S. Wale delin.C. Grignion sculp.Bedford House.
S. Wale delin.C. Grignion sculp.Bedford House.
S. Wale delin.C. Grignion sculp.Bedford House.
Bloomsburysquare, Southampton street, Holborn. This square has been lately embellished with many goodhouses, and the grass plats in the middle surrounded with neat iron rails. The north side is entirely taken up with Bedford House, which is elegant, and was the design of Inigo Jones. Besides the body of the house, are two wings, and on each side the proper offices. One of the wings is a magnificent gallery in which are copies of the Cartoons at Hampton Court, as large as the originals, by Sir James Thornhill. Behind the house are extensive gardens, which command a view of the country, and particularly of Highgate and Hampstead.
Blossom’s Innentry, Blossom’s Inn yard, Laurence lane, Cheapside.
Blossom’s Innyard, Honey lane market, Cheapside.
Blossom’sstreet. 1. Briant street. 2. White-Lion street, Norton Falgate.
Blowbladderstreet, from Cheapside to St. Martin’s le Grand. It obtained its present name from the bladders formerly sold there, when the shambles were in Newgate street.
Blow’scourt, Saffron hill. †
Blue Anchoralley. 1. Barnaby street. * 2. Brook’s street, near Ratcliff Cross. * 3. Bunhill row. * 4. Cable street. * 5. Green Bank. * 6. Great Minories. * 7. Old street. * 8. Pesthouse row. * 9. Petty France. * 10. Rosemary lane. * 11. St. Catharine’s. * 12. Tooley street. * 13. Tower ditch. * 14. Whitecross street, Cripplegate. *
Blue Anchorcourt. 1. Butcher row, without Temple Bar. * 2. Coleman street. * 3. Salisbury court, Fleet street.
Blue Anchorroad, West lane, Rotherhith wall. *
Blue Anchoryard. 1. Green Bank. * 2. Little Tower hill. * 3. London wall. * 4. Petty France, Westminster. * 5. St. Catharine’s lane. * 6. Rosemary lane. *
Blue Ballalley. 1. In the Mint, Southwark. * 2. Saffron hill. *
Blue Ballcourt. * 1. Artichoke lane. * 2. Canon street. * 3. Drury lane. * 4. Little Hart street, Covent Garden. * 5. Salisbury court, Fleet street. *
Blue Ballyard, Fell street, Little Wood street. *
Blue Bellyard. 1. Dirty lane. * 2. Petty France, Westminster. *
Blue Bearalley. 1. Blackman street. * 2. Field lane. * 3. White street. *
Blue Bearcourt. 1. Canon street. * 2. Chick lane. * 3. Friday street. * 4. Rosemary lane. *
Blue Boaryard. 1. Field lane, Holborn. * 2. Great Russel street. *
Blue Boar Headyard, King’s street, Westminster. *
Blue Boar Innyard, Whitechapel. *
Blue Boar’s Headalley. 1. Barbican. * 2. White street. *
Blue Boar’s Head Innyard, Whitechapel.*
Bluecourt, Saffron hill.
Blue Crossstreet, Hedge lane, Charing cross.
Blue Gatealley, Whitecross street, Southwark.*
Blue Gatefield, Upper Shadwell.
Blue Gatestreet. 1. Dirty lane, Blackman street. 2. Ratcliff Highway.
Blue Gateyard. 1. Carter’s Rents. 2. East Smithfield. 3. Harrow yard, Whitechapel.
Blue Hartcourt, Little Bell alley.*
Blue Maidalley, St. Margaret’s hill.*
Blue Postalley, Blue Gate field.
Blueyard, Gravel lane.
Blunderbussalley, 1. King’s Gate street.* 2. St. Thomas Apostles.*
Boaralley, Grub street, Fore street.*
Boardedalley, Baldwin’s gardens.
Boardedentry. 1. Crutched Friars. 2. London wall. 3. Surrey street.
Boar’s Headalley. 1. Whitechapel.* 2. White street.*
Boar’s Headcourt. 1. In the Borough.* 2. Fleet ditch.* 3. Gracechurch street.* 4. Grub street.*
Boar’s Headyard. 1. Petticoat lane.* 2. West Smithfield. *
Boar’s Head Innyard, Compter lane, St. Margaret’s hill.*
Boatbuildersyard. 1. Bank side. 2. College street.
Bock’salley, Wapping wall.†
Bodd’scourt, Philip lane, London wall.†
Boddingtoncourt. Cloak lane, Dowgate hill.*
Boddy’s Bridgeyard, Upper Ground.
Boddy’srents, Gravel lane.†
Bolt and Tunalley. 1. In the Strand.* 2. Whitechapel.*
Bolt and Tuncourt, Fleet street.*
Boltcourt, Fleet street.
Bond’sstables, by Fetter lane.†
Bond’sstables yard, near Fetter lane.†
Bond’sstreet, Piccadilly.†
Bond’scourt, Walbrook.†
Bond’srents, Marigold street, Rotherhith wall.†
Bond’syard, White Horse street, Ratcliff.†
Book’salley, Wapping wall.†
Booker’sgardens, Leadenhall street.†
Bootalley. 1. Abchurch lane.* 2. Grub street, Fore street, Cripplegate.* 3. Kent street, Southwark.* 4. St. James’s street, Westminster.* 5. Upper Ground street, Southwark.*
Bootpassage, Piccadilly.*
BootStreet. 1. Hoxton.* 2. Brick lane, Spitalfields.*
Boothstreet, Spitalfields.†
Boothyard, Wapping.†
Borough, a street in the borough of Southwark, extending from London bridge to St. Margaret’s hill.
Borough Court. This is a court of record by prescription, and is held every Monday by the Lord Mayor’s steward, at the hall on St. Margaret’s hill, Southwark, where are tried actions for any sum of money, damage, trespasses, &c. To this court belong three attornies, who are admitted by the steward.Maitland.SeeSt.Margaret’s Hill.
There are also, besides this, three courts leet held in the Borough; for it contains three liberties or manors, viz. the Great Liberty, the Guildable, and the King’s manor, in which are chosen constables, aleconners, &c. and other business is dispatched peculiar to such courts. In this neighbourhood court leets are also kept at Lambeth, Bermondsey, and Rotherhith.
Bossalley. 1. Near Trig stairs, Thames street. 2. St. Mary hill. 3. Shad Thames.
Bosscourt, Peter’s hill, Thames street.
Bosvill’srents, George street, Spitalfields.†
Bosvillecourt, 1. Devonshire street, Theobald’s row.† 2. Carey street, Lincoln’s Inn fields.†
Bostwick’salley, Whitechapel.†
Bostwick’sstreet, Old Gravel lane.†
St.Botolph’sAldersgate, so denominated from St. Botolph, a monk born in Cornwall, is situated at the south east corner of Little Britain, and tho’ the fire in 1666 did not reach this edifice, it from that time fell into decay, and was great part of it rebuilt in 1757. It is a plain brick edifice with a tower supported on a kind of arch work, and crowned with an open turret, and its fane. It is a curacy in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey; but is subject to the Bishop and Archdeacon of London, to whom it pays procuration.
St.Botolph’sAldgate, situated on the east side of Houndsditch, fronting the Minories. The old church escaped the fire in 1666, and stood till the year 1741, when it was taken down, and the present edifice finished in 1744. It is built with brick, and is a plain, massy, and yet elegant structure. It consists of a body of a regular shape, and a lofty and well-proportioned steeple, formed of a tower and spire. Its greatest ornament is a bold rustic with which it is strengthened at the corners. This church is a curacy, and the impropriation is held in fee of the Crown. The Curate, besides other considerable advantages, receives 400l.a year by tithes.Newc. Rep. Eccles.
St.Botolph’sBillingsgate, a rectory, the church whereof formerly stood opposite to Botolph lane, in Thames street, in Billingsgate ward; but being destroyed by the fire of London, and not rebuilt, the parish was by act of parliament annexed to St. George’s Botolph lane.
St.Botolph’sBishopsgate, opposite the north end of Houndsditch. The old church escaping the general conflagration in 1666, at length fell into decay, and the present structure was raised by act of parliament, at the expence of the parish. It is a massy and spacious edifice. The body is well built with brick, and well enlightened, and the roof hid by a handsome balustrade. On the inside the roof is arched, except over the galleries, and two rows of Corinthian columns support both the galleries and arch which extends over the body of the church, and is neatly adorned with fret work, from which hang several handsome gilt branches. The steeple, tho’ heavy, has an air of magnificence. In the center of the front is a large plain arched window, decorated at a distance with pilasters of the Doric order. Over this window is a festoon, and above that an angular pediment; on each side is a door crowned with windows, and over these others of the porthole kind; above these last rises a square tower crowned with a dome, whose base is circular, and surrounded by a balustrade in the same form; by the side of which, on the corners of the tower, are placed urns with flames. From this part rises a series of coupled Corinthian columns, supporting other urns like the former, and over them rises the orgive dome, crowned with a very large vase with flames. The Author ofThe Critical Reviewsays, that he thinks this steeple more in taste than most about town; and that the parts of which it is composed are simple, beautiful and harmonious. The author ofThe English Architecture, however, observes, “That the placing of a window in the middle of the street, where the principal door should have been, is an error of the first magnitude. The most unlearned eye must perceive a strange imperfection in this, though without knowing what it is; and there is something in the highest degree disgustful, at being shut out by a dead wall at the proper and natural entrance.” But in justification of the architect, it may be alledged, that this being the east end, he might not be allowed to form a door in the center, where the altar is placed under a noble arch beneath the steeple; and that much greater improprieties than this are daily seen, from the idle custom which has generally prevailed of placing the altar to the east in spight of any inconveniences it may occasion, as in St. Clement’s in the Strand, St. Dunstan’s in Fleet street, and many others. This church is a rectory, the patronage of which is in the Bishop of London. The Rector, besides other considerable advantages, receives about 200l.a year by tithes,
Botolphlane, Little Eastcheap.†
Botolph’salley, Botolph lane.†
Botolph’scourt, Durham yard.
Botolph’swharf, Thames street.†
Bottlealley, Bishopsgate street without.*
Bottle of hayyard, Islington road.*
Bottleyard, Bottle alley.*
Boultonstreet, Hyde Park road.†
Bourne’sAlmshouse, in Kingsland Road, was erected in the year 1734, by the company of Framework-knitters, pursuant to the will of Thomas Bourne, Esq; who bequeathed to that company 1000l.to purchase ground, and erect a building upon it of twelve rooms, for that number of poor freemen or their widows, and endowed this almshouse with 2000l.to be laid out in a purchase of 80l.a year.
Bow, a village in Middlesex, a little to the east of Mile End, also called Stratford le Bow; is named Bow, from the stone arches of its bridge built over the river Lea, by Maud the wife of Henry I. Its church built by Henry II. was a chapel of ease to Stepney; but was lately made parochial.
This village is inhabited by many whitsters and scarlet dyers, and here has lately been set up a large manufactury of porcelain, which is brought to such perfection as to be very little inferior to that of China.
Bowchurch, in Cheapside. SeeSt.Mary le bow.
Bowchurch yard, Cheapside.
Bowlane. 1. Cheapside, so named from the church of St. Mary le Bow, near the north west end of it. 2. New Gravel lane. 3. Poplar.
Bowroad, Mile end, leading to the village of Stratford le Bow.
Bowstreet. 1. A very handsome street by Covent Garden. 2. Long Ditch. 3. St. Giles’s Broad street. 4. Sutton street, Hog lane, Soho.
Bowlalley, St. Saviour’s Dock head.
Bowlcourt, Shoreditch.
Bowlyard, St. Giles’s Broadway.
Bowlingalley. 1. Cow Cross. 2. Dean’s yard, Westminster. 3. Thames street. 4. Tooley street. 5. Turnmill street. 6. Whitecross street, Cripplegate.
Bowling green. 1. Bandy Leg walk. 2. Near Hospital walk.
Bowling greenalley, Hoxton.
Bowling greenpassage, Queen street, Southwark.†
Bowling greenfield, Blue Maid’s alley.†
Bowling greenlane, Bridewell walk, Clerkenwell.
Bowman’scourt. 1. Gardiner’s lane, King’s street, Westminster.† 2. Salisbury court, Fleet street.†
Bowson’syard, Quaker’s street.†
Bowyers, or makers of long and cross bows, a company by prescription, but in 1620, tho’ the use of bows and arrows were entirely laid aside, they were incorporated by King James I. by the name of theMaster, Wardens, and Society of the mystery of Bowyers of the city of London. They consist entirely of other trades, and are governed by a Master, two Wardens, and twelve Assistants, with thirty Liverymen, who at the time of their admission pay a fine of 8l.Tho’ they had formerly a hall, they have none at present.
Bowyer’scourt. 1. Fenchurch street.† 2. Monkwell street.†
Bowyer’syard, Wapping.†
Box’salley, Wapping wall.†
Boxford’scourt, New street, Shoe lane.†
Boxhill, near Dorking in Surrey, received its name from the box trees planted on the south side of it, by the Earl of Arundel, in the reign of King Charles I. but the north part is covered with yews. Upon this hill, which extends in a continued chain into Kent, there is a large warren; and as its top affords a most enchanting prospect, it is much frequented by the gentry from Epsom, who come to divert themselves in the labyrinths formed in these delightful groves; and for their accommodation arbours are made, in which refreshments of all sorts are sold. The river Mole runs under the foot of this hill, for a quarter of a mile together.
Boxwoodcourt, New street square.
Boy and Bellalley, Brick lane, Spitalfields.*
Boyle’s Headcourt, in the Strand.*
Boyle’s Lecture, was founded by the Hon. Robert Boyle, who by his last will left an annual salary of 50l.for some learned Divine to preach eight sermons in the year, in proof of the christian religion, against Atheists, Deists, Pagans, and Mahometans, without descending to any controversies that subsist among Christians. These Lectures to be in the first Mondays of the months of January, February, March, April, May, September, October, and November. In such churches as the Trustees should from time to time appoint. This Lecture has been carried on by very learned men, and are now generally preached at Bow church in Cheapside.
Brabantcourt, Philpot lane.
Brackleystreet, Litton street, Bridge-water gardens.†
Brackley’syard, Barnaby street.†
Bradley’salley, Queen street.†
Bradshaw’srents, Portpool lane.†
Brand’scourt, Ratcliff Narrow street.
Brand’syard, in the Minories.†
Brandyyard, in the Minories.
Brank’syard, Nightingale lane.†
Bratt’srents,Ducking pond row, Whitechapel common.
Bray’srents, Rag fair.†
Brazencourt, Hartshorn lane, in the Strand.║
Braze’sbridge, St. Olave street.†
Brazil warehouseyard, Trinity lane.
Brazile’srents, East Smithfield.†
Breadstreet, Cheapside, thus named from a bread market kept there before the fire of London.Maitland.
Bread streetalley, Bread street hill.
Bread streethill, Thames street.
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Transcriber’s Notes:The tables on page 187 and following pages, were reformated from multiple, separate tables to one larger table for each volume.Pound, shilling and pence abbreviations (l. s. d.) were regularized to be italic.Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected.Typographical errors were silently corrected.Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only when a predominant form was found in this book.