Names: and Their Meaning

Why is it called Lloyd's? Why the Green Man? Leopold Wagner traced the origins of everything the Victorians had a name for — countries, tavern signs, flowers, wines, London streets, nicknames and battles — and found a story behind nearly all of them.

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London Streets and Squares: Bachelor

Bacchanals, The, 83 Bachelor, 231 Bachelor of Arts, 232 Bachelor's Buttons, 118 Badminton, 128 Baffin Land, 55 Bag o' Nails, The, 83 Baker Street, W., 286 Balearic Islands, 56 Ball, 143 Ballad, 144 Ballet, 144 Ball's Pond, 153 Baltic Sea, 49 Baltimore, 46 Baltimore-bird, 99 Banker Poet, The, 131 Bankers' Clearing House, 227 Bankside, S. E., 300 Banks Land, 55 Banquetting Hall, Whitehall, 220 Bantam, 99 Baptists, 75 Barb, 99 Barbadoes, 55 Barbarians, 231 Barbarossa, 91 Barbary, 42 Barber, 231 Barber-Surgeons, 231 Barbican, E.C., 268 Baring Island, 54 Barley Mow, The, 84 Barnard's Inn, 208 Barnsbury, 154 Barrow Hill Place, N. W., 293 Barrow Island, 54 Barrow Road, N. W., 293 Barrow's Strait, 51 Bartholomew Close, E.C., 269 Bartholomew Fair, 269 Bartholomew Lane, E.C., 266 Barry Cornwall, 181 Barton Street, S.W., 298 Basilians, 103 Basinghall Street, E.C., 262 Basing Yard, S. E., 299 Bassano, Il, 206 Index.

Bath chair, 189 Bath Street, E.C., 269 Battle Bridge Road, N.W., 288 Battle of all the Nations, 164 Battle of Spurs, 164 Battle of the Giants, 164 Battle of the Herrings, 163 Battle of the Spurs of Gold, 164 Battle of the Standard, 163 Battersea, 159 Bayeaux Tapestry, 179 Bayham Street, N.W., 287 Baynard's Castle, 156 Bay of Biscay, 51 Bayswater, 156 Bayswater Fields, 156 Bear, The, 84 Bear and Ragged Staff, The, 78 Bear Garden, S.E., 300 Beau Brummell, 199 Beauchamp Tower, 215 Beauclerc, 88 Beau Fielding, 199 Beau Nash, 199 Beckenham, 161 Bedfordbury, W.C., 274 Bedford Row, W.C., 289 Bedfordshire, 136 Bedford Square, W.C., 289 Bedford Street, W.C., 274 Bedlam, 219 Beech Lane, E.C., 268 Beefeaters, 232 Beer, 241 Beer Bible, 124 Belgium, 40 Belgrave Square, S.W., 296 Belgrave Street, S.W., 296 Belgravia, 149 Bell, The, 84 Belleisle, 57 Bell the Cat, 246 Beloochistan, 36 Belvedere, The, 192 Benchers, 209 Benedictines, 102 Bennett Street, W., 280 Bentinck Street, W., 284 Berkeley Place, W., 286 Berkeley Square, W., 279 Berkeley Street, W., 279 Berkeley Street, E.C., 291 Berkshire, 135 Berlin Blue, 146 Bermondsey, 160 Bermuda Islands, 55 Bernardines, 103 Berners Street, W., 283 Bethlehem, 219 Bethlehem Hospital, 219 Bethlemites, 69 Bethnal Green, 152 Bevis Marks, E.C., 267 Bible, 122 Bidëford Postman, The, 131 Billingsgate, 217 Billiter Street, E.C., 265 Birchin Lane, E.C., 267 Birdcage Walk, S.W., 297 Birds of Paradise, 97 Bishops' Bible, 123 Bishopsgate Street, E.C., 267 Bishop's Wood, 155 Black Agnes, 195 Black Bear, The, 84 Blackbird, 97 Black Bull, The, 78 Black Cloaks, 114 Black Douglas, 246 Black Friars, IOI Blackfriars Bridge, 260 Blackfriars Road, S. E., 260 Blackguard, 237 Blackheath, 161 Black Jack, The, 85 Blackleg, 237 Black Posts, The, 189 Black Prince, Edward the, 88.

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