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Brewer's: Dyot Street
Bloomsbury Square, London; now called George Street, St. Giles. Made familiar by a well-known song in Bombastes Furioso: My lodging is in heather lane, A parlour that's next to the sky…Brewer's: Fenchurch Street
(London). The church in the fens or marshy ground by the “Langbourne” side. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Fencible RegimentsFence Month A B C D E F G…Brewer's: Grub Street
Since 1830 called Milton Street, near Moorfields, London, once famous for literary hacks and inferior literary productions. The word is the Gothic graban (to dig), whence Saxon grab (a…Lombard Street
(Encyclopedia) Lombard Street, in London, England. It is a street of banks and financial houses that takes its name from the Lombard merchants and moneylenders who settled there in the 13th cent.Downing Street
(Encyclopedia) Downing Street, Westminster, London, England. On the street are the British Foreign Office and, at No. 10, the residence of the first lord of the Treasury, who is usually (although not…Ermine Street
(Encyclopedia) Ermine Street, Saxon name for the Roman road in Britain that ran from London to Lincoln and York. It was one of the four main highways of Saxon England. The name is derived from the…Icknield Street
(Encyclopedia) Icknield StreetIcknield Streetĭkˈnēld [key], name for a prehistoric road in England, extending SW from the Wash, along the line of the Chiltern Hills and Berkshire Downs, to Salisbury…Bond Street
(Encyclopedia) Bond Street, in Westminster, London, England, famous for its fashionable shops. Among the noted residents of Bond St. have been the authors Laurence Sterne, James Boswell, and Jonathan…Watling Street
(Encyclopedia) Watling StreetWatling Streetwŏtˈlĭng [key], important ancient road in England, built by the Romans in the course of their military occupation. It ran from London generally north to the…Wall Street
(Encyclopedia) Wall Street, narrow street in the lower part of Manhattan island, New York City, extending E from Broadway to the East River. It is the center of one of the greatest financial…Trending
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