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London Streets and Squares: Church

Sackville Street, W., 281 Sacramentarians, 72 Saddlers' Arms, The, 82 Sadler's Wells, 192 Saffron Hill, E.C., 270 Sahara, 42 Sailor King, The, 90 St. Andrew Undershaft, Church 214 St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 219 St. Bride's Church, 214 St. Bride Street, E.C., 259 St. Catherine Coleman, Church of, 213 St. Catherine Cree, Church of, 213 St. Clement-Danes, Church of, 212 Rolls Chapel, 221 Roman Catholic Church, 67 Romeo Coates, 199 Romney Street, S.W., 299 Rood Lane, E.C., 265 St. Ethelburga's Church, 214 Rose, The, 80 Rose and Crown, The, 80 Rose-Noble, 254 Rosoman Street, E.C., 291 Rosslyn Hill Park, 223 Rosslyn House, 223 Rotherhithe, 160 Rotten Row, 278 Roumania, 41 Roundheads, III Royal Exchange, 226 Royalists, III Royal Oak, The, 85 Royal Oak Day, 173 Ruby, 245 Rufus, 88 Rum, 257 St. David's Day, 173 St. George, The, 81 St. George and Dragon, The, 81 St. George's Channel, 51 St. George's Church, W., 281 St. George's Fields, S.E., 162 St. George's Hall, 224 St. George's Square, S. W., 297 St. Grouse's Day, 174 St. Helena, Isle of, 56 St. Helen's, Great, E.C., 267 St. Helen's Church, 214 St. James's Hall, 224 St. James's Palace, 219 St. James's Square, S. W., 277 St. James's Street, S. W., 277 St. John's Gate, 216, 291 St. John Street Road, E.C., 291 St. John's Wood, 156 St. Katherine's Docks, 217 St. Kitt's Island, 56 St. Lawrence, Gulf of, 51 St. Lawrence, River, 51 St. Leger Stakes, 210 Index.

St. Margaret Pattens, Church of, 213 St. Martin's Lane, W.C., 276 St. Martin's-le-Grand, 218 St. Mary-Axe, E.C., 266 St. Mary-Axe, Church of, 213 St. Mary-le-Bow, Church of, 213 St. Mary Woolnoth, Church of, 213 St. Michael's Alley, E.C., 266 St. Olave's Church, 215 St. Pancras, 154 St. Partridge's Day, 174 St. Paul of the Cross, 197 St. Sepulchre's Church, 214 St. Swithin's Day, 172 St. Valentine's Day, 172 Salisbury Court, E.C., 259 Salisbury Street, W.C., 275 Salop, 136 Salt Lake, Great, 48 Salutation, The, 81 Salviati, Del, 206 Sambo, 95 Sandbaggers, 233 Sandford House, 222 Sandpiper, 98 Sandwich, 13 Sandwiches, 14 Sandwich Islands, 53 San Salvador, 55 Sandy, 94 Sansculottes, 113 Sap Green, 148 Saraband, 142 Saracen's Head, The, 81 Sardinia, 56 Sardinia Street, W.C., 272 Sardinian Chapel, 272 Sarsanet, 177 Satin, 176 Saturday, 60 Sauci Diamond, 244 Saunders Blue, 146 Savile Row, W., 280 Savoy Chapel, 212 Savoy Palace, 212 Savoy Street, W.C., 274 Sawney, 94 Saxons, 39 Saxony, 39 Scarlet, 147 Scarlet-runner, 117 Schottische, 143 Scissors-tail, 97 Scotia, 38 Scotists, 70 Scotland, 38 Scotland Yard, 225 Scots, 38 Scottish Covenanters, 73 Scottish Hogarth, The, 207 Scottish Presbyterians, 73 Scratched Horse, 211 Scourers, 232 Scriptures, 122 Scullery, 237 Scullery Maid, 237 Scullion, 237 Sea of Marmora, 50 Secretary-bird, 97 Sectarians, 74 Secularist, 62 Sedan chair, 189 Seekers, 71 Seething Lane, E. C., 265 Selkirk's Island, 54 Senegambia, 42 Separists, 112 Sepia, 148 September, 59 Septuagint, 122 Serjeant's Inn, 208 Serle Street, W.C., 273 Sermon Lane, E.C., 261 Serpentine, 156 Servia, 40 Servites, 103 Seven Dials, 276 Seven Sisters' Road, N., 293 Seventh-Day Baptists, 71 Sexagesima Sunday, 170 Seymour Place, W., 286 Shadwell, 151 Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C., 282 Shah Diamond, 244 Shakers, 71 Shalloon, 176 Shamrock, The, 80 "She" Bible, 125 Sheen, 158 Shepherdess Walk, N., 292 Shepherd's Bush, 157 Shepherd's Market, W., 279 Shepherd Street, W., 279 Shepperton, 158 Sherry, 127 Shetland Isles, 57 She-Wolf of France, The, 91 Shilling, 253 Ship, The, 85 Shire, 10 Shoe Lane, E.C., 259 Shoreditch, 151 Shrove Tuesday, 168 Shropshire, 136 Shrewsbury, 136 Siberia, 37 Sicily, 56 Sidmouth Street, W.C., 288 Sienna, 146 Silhouette, 185 Silk, 176 Sillery, 128 Silver Captain, The, 250 Silver-tongued Sylvester, 131 Sinking Fund, 256 Sinner-saved Huntingdon, 203 Sinner's Friend, The, 200 Single-Speech Hamilton, 201 Sixteen-string Jack, 197 Skagerrack, 51 Skinner Street, N.W., 288 Skittles, The, 84 Skylark, 98 Sloane Square, S.W., 296 Sloane Street, S.W., 296 Small Beer, 241 Smithfield, 150 Smith of Antwerp, The, 207 Snow Hill, E.C., 270 Soane Museum, 221 Sociable, 138 Index.

Socialists, IIO Society Islands, 52 Society of Friends, 71 Society of Jesus, 70 Socinians, 70, 75 Soho, 150 Somersetshire, 135 Somerset House, 220 Somers Town, 154 Soudan, 42 Southampton, 134 Southampton Buildings, W.C., 271 Southampton Row, W.C., 289 Southampton Street, W.C., 274, 289 Southampton Street, W., 283 South Audley Street, W., 285 South Australian, The, 191 Southgate, 152 Southwark, 160 Southwick Crescent, W., 294 Southwick Place, W., 294 Sovereign, 253 Spain, 41 Spa Fields, 151 Spagnoletto, Lo, 206 Spaniards, The, 190 Spanish Main, 50 Spanish Place, W., 285 Spa Road, S. E., 301 Speedwell, 118 Spinster, 228 Spiritualism, 62 Spitalfields, 151 Spitzbergen, 58 Spoon-bill, 98 Sprat Day, 175 Spread Eagle, The, 84 Spring Gardens, S.W., 277 Spring-Heel Jack, 197 Spurs, Battle of, 164 Spurs of Gold, Battle of, 164 Staffordshire, 135 Stage-coach, 139 Staines, 157 Standard, Battle of the, 163 Stanhope, 138 Stanhope Gate, W., 278 Staple Inn, 208 Star, The, 79 Star and Garter, The, 82 Starling, 97 Star of the South Diamond, 244 Starvation Dundas, 202 Stationer, 107 Stationery, 108 Steeplechase, 210 Steelyard, 264 Steelyard Merchants, 264 Stepney, 151 Sterling Money, 252 Stingo, 242 Stock, 121 Stock, Government, 256 Stock Exchange, 227 Stocks Market, 121, 263 Stockwell, 162 Stoke Newington, 152 Stones End, S.E., 300 Stonewall Jackson, 249 Stony Street, S.E., 300 Storey's Gate, S.W., 297 Stout, 242 Strait of Gibraltar, 51 Strand, W.C., 273 Stratford Place, W., 285 Stratton Street, W., 279 Strawberry Hill, 223 Stuart, 90 Stump Orator, 237 Stump Speech, 237 Subtle Doctor, The, 196 Suffolk, 134 Suffolk Lane, E.C., 264 Suffolk Street, S.W., 277 Sulky, 139 Sumatra, 53 Sumner Street, S.E., 300 Sun, The, 79 Sunday, 60 Sunflower, 120 Superior, Lake, 48 Sussex, 134 Sussex House, 223 Surrey, 10, 134 Surrey Street, W.C., 273 Sutton Place, N., 292 Swallow Street, W., 281 Index.

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