WILLIFRID’S _rents_, Shad Thames, Horselydown.† WILLOW _street_, Bank-side, Southwark.‡ WILLOW-TREE _alley_, 1. Nightingale lane.‡ 2. Wapping dock.‡ WILLOW-TREE _court_, 1. Charter House lane.‡ 2. Lower Shadwell.‡ WILLOW-TREE _yard_, Maudlin’s rents.‡ WILSON’S _alley_, Fore street, Lambeth.† WILSON’S _court_, Rosemary lane, Little Tower Hill.† WILTSHIRE _lane_, East Smithfield. WIMBLETON, a village in Surrey, three miles south of Putney church, where Ethelbert King of Kent was defeated in a battle by Ceaulin the West Saxon, in the year 568. Wimbleton house stands about half a mile south from the road on Wimbleton common; it was built by Sir Thomas Cecil, son of the Lord Treasurer Burleigh, in the year 1588, and was afterwards General Lambert’s, who had here the finest flower garden in England. The manor of Wimbleton was purchased by Sarah Churchill, Duchess Dowager of Marlborough, who left it to the late John Spencer, Esq; brother to the late Duke of Marlborough, together with a fine seat she built here, which is adorned with a grand terrace walk, that extends from the house to the seat of Sir Abraham Janssen, Bart. and has a fine prospect to the south. Wimbleton common or heath which is supposed to be as high as Hampstead heath, is about a mile each way, and is adorned on the sides with several handsome seats. WIMPLE _mews_, Wimple street. WIMPLE _street_, Henrietta street. WINCHESTER _court_, Monkwell street, near Cripplegate. WINCHESTER _street_, 1. by Broad street, so called from the Mansion house of the Earls of Winchester there, built by Sir William Pawlet Knt. created Earl of Wilts, and Marquis of Winchester, Lord High Treasurer of England in the reign of Edward VI. _Maitland._ 2. St. Mary Overies, from the palace of the Bishops of Winchester. In its neighbourhood were the licensed stews under the jurisdiction of the Bishop, whence the common prostitutes were called Winchester geese. _Maitland._ The name of stews was given to lewd houses from the fishponds near this place. WINCHESTER _yard_, Winchester street, St. Mary Overies. WINCLE _court_, Pallmall. WINDELOW’S _court_, Black Friars.† WINDMILL _alley_, 1. St. Margaret’s hill.* 2. Whitechapel.☐ WINDMILL _bank_, Isle of Dogs, so called from windmills there. WINDMILL _court_, 1. Coleman street.* 2. Pie corner, near Smithfield.* 3. Snow hill.* WINDMILL _hill_, 1. Hatton wall: 2. Leather lane, Holbourn: 3. near Upper Moorfields. This last hill was raised by above a thousand cart loads of human bones, brought from St. Paul’s Charnel house and laid there in the year 1549, which being soon after covered with street dirt from the city, the place was converted into a lay stall, whereby the ground was so raised, that three windmills were erected upon it, whence it obtained its present name. _Maitland._ WINDMILL HILL _row_, Upper Moorfields.☐ WINDMILL _lane_, Whitechapel.☐ WINDMILL _street_, 1. Haymarket*: 2. Tottenham Court road.