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A Dictionary of London
… 1880-1 and rebuilt as offices and for business purposes. Boot Alley In Grub Sfreet, Fore Street, Cripplegate (Dodsley, 1761). Not named in the maps. Boot Alley, Nicholas Lane See Nicholas Passage. Bordhangly …
A New History of London
… own, prepared a bonfire at Templebar, where a large jack boot, in allusion to the name of the late head of the … directly opposite. They suspended near the pillory a jack boot, a Scots bonnet, and an axe; and after suffering them to hang for some time they chopped off the top of the boot, and burned it together with the bonnet with great …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… which could be turned down over the top of the boot. This top could be a separate unit as in '1 payre of … hose w'th ttopps' [Inventories (1612)], and '11 pr Searge boot hose tops 12d pr' [Inventories (1676)]. Boothose were … Since boothose were turned down over the top of the boot, the fringe would have been an important feature of the …