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
CANON _row_, or Channel row, New Palace yard, Westminster; called Canon
row from this row formerly consisting of the houses for the Canons of
St. Stephen’s Westminster.
CANON _street_, 1. In the Mint. 2. Ratcliff Highway. 3. A considerable
street extending from Budge row to Eastcheap.
CANONBURY, vulgarly called CAMBRAY _House_, formerly belonged to the
Prior and Canons of St. Bartholomew in Smithfield. It is pleasantly
situated on a beautiful eminence on the east side of Islington, and
commands three delightful prospects to the east, north, and south.
CANONS _of St. Paul’s_. These Canons or Prebendaries, who are 30 in
number, with the Bishop of London at their head, compose the Chapter,
which has the management of the affairs of this cathedral; these
canonries are in the collation of the Bishop, and are as follows. 1.
_Bromesbury_, in the parish of Willesden, Middlesex. 2. _Brownswood_,
in the same parish. 3. _Cadington Major_, in the manor of Astonbury,
Bedfordshire. 4. _Cadington Minor_, in the parish of Cadington,
Bedfordshire. 5. _Chamberlain’s-Wood_, in the parish of Willesden,
Middlesex. 6. _Chiswick_, in the county of Middlesex. 7. _Consumpt.
per Mare_, a prebend in the parish of Walton, or Waltome, on the coast
of Essex, which being overflowed by the sea, before the conquest, the
present name serves only to perpetuate the remembrance of that fatal
catastrophe. 8. _Eald Street_, or _Old_ _Street_, in Shoreditch
parish. 9. _Ealdland_, in the parish of Tillingham, Essex. 10.
_Holiwell_, alias _Finsbury_, in the parishes of St. Giles
Cripplegate, and Shoreditch. 11. _Harleston_, in the parish of
Willesdon, Middlesex. 12. _Holborn_, in the suburbs of London. 13.
_Hoxton_, in the parish of Shoreditch. 14. _Islington_, in the county
of Middlesex. 15. _Kentish-town_, in the parish of St. Pancras. 16.
_Mapelsbury_, in the parish of Willesdon. 17. _Mora_, in the parish of
St. Giles Cripplegate. 18. _Neasdon_, in the parish of Willesdon. 19.
_Oxgate_, in the same parish. 20. _St. Pancras_, in Middlesex. 21.
_Portpool_, in the parish of St. Andrew Holborn. 22. _Reculvarland_,
in the parish of Tillingham, Essex. 23. _Rougemere_, in the parish of
Pancras. 24. _Sneating_, in the parish of Kirkeby, Essex. 25. _Stoke
Newington_, Middlesex. 26. _Tottenhall_ or _Tottenham Court_, in the
parish of St. Pancras. 27. _Twyford_, in the parish of Willesdon,
Middlesex. 28. _Wenlakesbarn_, in the parish of St. Giles Cripplegate.
29. _Wildland_, in the parish of Tillingham, Essex. 30. _Willesdon_,
in the county of Middlesex. _Newc. Repert._
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