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... Fields were made , which cost near 1000l . Searl's Court was finished in 1697 , and is now called Lin- coln's Inn . New Square ; the ground having been bought by Henry Searl , of this house , Esq . who began to build the same , but ...
... Fields were made , which cost near 1000l . Searl's Court was finished in 1697 , and is now called Lin- coln's Inn . New Square ; the ground having been bought by Henry Searl , of this house , Esq . who began to build the same , but ...
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... Field , of which we shall give a further account when we come to speak of Lin- coln's Inn Fields , and its neighbourhood . The westward boundary of the city of London , and its liberty , is TEMPLE BAR . This is a very handsome gate ...
... Field , of which we shall give a further account when we come to speak of Lin- coln's Inn Fields , and its neighbourhood . The westward boundary of the city of London , and its liberty , is TEMPLE BAR . This is a very handsome gate ...
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... fields and country . The village of Charing , and the church of St. Martin , literally stood in the fields ; and St. Giles's was a distant country village . A loosely built street was completed about the year 1560 ; the houses on the ...
... fields and country . The village of Charing , and the church of St. Martin , literally stood in the fields ; and St. Giles's was a distant country village . A loosely built street was completed about the year 1560 ; the houses on the ...
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... FIELDS . This is allowed to be the largest , and one of the most beautiful squares in London , if not in Europe . It formerly was denominated FICKET'S FIELDS , and Whetstone's Park , being then a dangerous place , on account of ...
... FIELDS . This is allowed to be the largest , and one of the most beautiful squares in London , if not in Europe . It formerly was denominated FICKET'S FIELDS , and Whetstone's Park , being then a dangerous place , on account of ...
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... Fields were much planted round with dwellings and lodgings of noblemen and gentlemen of qualitie : but at the same time it was so deformed by cot- tages and ... Field . By By this act Lincoln's Inn Fields is to be considered 162 WESTMINSTER.
... Fields were much planted round with dwellings and lodgings of noblemen and gentlemen of qualitie : but at the same time it was so deformed by cot- tages and ... Field . By By this act Lincoln's Inn Fields is to be considered 162 WESTMINSTER.
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