EGHAM, a town in Surry, situated on the bank of the Thames almost opposite to Stanes, and three miles on this side of Windsor. It has several good inns, a noble charity school, and an almshouse built and endowed by Baron Denham, Surveyor of the works to King Charles II. for five poor old women, each of whom have an orchard. The parsonage house was formerly the seat of Sir John Denham, who rebuilt it. This Sir John was the father of the poet of that name, who took great delight in this place. ELBOW _lane_, 1. Dowgate hill; this lane running west, and suddenly turning short into Thames street, was from this bending called Elbow lane. 2. New Gravel lane. For _Great_ and _Little_ ELBOW _lane_, see GREAT and LITTLE. ELDER _lane_, Upper Millbank.‡ ELDER _street_, White Lion street, Norton Falgate.‡ ELEPHANT _court_, Whitechapel.* ELEPHANT _lane_, Rotherhith wall.* ELEPHANT _stairs_, Rotherhith.* ELING, GREAT and LITTLE, are situated in Middlesex, between Brentford and the Oxford road. Great Eling lies to the east of the other, and has a work house and a charity school, with a pretty church that has eight musical bells, and is the mother church of that of Old Brentford. ELIZABETH _court_, Whitecross street. ELLIOT’S _court_, Little Old Bailey.† ELLIOT’S _rents_, Stepney Causeway.† ELLMAN _street_, Long Acre.† ELM _court_, 1. Elm street.‡ 2. Middle Temple.‡ ELM _row_, Sun Tavern fields.‡ ELM _street_, Gray’s Inn lane.‡ ELSTREE, a village in Hertfordshire, situated on an eminence, within a mile of Stanmore, and in the road from Watford to High Barnet. It is also called Eaglestree, Illstree, and Idlestree. ELTHAM, a town in Kent, seven miles from London in the road to Maidstone. Here a palace was built by Anthony Beck, Bishop of Durham, who bestowed it upon Queen Eleanor, the wife of Edward I. King Edward II. constantly resided in this place, and his son being born here, was on that account called John of Eltham. The palace here was afterwards much enlarged by the succeeding Kings, who when the court was kept at Greenwich often retired hither; and here were made the statutes of Eltham by which the King’s house is still governed. There are however no traces of the palace left. The town has the honour of giving the title of Earl to the Prince of Wales; and there are here the houses of several rich citizens, and two charity schools. ELY _court_, Holborn; so called from the Bishop of Ely’s house, which is not far from it.