additional timber bolted to the after-part of the stern-post, and forming its after-face.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Kingly office of Christ
One of the three special relations in which Christ stands to his people. Christ's office as mediator...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Green Dragon Coach Office
On the south side of Fleet Street at No. 56, east of Serjeants' Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without (Loc...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Insurance Office, Birchin Lane
See London Insurance Office.
...
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King's Arms Coach Office
West out of Bishopsgate Street at 106, north of Thread-needle Street (Lockie, 1810-1816).
Not named...
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Six Penny Receivers' Office
On Tower Hill (Dodsley, 1761).
Sixpence a month paid in by all seamen for the benefit of Greenwich ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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jack in an office
An insolent fellow in authority.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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City Union Relief Registration Office
On the western side of Bartholomew Close, at No. 61, south of the Church of St. Bartholomew the Grea...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hand in Hand Fire Office
At No. 1 Bridge Street, Blackfriars, on the east side (Elmes, 1831).
Est. 1696 in Angel Court, Snow...
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King and Key Coach Office
On the north side of Fleet Street at 142, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-1816).
Not named...
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New River Office and Yard
Between Pigs Quay and Dorset Wharf on the Thames, at the southern end of Dorset Street (Horwood, 179...
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Great Eastern Railway Goods' Receiving Office
On the west side of Laurence Lane at No. 23, in Cheap Ward, on the western boundary of the ward (P.O...
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London County and Westminster Bank, Head Office
On the north side of Lothbury at No. 41 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: O.S. 1875.
Occupies part ...
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National Debt and Government Life Annuity Office
On the east side of Old Jewry at No.19 (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward.
First mention: O.S...
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Pewter Platter Alley, Pewter Platter Coach Office
In Gracechurch Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Lockie, 1816).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.