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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
… it was given up, with four other towns, by William the Lion, in 1176, as a pledge for the performance of the treaty … by several feet, and vessels of large tonnage come to the quay. The river is navigable only to the bridge, though the … entirely disappeared. During the reigns of William the Lion, and of Edward I., II., and III., and other Scottish and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… with Wes. Tract Soc., 62 it may have developed into Lion chapel in same street, reg. for Wes. 1824 63 and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
Survey of London
… that the entrance originated as an approach to The Red Lion (see p. 147). An account of the formation in 1699 of the …
Survey of London
… houses fronting the High Street, including the Old Red Lion, with ten cottages to their rear. It was in the hands of …
Survey of London
… Archological Society, N.S. Vol. V, 1923. "Richard Cur de Lion and the Church of All Hallows Barking," by Philip …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Penzer, N.M (1974), The Book of the Wine Label, White Lion Publishers, London, first edition (1947) published by …
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 …