London and Its Environs Described: Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity Or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It. Comprehending Also Whatever is Most Material in the History and Anitquities of this Great Metropolis, Volume 2R. & J. Dodsley, 1761 - London (England) |
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... ground , Crucifix lane . BRIANT Court , Briant street . † BRIANT Street , Shoreditch . + BRIANT's alley , Shoreditch . † BRICK BUILDINGS court , Snow hill . BRICK court , 1. Brick lane , Old ftreet . 2 . College ftreet , Westminster . 3 ...
... ground , Crucifix lane . BRIANT Court , Briant street . † BRIANT Street , Shoreditch . + BRIANT's alley , Shoreditch . † BRICK BUILDINGS court , Snow hill . BRICK court , 1. Brick lane , Old ftreet . 2 . College ftreet , Westminster . 3 ...
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... ground by ten men with the other mills , and being to be worked either by the hands or feet , if the poor were lame in the arms , they earned their living with their feet , and if they were lame in their legs , they earned their living ...
... ground by ten men with the other mills , and being to be worked either by the hands or feet , if the poor were lame in the arms , they earned their living with their feet , and if they were lame in their legs , they earned their living ...
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... ground , and the Lord's prayer and the creed wrote on a blue ground ; these pieces are enriched with gilt cherubims , leaves and fruit , and placed in gilt frames . The court room is adorned with columns of the Compofite order , a gal ...
... ground , and the Lord's prayer and the creed wrote on a blue ground ; these pieces are enriched with gilt cherubims , leaves and fruit , and placed in gilt frames . The court room is adorned with columns of the Compofite order , a gal ...
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... ground on the fouth bank of the Thames , near St. Olave's church . It had formerly several granaries , for the service of the city in a time of scarcity ; and alfo ten ovens for baking bread , for the relief of the poor citizens : but ...
... ground on the fouth bank of the Thames , near St. Olave's church . It had formerly several granaries , for the service of the city in a time of scarcity ; and alfo ten ovens for baking bread , for the relief of the poor citizens : but ...
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... ground where the Earl of Bridgewater had a large house and gar- den fronting Barbican . BRIDGEWATER ftreet , Bridgewater fquare . BRIDLE lane , Brewer's ftreet . BRIGG's alley , Thrall ftreet , Spitalfields . BRIGHAM's yard , Chandois ...
... ground where the Earl of Bridgewater had a large house and gar- den fronting Barbican . BRIDGEWATER ftreet , Bridgewater fquare . BRIDLE lane , Brewer's ftreet . BRIGG's alley , Thrall ftreet , Spitalfields . BRIGHAM's yard , Chandois ...
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