London and Its Environs Described, vol. 4 (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. 4 (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 advowson of this church was anciently in the Prior and Canons of St.
Mary Overie’s, but it afterwards came to Sir Nicholas Crispe, in whose
family it may perhaps still remain. On the present edifice being built,
the parish of St. Margaret Moses was annexed to it. The Rector, besides
his other profits, receives 130l. _per annum_ in lieu of tithes.
_St._ MILDRED’S POULTRY, at the corner of Scalding alley, in Cheap ward.
A church of the same name stood in this place before the year 1325; but
the last edifice sharing the fate of most of the other public buildings
at the fire of London, this was built in its room.
It is a plain, substantial stone building, enlightened by a series of
large windows, and strengthened with rustic at the corners. The tower is
crowned with a plain course, without either pinacles, turret, or any
other ornament.
The patronage of this church was in the Prior and Canons of St. Mary
Overie’s in Southwark, till their suppression; and it has ever since
been in the King’s gift. After its being rebuilt, the parish of St. Mary
Cole was annexed to it, by which the profits of the Rector were
considerably increased. Besides his other profits, he receives 170l. a
year in lieu of tithes.
MILE END, so called from its being a mile from Aldgate, is situated near
Stepney, in the road to Bow. Here anciently stood a Lazaretto, or
hospital of lepers, denominated the house of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
and Mary Magdalene, to whom Edward VI. granted letters patent, allowing
them to beg for their support.
MILE END GREEN, Stepney.
MILE END OLD TOWN, near Stepney.
MILE’S _lane_, 1. By Crooked lane. † 2. New Fish street.†
MILE’S _rents_, 1. Dog lane, Barnaby street. † 2. Powell’s alley, Beech
lane, Whitecross street.†
MILFORD _lane_, extends from the Strand to the Thames.†
MILFORD _stairs_, at the bottom of Milford lane. †
MILITARY _mews_, Prince’s street, Soho.
MILK _alley_, 1. Dean street, Soho. 2. Long Ditch, Westminster. 3. Milk
yard, near Gravel lane. 4. Peter street, Clare market. 5. Wapping. 6.
Winchester yard, Winchester street.
MILK _street_, Cheapside; so called from a market for milk formerly kept
there.
MILK _yard_, 1. New Gravel lane, Shadwell. 2. Popping’s alley, Fleet
street. 3. Rag Fair, Rosemary lane.
MILLBANK, Westminster horse ferry.
MILLER’S _court_, Aldermanbury.†
MILL _lane_, Tooley street.
MILLMAN’S _street_, near Red Lion street, Holborn.†
MILLPOND BRIDGE, Rotherhith.
MILLPOND BRIDGE _lane_, Rotherhith.
MILLPOND _row_, Rotherhith.
MILL _street_, 1. Conduit street. 2. Rotherhith wall. 3. St. Saviour’s
dock.
MILL _yard_, runs from Rosemary lane into Goodman’s fields.
MILLS’S _yard_, Rotherhith wall.†
MILXAN’S _wharf_, Durham yard.†
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