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Boss court, Peter's hill, Thames street.
Bosvill's rents, George street, Spital-
fields.†
Bosville court. 1. Devonshire street,
Theobald's row.† 2. Carey street, Lin-
coln's Inn fields.†
Bostwick's alley, Whitechapel.†
Bostwick's street, Old Gravel lane.†
St. Botolph's Aldersgate, so denominated
from St. Botolph, a monk born in
Cornwall, is situated at the south east
corner of Little Britain, and tho' the fire
in 1666 did not reach this edifice,
it from that time fell into decay, and
was great part of it rebuilt in 1757.
It is a plain brick edifice with a tower
supported on a kind of arch work,
and crowned with an open turret,
and its fane. It is a curacy in the
patronage of the Dean and Chapter of
Westminster Abbey; but is subject to
the Bishop and Archdeacon of London,
to whom it pays procuration.
St. Botolph's Aldgate, situated on the
east side of Houndsditch, fronting the
Minories. The old church escaped
the fire in 1666, and stood till the
year 1741, when it was taken down, and
the present edifice finished in 1744. It
is built with brick, and is a plain , massy,
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and yet elegant structure. It consists of a
body of a regular shape, and a lofty
and well proportioned steeple, formed
of a tower and spire. Its greatest
ornament is a bold rustic with which
it is strengthened at the corners. This
church is a curacy, and the im-
propriation is held in fee of the
Crown. The Curate, besides other
considerable advantages, receives 400l.
a year by tithes. Newc. Rep. Eccles.
St. Botolph's Billingsgate, a rectory, the
church whereof formerly stood opposite
to Botolph lane, in Thames street, in
Billingsgate ward; but being destroyed
by the fire of London, and not re-
built, the parish was by act of parlia-
ment annexed to St. George's Botolph
lane.
St. Botolph's Bishopsgate, opposite the
north end of Houndsditch. The old
church escaping the general conflagra-
tion in 1666, at length fell into de-
cay, and the present structure was
raised by act of parliament, at the
expence of the parish. It is a massy
and spacious edifice. The body is well
built with brick, and well enlightened,
and the roof hid by a handsome ba-
lustrade. On the inside the roof is
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