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Chequer court. 1. Charing Cross.* 2.
Catharine's lane.* 3. Golden lane.*
Chequer yard. 1. St. Catharine's lane.*
2. Dowgate hill.* 3. Golden lane. 4. St.
Martin's lane, Charing Cross.* 5. Old
street.* 6. Whitechapel.*
Cherry Garden lane, Rotherhith.‡
Cherry Garden stairs, Rotherhith.‡
Cherry Garden street, Rotherhith
Wall.‡
Cherry Tree alley. 1. Bunhill row.‡
2. Golden lane.‡ 3. Ship street.‡
4. Whitecross street.‡
Cherry Tree Alley School, was found-
ed by Mr. William Worral in Cherry
Tree alley, Golden lane, in the year
1689, and endowed by him with the an-
nual revenue of 30l. for educating and
cloathing forty boys, whose livery is an
orange colour, in commemoration of the
revolution by the Prince of Orange in
1688.
Cherry Tree corner, Horseferry.
Cherry Tree court. 1. Aldersgate street.
2. Gardiner's lane. 3. Piccadilly. 4. Che-
rubin court, Angel alley. 5. White's
alley.
Chertsey, a town in Surry, nineteen miles
from London, carries on a considerable
trade in malt, which is sent in barges to
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London. Here was once an abbey,
in which was deposited the corpse of
Henry VI. who was stabbed in the
Tower, but his body was afterwards re-
moved by Henry VII. to Windsor. Out
of the ruins of this abbey Sir Henry
Carew, master of the buckhounds to
King Charles II. built a very fine house.
To this village Cowley, the Poet, retir-
ed after being weary of attending on
the court, and there ended his days.
Here is a bridge over the Thames to
Shepperton, and a handsome free-school
erected by Sir William Perkins, who had
a seat here.
Chesham, a market town in Bucking-
hamshire, situated on the borders of
Hertfordshire, twenty-nine miles from
London. It had formerly a chantry,
and has now a charity school.
Cheshire's rents. 1. Fleet lane, by the
Fleet market.† 2. Shipwright's street,
Rotherhith.†
Cheshunt, with its park and wash, are
situated about fifteen miles from London
near the river Lea in Hertfordshire. Here
was formerly a convent of nuns; and
King Edward III. gave Cheshunt the
privilege of a market, which has been
long discontinued.
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