London and Its Environs Described, vol. 5 (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 — John Shaqi
London and Its Environs Described, vol. 5 (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. 5 (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
OLD HOG _yard_, Peter lane, St. John’s street, Smithfield.
OLD HORSELYDOWN _lane_, Horselydown, Tooley street.
OLD HORSESHOE _wharf_, Thames street.
OLD JEWRY in the Poultry. This street was originally called the Jewry,
from its being the residence of the Jews in this city; but the Jews
being banished by Edward I. they upon their readmission into England,
settled in this city near Aldgate, in a place from them called Poor
Jewry lane, on which occasion this, their ancient place of abode, was
called the Old Jewry. _Maitland._
OLD MARKET _lane_. Brook’s street, Ratcliff.†
OLD MONTAGUE _street_, Spitalfields.†
OLD NICOLL’S _street_, Spitalfields.†
OLD NORTH _street_, Red Lion square.
OLD PACKTHREAD _ground_, Grange lane.
OLD PALACE _yard_, by St. Margaret’s lane, Westminster, was built by
Edward the Confessor, or, as others say, by William Rufus, and received
the name of Old on the building of New Palace yard. See NEW PALACE
_yard_.
OLD PARADISE _street_, Rotherhith.
OLD PARK _yard_, Queen street, Southwark.
OLD PAV’D _alley_, Pallmall.
OLD PIPE _yard_, Puddle dock.
OLD PYE _street_, by New Pye street, Westminster.
OLD ROUND _court_, in the Strand.
OLD SHOE _alley_, Hoxton.
OLD SOHO _street_, near Leicester fields.
OLD SQUARE, Lincoln’s Inn.
OLD STARCH _yard_, Old Gravel lane.
OLD _street_, a street of great length, beginning at Goswell street, and
extending east towards Shoreditch. It received its ancient name of _Eald
street_, or _Old street_, from the Saxons, as being situated along the
Roman Military Way, at a considerable distance north of London, though
it is now joined to this metropolis. _Maitland._
OLD STREET _square_, Old street.
OLD SWAN _lane_, Thames street.*
OLD SWAN _stairs_, Ebbgate lane, Thames street.*
OLD SWAN _yard_, Rag street.*
OLD TAILOR _street_, King street, Golden square.
OLIPHANT’S _lane_, Rotherhith.†
OLIVE _court_, 1. Gravel lane. 2. St.Catharine’s lane, East Smithfield.
OLIVER’S _alley_, in the Strand.†
OLIVER’S _court_, Bowling alley, Westminster.†
OLIVER’S _mount_, David street, Grosvenor square.
ONE GUN _alley_, Wapping.*
ONE SWAN _yard_, 1. Bishopsgate street.* 2. Rag street, Hockley in the
Hole.*
ONE TUN _alley_, Hungerford Market.*
ONE TUN _yard_, Whitecross street, Cripplegate.*
ONSLOW _street_, Vine street, Hatton wall.†
ORAM’S _court_, Water lane, Tower street.†
ORANGE _court_, 1. Castle street, Leicester fields, 2. King’s street,
Soho, 3. Wapping.
ORANGE _street_, 1. Castle street, Leicester fields, 2. Lowman’s street,
Gravel lane. 3. Red Lion square, Holborn. 4. Swallow street. 5. Sun
Tavern fields.
_The_ ORCHARD, 1. Bread street, Ratcliff. 2. Butcher row. 3. Limehouse
causeway. 4. New street, Shadwell. 5. In Wapping. 6. Near Wapping.
ORCHARD _street_, 1. Near the Stable yard, Westminster, from the royal
orchard formerly there. 2. Windmill street.
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