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Old and New London
… comprising within the same area numerous blind courts and alleys, form a densely crowded district in Bethnal Green. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… overcrowded. Elsewhere roads were unmade, often mere alleys, houses small and without foundations, subdivided and … estate of the Barnet Jesus Hospital charity, where the alleys made way for terraces of 'breakfast-parlour houses', …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… out, and were often more than a foot below street level in alleys less than 28 ft. wide. 87 If houses had been closed as … 64 people who had been in prison. 89 A warren of alleys and courts, the Nichol was a haven for rival gangs, … Teesdale Street was an example of how the old pattern of alleys and gardens was simplified when streets ignored estate …
A History of the County of Middlesex
Survey of London
… and Robin Hood Lane were widened and the former courts, alleys and minor streets on its south side were abolished. …