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A Dictionary of London
… Probably identical with the port, or with Billingsgate Quay, and Stairs. Billingsgate This name has been variously … used to designate : one of the City gates, a port or quay on the Thames, one of the principal City markets. It … was derived from some early owner, whether of a gate or quay, named Beling or Biling (S. 44), for the word "portus" …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… by several feet, and vessels of large tonnage come to the quay. The river is navigable only to the bridge, though the … articles of the union of the two kingdoms. The harbour and quay are in a ruinous state; the custom-house has been … of which the principal, a spacious street, leads from the quay, by a gradual ascent, to the church; and another, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Magnus) BESSINGBY ( St. Magnus), a parish, in the union of Bridlington, wapentake of Dickering, E. riding of York, 1 mile (S. W.) from Bridlington; containing 66 inhabitants. The parish is on the road from Bridlington to Driffield, and a short distance from …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with water. There are assembly and reading rooms on the quay; and from the salubrity of the air, the picturesque … by means of a sea-lock, with the Torrington canal. The quay, 1200 feet in length, and of proportionate breadth, has …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the chancel only being fitted up for divine worship. Bill-Quay BILL-QUAY, a village, in the chapelry of Nether Heworth, parish of …
A Dictionary of London
… Ward. In Leake, 1666, called "Belinsgate Key." The quay of "Billyngisgate" is mentioned 2 H. IV. (Cal. P.R. H. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is very large; being, from the mouth of the tunnel to the quay, about 250 feet long, and about 120 in width between the …
A Dictionary of London
… L. Bk. B. p. 56) outside the Friars' precincts. In 1294 a quay was in course of construction on the Thames at their …
A Dictionary of London
… in Farringdon Ward Within (Boyle, 1799). In 1294 a quay was in course of construction at the house of the Friars …
Survey of London
… corner of the yard, were more sawpits and another timber quay. Blackwall Yard in the late 1860s. Based on the Ordnance … of the great mast-house erected by John Perry on the west quay of Brunswick Wharf when the latter became part of the …