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men, who have been masters of ships or pilots, or their widows. See Trinity Hospital. The church built pursuant to the a- bove act, is placed at the north-east corner of Hare street, Spitalfields, and is a neat, commodious edifice, built with brick coped and coined with free-stone; and the tower, which is not high, is of the same materials. It is remarkable, that though the village of itself is small, yet as part of Spitalfields anciently be- longed to that hamlet, this parish con- tains 1800 houses, and the parishioners are computed to amount to above 15000. Bett's alley, Anchor street.† Bett's street. 1. By Knockfergus.† 2. Ratcliff Highway.† Bevis lane, Duke's place. Bevis Marks, St. Mary Ax. Here was once a very large house with several courts and gardens, which belonging to the Ab- bot of Bury in Suffolk, was called Bury's Marks, corruptly Bevis Marks. This house being demolished, the ground has many houses built upon it, and among the rest a synagogue of Jews. Stow. Bevis Marks School, was founded in the in the year 1731, by Isaac de Costa
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Villa Real, a Portuguese Jew, who also endowed it with the annual sum of 80l. for cloathing and educating twenty Jew girls of his nation. Bewley's rents, Holiwell court.† Bigg's alley, Thrall street, Spitalfields.† Bigg's or Bett's rents, Rosemary lane, Tower hill. Bill alley, Billiter lane. Billet yard, Billiter lane. Billingsgate, a great fish market in Thames street; which is only a large water-gate port, or harbour, for small vessels, laden with fish, oranges, lemons, Spanish onions, and in summer, with Kentish cherries; here the Gravesend boats wait to take in their fare; and here the woodmongers and coalmen meet at about eight or nine o'clock every morn- ing, this being a kind of exchange for those concerned in the coal trade. Billingsgate is however most famous for being the greatest fish market in England, and the only port for fish in London, which has occasioned several acts of parliament, to prevent the fish- mongers monopolizing that considerable article of food. By these acts it is made lawful for any person to buy fish in that
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