London and Its Environs Described, vol. 2 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round ItAnonymous
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London and Its Environs Described, vol. 2 (of 6): 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
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London (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; London (England) -- Gazetteers -- Early works to 1800
BREECHES _yard_, Townsend lane.
BREEZE’S _hill_, Ratcliff highway.
BREME’S _buildings_, Chancery lane.†
BRENTFORD, a town in Middlesex, situated ten miles from London, received
its name from a brook called Brent, which runs through the west part
of the town, called Old Brentford, into the Thames. As it is a great
thoroughfare to the west, it has a considerable trade, particularly in
corn, both by land and the Thames. The church and market-house stand
in that part of the town called New Brentford. It has also two charity
schools; tho’ the church is only a chapel to Great Eling.
That part of it called Old Brentford is situated upon a fine rising
bank close to the Thames, and is naturally capable of being made as
beautiful a spot as any thing of the kind. The opposite side of the
river is Kew Green, which appears from hence to advantage.
BRENTWOOD, or BURNTWOOD, in Essex, is a pretty large town seventeen
miles from London, and being a very great thoroughfare, is chiefly
maintained by the multitude of carriers and passengers constantly
passing through it to London, with provisions, manufactures, and
droves of cattle; tho’ it is one of the four hamlets belonging to the
parish of Southwold cum Brent.
BREWERS, a company incorporated by letters patent granted by King Henry
VI. in the year 1438, which were confirmed by Edward IV. in 1480, with
the privilege of making by-laws. They are governed by a Master, three
Wardens, and twenty-eight Assistants, with 108 Liverymen, who upon
their admission pay each the sum of 6_l._ 13_s._ 4_d._
BREWER’S _alley_, Shoe lane.
BREWER’S _court_, 1. Basinghall street. 2. Bedfordbury. 3. Oxford
street. 4. St. Thomas’s street.
BREWERS HALL, a handsome and commodious building, almost adjoining to
Plaisterers Hall in Addle street. It has a genteel entrance into a
large court, paved with free stone, and is supported by handsome
pillars.
BREWER’S _green_, Tothill side.†
BREWER’S _key_, Thames street, the next key to Tower hill.†
BREWER’S _lane_, 1. Dowgate Hill. 2. Shadwell market. 3. Wapping.
BREWER’S _rents_, Whitechapel.
BREWER’S _street_, 1. Bow street, St. Giles’s. 2. Old Soho.
BREWER’S _yard_, 1. Barnaby street. 2. Cow Cross. 3. Giltspur street. 4.
Holiwell lane. 5. By Hungerford market. 6. King street, Westminster.
7. Saffron hill. 8. Shoe lane. 9. Windmill court, Pye corner.
BREWHOUSE _lane_, 1. Salisbury court, Fleet street. 2. Wapping.
BREWHOUSE _yard_, 1. Battle bridge. 2. Fox lane. 3. At the Hermitage. 4.
Leather lane. 5. Saffron hill. 6. St. Catharine’s. 7. Turnmill street.
8. Wapping. 9. Whitechapel. 10. White’s ground, Crucifix lane.
BRIANT _court_, Briant street.†
BRIANT _street_, Shoreditch.†
BRIANT’S _alley_, Shoreditch.†
BRICKBUILDINGS _court_, Snow hill.
BRICK _court_, 1. Brick lane, Old street. 2. College street,
Westminster. 3. Middle Temple. 4. Sheer lane.
BRICKHILL _lane_, Thames street.
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