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
_The_ COCKPIT, opposite to the Privy Garden, is esteemed a part of the
ancient palace of Whitehall, and retains its ancient name, though
converted to very different uses from that of a Cockpit. This
edifice, which is built with stone, is very old, and on the outside
next the street has nothing to recommend it; but within it has
several noble rooms and apartments, as the council chamber, &c.
COCKPIT _alley_, 1. Drury lane. 2. Gravel lane.
COCKPIT _buildings_, Upper Chelsea road.
COCKPIT _court_, 1. Dean street, Soho. 2. Gravel lane. 3. Jewin
street. 4. King’s Way, near Bedford row. 5. Poppin’s alley, Shoe
lane.
COCKPIT _street_, Whitehall.☐
COCKPIT _yard_, James street.☐
COCK’S HEAD _court_, Golden lane.*
COCK’S _rents_, St Catharine’s.†
COCKSPUR _street_, Pall Mall.
CODLIN _yard_, Virginia street.‡
CODPIECE _court_, petty France, Westminster.║
CODPIECE _row_, Cold Bath fields.║
COFFEE HOUSE _alley_, Thames street.☐
COFFEE HOUSE _court_, Moorfields.☐
COFFIN _alley_, Cow Cross.*
COFFIN _court_, St. Dunstan’s hill.*
COGDELL _court_, near Pultney street.†
COGGAN’S _rents_, Bett’s street.†
COLCHESTER _street_, 1. Red Lion street, Whitechapel. 2. Woodroffe
lane.
COLD BATH _fields_, Hockley in the hole, took their name from the cold
bath near them. See COLD BATH _square_.
COLD BATH _row_, Cold Bath street.☐
COLD BATH _street_, Cold Bath fields.☐
COLD BATH _square_, Cold Bath fields. On the north side of this small
square, is pleasantly situated fronting the fields, the house in
which is the cold bath. This is a handsome though old building, and
is surrounded by a small, but neat garden, inclosed by a wall.
COLD HARBOUR, Thames street. It took its name from a magnificent
building called _Cold Herbergh_, that is, _Cold Inn_, probably so
denominated from its vicinity to the river. This building, which
extended into the place now called Cold Harbour lane, was given by
King Henry IV. to his son the Prince of Wales. _Rymer’s Fœdera._
COLD HARBOUR _lane_, Thames street. This lane, and the stairs, are now
generally called, and even spelt Coal Harbour.
COLD HARBOUR _row_, Hackney road.
COLD HARBOUR _stairs_, Thames street.
COLEBROOK, or COLNBROOK, a town in Buckinghamshire, situated 18 miles
from London, on four channels of the river Coln, over each of which
it has a bridge. One part of the town is in Middlesex, and the other
in Buckinghamshire. Here is a charity school, and an ancient chapel,
said to have been founded by Edward III. The principal support of
the place are the inns, on account of its being in the Bath road.
COLEMAN _alley_, 1. Brown street.† 2. Bunhill row.†
COLEMAN’S _court_, Castle lane.†
COLEMAN _street_, 1. Farthing fields.† 2. Lothbury.† 3. New Gravel
lane.†
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