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into the area, as may be seen in the
print. Here is a staircase painted and
given by Mr. Hogarth, containing two
pictures with figures large as the life,
which for truth of colouring and ex-
pression may vie with any thing of its
kind in Europe. The subject of the
one is the Good Samaritan, the other
the Pool of Bethesda.
Bartlet's buildings, Holborn.†
Bartlet's court. 1. Bartlet's street.†
2. Holborn hill.†
Bartlet's passage, Fetter lane.†
Bartlet's street, Red Lion street, Clerk-
enwell.†
Barton street, Cowley street, Westmin-
ster.†
Barton's rents, Shoreditch.†
Bartram's yard, Nightingale lane.†
Basinghall, a very ancient building
now called Blackwell hall, which see.
Basinghall court, Basinghall street.†
Basinghall street, Cateaton street, ex-
tends on the east and north sides of
Blackwell hall, anciently called Basing
hall. Tho' this street is neither uniform
nor regularly built, it has many hand-
some houses inhabited by merchants.
It received its name from its belonging
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to the family of the Basings. Stow.
See Blackwell Hall.
Basing lane, Bread street, Cheapside.†
Basket alley. 1.Golden lane. 2. Gos-
well street.
Basket-Makers, a fraternity by pre-
scription, and not by charter; however,
they have the honour of being reckoned
one of the city companies. This com-
munity is governed by two Wardens and
forty-eight Assistants; but has neither
livery nor hall.
Basshaw's rents, Love lane, Bank side,
Southwark.
Bassishaw ward, so called from a cor-
ruption of Basinghall, once the principal
house in it, is bounded on the north by
Cripplegate ward, on the west by that
and Cheap wards, and on the south and
east by Coleman street ward. See the
article Blackwell Hall.
This ward is very small, it only con-
sisting of Basinghall street. Its princi-
pal buildings are St. Michael's church,
also called Bassishaw church; Blackwell
hall; Coopers hall; Mason's hall; and
Weavers hall.
It is governed by an Alderman, his
Deputy, four Common Council men,
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