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Old and New London
… patron saint, "Old Moll." This Old Moll was, according to Stow, Mary, the daughter of a ferryman at this part of the …
A Dictionary of London
… the north side of Cannon Street (O.S.). Earliest mention : Stow says it is mentioned in a Gospel book given by King … the old venerable one" (Strype, ed 1720, I. ii. 200). Stow tells us that in his time the stone was fastened very … made of the "highway near London Wall" (Ct. H.W. II. 269). Stow seems to apply the term "London Wall" to the street (p. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… James) LONGBOROUGH ( St. James), a parish, in the union of Stow-on-the-Wold, Upper division of the hundred of Kiftsgate, … of the county of Gloucester, 3 miles (N. by W.) from Stow; containing 625 inhabitants. The parish comprises 2903 …
A Dictionary of London
… (Ct. H.W. I. 292). "Lodbyry," 1349 (ib. 608). According to Stow, it took its name "(as it seemeth) of Berie, or Court of … or of "Noise made by the Founders (who lived there in Stow's time) turning their works, loathsome to the passers by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 174 inhabitants. Longstow, Cambridge.See Stow, Long LONGSTOW, Cambridge.See Stow, Long. Longthorp LONGTHORP, a chapelry, in the parish of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… one of its constituent parishes, and the original form 'Stow', meaning 'place', may well have referred to the … rot. 56; H. Cam, Liberties and Communities, 924, gives 'Stow' hundred in error for Northstow hundred. Cal. S.P. Dom. … but the hundred only in 1631: Cal. S.P. Dom. 16315, 15. 'Stow' continued to be used for both into the 18th century: …
Old and New London
… a street on the north side of the Bank of England, Stow says: "The Street of Lothberie, Lathberie, or Loadberie … Lothberie." "Lothbury," says Hutton (Queen Anne), "was in Stow's time much inhabited by founders, but now by merchants … of Lothbury And the loud pure wives of Banbury. Stow says of St. Margaret's, Lothbury: "I find it called the …
A Dictionary of London
… lane," in parish of St. Mary atte Hille, 1458 (ib. 536). Stow says the lane was of old called "Roape Lane," and since … not appear in any early records, whereas "Love Lane" does, Stow may be in error as to this. It is interesting to note in … "Great Love Lane" in P.C. 1732. So called of wantons, Stow says (ed. 1603, p. 298). But why not after an owner …
Old and New London
… Billingsgate. "In this parish there was a place," says Stow, "called 'Septem Camer' which was either one house, or … the deceased, who left those septem camer for that use." Stow has preserved the following epitaph from a tomb in the … gate in a vessel of brass, upon a high pinnacle of stone. Stow, more prosaic, on the other hand, is quite satisfied …