The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Other Parts Adjacent, Volume 3G. Virtue, 1839 - London (England) |
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... occupied by shops , public offices , and dwellings of tradesmen and manufacturers . 2. The western suburb , including Westminster , consists of the buildings extending westward from Temple - bar and from the western limits of the city ...
... occupied by shops , public offices , and dwellings of tradesmen and manufacturers . 2. The western suburb , including Westminster , consists of the buildings extending westward from Temple - bar and from the western limits of the city ...
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... occupied by religious and ecclesiastical foundations , and that covered with merchants ' warehouses , mansions , and cottages , or assigned to the purposes of trade and commerce , as wharfs , quays , shops , & c . the difference appears ...
... occupied by religious and ecclesiastical foundations , and that covered with merchants ' warehouses , mansions , and cottages , or assigned to the purposes of trade and commerce , as wharfs , quays , shops , & c . the difference appears ...
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... occupied for gardens . Similar void spaces , but separated by buildings , occurred between Bishopsgate - street and the Minories , at the extremity of which , next Tower - hill , stood a cross . Goodman's Fields was only an extensive ...
... occupied for gardens . Similar void spaces , but separated by buildings , occurred between Bishopsgate - street and the Minories , at the extremity of which , next Tower - hill , stood a cross . Goodman's Fields was only an extensive ...
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... occupied by Carlton - house , were all that stood near the line of the present Pall Mall . The limits of the Mews were the same as now ; but Leicester - square and all its neighbourhood were completely open fields . St. Martin's - lane ...
... occupied by Carlton - house , were all that stood near the line of the present Pall Mall . The limits of the Mews were the same as now ; but Leicester - square and all its neighbourhood were completely open fields . St. Martin's - lane ...
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... occupied a good part of ye street on the field side , and in short time divers other also builded there , so that the poore bed- rid people were worne out , and in place of their homely cot- tages , such houses builded , as do rather ...
... occupied a good part of ye street on the field side , and in short time divers other also builded there , so that the poore bed- rid people were worne out , and in place of their homely cot- tages , such houses builded , as do rather ...
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