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111Baynard's Castle — On the Thames, opposite Addle Hill (O. and M. 1677), now Nos. 12 and 13 Upper Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward. This was not the site of the original Castle, which lay further west, within what was afterwards the… …
112Bishopsgate — One of the seven double gates of the City referred to by Fitz Stephen, leading out of the City on the north. Earliest mention found in records : Ad portam episcopi (Domesday Book, Middlesex). Mentioned in a charter of King Stephen to the …
113East Smithfield — A district lying just outside the walls of London, east of the Tower, stretching south to the Thames, and east to Nightingale Lane, while to the north it extended itself into the parish of Whitechapel. In early days it constituted a Manor… …
114Old Bethlehem Hospital — On the east side of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without. Founded by Simon Fitz Mary, Sheriff in 1247, as a Priory of Canons, with brethren and sisters (S. 166) of the Order of St. Mary of Bethlehem. In 1257 Henry III. granted a… …
115Christmas decorations — Decorating houses and churches with evergreens is an old custom; London streets were decorated too, in John Stow s time (Stow, 1598 (1602): 123). Churchwardens accounts throughout the 16th century record payments for holly and ivy, and at… …
116Sea shanty — For the song Sea Shanty by Quasi, see Featuring Birds For the album Sea Shanties by English band High Tide, see High Tide (band). Sailors sang shanties while performing shipboard labor A shanty (also spelled chantey , chanty ) is a type of work… …
117put — v 1. place, pose, set, lay; drop, Inf. plop, Inf. plunk, Inf. plank, plump; park, station, post, stand; plant, implant, imbed; perch, mount, deposit; situate, locate, emplace, position, center; dispose, allocate, install, collocate, spot,… …
118B-17 Flying Fortress — Infobox Aircraft name= B 17 Flying Fortress caption= This TB 17G was assigned various USAAF training commands type= Strategic bomber national origin = United States manufacturer= Boeing first flight= 28 July 1935cite web |url=… …
119Minor characters of Days of our Lives — The following are minor but notable fictional characters on the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives, whose connections to the major families are either weak or non existent. Contents 1 Recent/current minor characters 1.1 Dr. Richard Baker 1.2… …
120Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress — B 17 redirects here. For other uses, see B17 (disambiguation). B 17 Flying Fortress Boeing B 17E …
