Part 17
_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, 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 impropriation is held in fee of the Crown. The Curate, besides other considerable advantages, receives 400_l._ 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 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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