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A New History of London
… Pickaxstreet, at the end of Fan-alley, and in St. John's-street: on the west, by bars in Holborn, at the east end of Middle-row; and at the west end of Fleet-street by the gate called Temple-bar: on the south we may … every Wednesday and Friday, for actions entered at Wood-street compter; and on Thursdays and Saturdays for those …
A New History of London
… The whole is divided into eight precincts. Thames street. Thames street, which crosses this ward from east to west, is the … Allhallows the Great, situated on the south side of Thames-street, between Allhallows-lane, and Hay wharf lane. It was …
A New History of London
… from thence to the stone wall on the west side of Noble-street is all in Aldersgate ward. Then from the said wall, … down to Windsor-house, or Nevil's-inn, and down Monkwell-street, on the west side, and by London-wall to Cripplegate, … to Newgate, including both sides of the way in Newgate-street, which terminates the north side of this ward. From …
A New History of London
… and all Smithfield, to the bars in St. John's-street. The north side of Holborn up to the bars at the east … the safety of the goods deposited there; and the narrow street or lane afterward built where the cloth was sold, … brick, with warehouses on each side, which ran under the street, and were designed to be used for the laying in of …
A New History of London
… that produced a rivulet or bourn, which ran down the street westward, and through Lombard-street as far as the church of St. Mary Woolnoth. Here … this stream spreading near the Spring-head, the contiguous street became so swampy, or fenny, especially about the …
A New History of London
… Book 2, Ch. 24 Lime Street Ward CHAP. XXIV. Lime-street-ward. Boundaries. Lime-street, which gives name to this ward, is supposed by Stow to …
A New History of London
… and the Minories. White chapel. Whitechapel is a fine wide street, and is the principal eastern entrance into London … was called the White Chapel. The south side of this street is used for a hay market three times a week; and is no … alleys opening into it. Minories. The Minories is a wide street extending from Aldgate-street opposite St. Botolph's …
A New History of London
… bounded on the east by Dowgate ward; on the north by Bread-street ward and Cordwainers ward; on the west by Baynard's … in the south side of Great Trinity lane, and Old Fish-street, to Lamberthill. From this which is the north boundary line, several lanes run southward to Thames-street, which crosses the ward from east to west; and from …
A New History of London
… Book 2, Ch. 27 Tower Ward CHAP. XXVII. Tower-street ward. Boundaries. Tower-street, which gives name to this ward, is so called from the … boundaries are contained Towerstreet, a part of Thames-street, Seething-lane, Mark-lane, Mincing-lane, Hart-street, …
A New History of London
… by the Thames. The principal streets are, part of Thames street, from Little Elbow-lane in the east, to Towns end lane in the west; a part of Queen-street, Great St. Thomas Apostles, Garlick-hill, Great and … nine precincts. Three Cranes. At the bottom of New Queen-street, the lower part of which only is in this ward, is the …