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handsome seat here, which is still in
the possession of Edmund Waller, Esq;
his descendent. There is a fine monu-
ment erected in the church yard, to the
memory of Mr. Waller the poet.
Beadles court, Eagle street, Holborn.
Beak street, Swallow street, Picadilly, so
called from most of the houses belong-
ing to Col. Beak.
Beal's wharf, Mill street, Tooley street.†
Bear alley. 1. Addle hill, Thames street.*
2. Fleet ditch.* 3 London wall.*
Bear court, Butcher row, Ratcliff.*
Bearbinder lane, Swithin's lane, Can-
non street.
Bear Garden, Bank side, Southwark.
Bear lane, Gravel lane, Southwark.†
Bear Key, or Bear quay, near the Cus-
tom house. There are two streets of
this name, Great and Little Bear Key,
which lead from Thames street to the
water side. On the key opposite to
them, are landed vast quantities of corn,
and formerly much bear, a small sort of
barley, now little used in England; tho'
a great deal of it is brewed into ale and
beer in Dublin, and from this grain
Bear Key undoubtedly took its name.
Bear Key stairs, Bear key.
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Bear's court, Butcher row, Ratcliff cross.
Bear's Foot alley, Bank side.
Bear street, Leicester fields.
Bear yard. 1. Fore street, Lambeth.* 2.
Long walk, King John's court.* 3.
Silver street.* 4. Vere street, Clare-
market.*
Bear and Harrow court, Butcher row,
Temple bar.*
Bear and Ragged Staff court, Drury
lane.*
Bear and Ragged Staff yard, White-
cross street, Cripplegate.*
Beardley's yard, Wapping wall.†
Beauchamp street, Leather lane, Holborn.†
Beaufort's buildings, in the strand.†
Beck's rents. 1. Ropemaker's fields, Lime-
house.† 2. Rosemary lane, Little
Tower hill.†
Lords of the Bedchamber, fourteen of-
ficers of great distinction, under the
Lord Chamberlain; the first of whom
is Groom of the Stole. They are usually
persons of the highest quality, and their
office is, each in his turn, to wait one
week in the King's bedchamber, and
there to lie all night on a pallat bed by
the King, and to supply the place of the
Groom of the Stole in his absence. They
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