stood opposite to Botolph lane, in Thames street, in Billingsgate
ward; but being destroyed by the fire of London, and not rebuilt, the
parish was by act of parliament annexed to St. George’s Botolph lane.
_St._ BOTOLPH’S _Bishopsgate_, opposite the north end of Houndsditch.
The old church escaping the general conflagration in 1666, at length
fell into decay, 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 balustrade. On the inside the roof is
arched, except over the galleries, and two rows of Corinthian columns
support both the galleries and arch which extends over the body of the
church, and is neatly adorned with fret work, from which hang several
handsome gilt branches. The steeple, tho’ heavy, has an air of
magnificence. In the center of the front is a large plain arched
window, decorated at a distance with pilasters of the Doric order.
Over this window is a festoon, and above that an angular pediment; on
each side is a door crowned with windows, and over these others of the
porthole kind; above these last rises a square tower crowned with a
dome, whose base is circular, and surrounded by a balustrade in the
same form; by the side of which, on the corners of the tower, are
placed urns with flames. From this part rises a series of coupled
Corinthian columns, supporting other urns like the former, and over
them rises the orgive dome, crowned with a very large vase with
flames. The Author of _The Critical Review_ says, that he thinks this
steeple more in taste than most about town; and that the parts of
which it is composed are simple, beautiful and harmonious. The author
of _The English Architecture_, however, observes, “That the placing of
a window in the middle of the street, where the principal door should
have been, is an error of the first magnitude. The most unlearned eye
must perceive a strange imperfection in this, though without knowing
what it is; and there is something in the highest degree disgustful,
at being shut out by a dead wall at the proper and natural entrance.”
But in justification of the architect, it may be alledged, that this
being the east end, he might not be allowed to form a door in the
center, where the altar is placed under a noble arch beneath the
steeple; and that much greater improprieties than this are daily seen,
from the idle custom which has generally prevailed of placing the
altar to the east in spight of any inconveniences it may occasion, as
in St. Clement’s in the Strand, St. Dunstan’s in Fleet street, and
many others. This church is a rectory, the patronage of which is in
the Bishop of London. The Rector, besides other considerable
advantages, receives about 200_l._ a year by tithes,
BOTOLPH _lane_, Little Eastcheap.†
BOTOLPH’S _alley_, Botolph lane.†
BOTOLPH’S _court_, Durham yard.
BOTOLPH’S _wharf_, Thames street.†
BOTTLE _alley_, Bishopsgate street without.*
BOTTLE OF HAY _yard_, Islington road.*
BOTTLE _yard_, Bottle alley.*
BOULTON _street_, Hyde Park road.†
BOURNE’S _Almshouse_, in Kingsland Road, was erected in the year 1734,
by the company of Framework-knitters, pursuant to the will of Thomas
Bourne, Esq; who bequeathed to that company 1000_l._ to purchase
ground, and erect a building upon it of twelve rooms, for that number
of poor freemen or their widows, and endowed this almshouse with
2000_l._ to be laid out in a purchase of 80_l._ a year.
BOW, a village in Middlesex, a little to the east of Mile End, also
called Stratford le Bow; is named Bow, from the stone arches of its
bridge built over the river Lea, by Maud the wife of Henry I. Its
church built by Henry II. was a chapel of ease to Stepney; but was
lately made parochial.
This village is inhabited by many whitsters and scarlet dyers, and
here has lately been set up a large manufactury of porcelain, which is
brought to such perfection as to be very little inferior to that of
China.
BOW _church_, in Cheapside. See _St._ MARY LE BOW.
BOW _church yard_, Cheapside.
BOW _lane_. 1. Cheapside, so named from the church of St. Mary le Bow,
near the north west end of it. 2. New Gravel lane. 3. Poplar.
BOW _road_, Mile end, leading to the village of Stratford le Bow.
BOW _street_. 1. A very handsome street by Covent Garden. 2. Long Ditch.
3. St. Giles’s Broad street. 4. Sutton street, Hog lane, Soho.
BOWL _alley_, St. Saviour’s Dock head.
BOWL _court_, Shoreditch.
BOWL _yard_, St. Giles’s Broadway.
BOWLING _alley_. 1. Cow Cross. 2. Dean’s yard, Westminster. 3. Thames
street. 4. Tooley street. 5. Turnmill street. 6. Whitecross street,
Cripplegate.
BOWLING GREEN. 1. Bandy Leg walk. 2. Near Hospital walk.
BOWLING GREEN _alley_, Hoxton.
BOWLING GREEN _passage_, Queen street, Southwark.†
BOWLING GREEN _field_, Blue Maid’s alley.†
BOWLING GREEN _lane_, Bridewell walk, Clerkenwell.
BOWMAN’S _court_. 1. Gardiner’s lane, King’s street, Westminster.† 2.
Salisbury court, Fleet street.†
BOWSON’S _yard_, Quaker’s street.†
BOWYERS, or makers of long and cross bows, a company by prescription,
but in 1620, tho’ the use of bows and arrows were entirely laid aside,
they were incorporated by King James I. by the name of the _Master,
Wardens, and Society of the mystery of Bowyers of the city of London_.
They consist entirely of other trades, and are governed by a Master,
two Wardens, and twelve Assistants, with thirty Liverymen, who at the
time of their admission pay a fine of 8_l._ Tho’ they had formerly a
hall, they have none at present.
BOWYER’S _court_. 1. Fenchurch street.† 2. Monkwell street.†
BOWYER’S _yard_, Wapping.†
BOX’S _alley_, Wapping wall.†
BOXFORD’S _court_, New street, Shoe lane.†
BOXHILL, near Dorking in Surrey, received its name from the box trees
planted on the south side of it, by the Earl of Arundel, in the reign
of King Charles I. but the north part is covered with yews. Upon this
hill, which extends in a continued chain into Kent, there is a large
warren; and as its top affords a most enchanting prospect, it is much
frequented by the gentry from Epsom, who come to divert themselves in
the labyrinths formed in these delightful groves; and for their
accommodation arbours are made, in which refreshments of all sorts are
sold. The river Mole runs under the foot of this hill, for a quarter
of a mile together.
BOXWOOD _court_, New street square.
BOY AND BELL _alley_, Brick lane, Spitalfields.*
BOYLE’S HEAD _court_, in the Strand.*
BOYLE’S LECTURE, was founded by the Hon. Robert Boyle, who by his last
will left an annual salary of 50_l._ for some learned Divine to preach
eight sermons in the year, in proof of the christian religion, against
Atheists, Deists, Pagans, and Mahometans, without descending to any
controversies that subsist among Christians. These Lectures to be in
the first Mondays of the months of January, February, March, April,
May, September, October, and November. In such churches as the
Trustees should from time to time appoint. This Lecture has been
carried on by very learned men, and are now generally preached at Bow
church in Cheapside.
BRABANT _court_, Philpot lane.
BRACKLEY _street_, Litton street, Bridge-water gardens.†
BRACKLEY’S _yard_, Barnaby street.†
BRADLEY’S _alley_, Queen street.†
BRADSHAW’S _rents_, Portpool lane.†
BRAND’S _court_, Ratcliff Narrow street.
BRAND’S _yard_, in the Minories.†
BRANDY _yard_, in the Minories.
BRANK’S _yard_, Nightingale lane.†
BRATT’S _rents,_ Ducking pond row, Whitechapel common.
BRAY’S _rents_, Rag fair.†
BRAZEN _court_, Hartshorn lane, in the Strand.║
BRAZE’S _bridge_, St. Olave street.†
BRAZIL WAREHOUSE _yard_, Trinity lane.
BRAZILE’S _rents_, East Smithfield.†
BREAD _street_, Cheapside, thus named from a bread market kept there
before the fire of London. _Maitland._
BREAD STREET _alley_, Bread street hill.
BREAD STREET _hill_, Thames street.
_End of the_ FIRST VOLUME.
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