Home  >  Volume I  >  Page Group 120 - 139  >  
Previous page London and its Environs Described, Volume I (1761) Next page

132A D A
Abel court, Rosemary lane.
Abel's buildings, Rosemary lane.†
Abingdon buildings, Old Palace yard.
Abingdon street, near Old Palace yard.
Academy court, Chancery lane.
Acorn alley, Bishopsgate street, without.*
Acorn court, Bishopsgate street, without.*
Acton (East) a village six miles from
London, a little to the north of the Ox-
ford Road, noted for the medicinal wells
near it, which are frequented in the sum-
mer months.
Acton (West) a village in the road to Ox-
ford, situated seven miles from London.
Adam-a-digging yard, Peter street, West-
minster.*
Adam and Eve alley,  1. Barnaby street.*
2. by West Smithfield.*
Adam and Eve court,  1. Oxford street.*  2.
Tottenham court road.*  3. West Smith-
field.*  4. Hatchet alley, Whitechapel*
5. Petticoat-lane.*
Adam and Eve yard,  1. Homerton.*  2.
Ratcliff-highway.*
Adam's court,  1. Little Broad street.†  2.
Pig street.†  3. Sharp's buildings, Duke's-
place.†  4. Near Swan's close.†
Adam's mews,  1. Audley street.†  2.
Charles street near Mount street.†
Adam's
A D M133
Adam's yard, Hockley in the Hole.†
Addington, a village in Surry, three miles
from Croydon, situated at the descent
of a high spacious common to which it
gives name.  Its church, though said to
be above 300 years old, is still very firm.
But what is most remarkable, is, that the
Lord of the Manor held it in the reign of
Henry III. by the service of making his
Majesty a mess of pottage in an earthen
pot in the King's kitchen at his corona-
tion; and so late as the coronation of
King Charles II.  Thomas Leigh, Esq;
then Lord of the Manor, made a mess a-
cording to his tenure, and brought it to
his Majesty's table, when that King ac-
cepted of his service, though he did not
taste what he had prepared.
Addison's yard, Peter street, Westmin-
ster.†
Addle hill, Great Carter lane, Thames
street.
Addle street, Wood street, Cheapside.
Admiralty court.  This court, which is
held in Doctors Commons, was formerly
under the direction of the Lord High Ad-
miral, as it is now under the Lords of the
Admiralty, who here take cognisance of
all causes relating to merchants and mari-
K 3ners.