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London Streets and Squares: Grange

London. Thomas Street perpetuates the christian name of the philanthropic founder of Guy's Hospital hard by. Grange Road and Grange Walk occupy the site of an old mansion known as "The Grange."

Spa Road derived its name from a spa, or mineral well, discovered here in the long, long ago. Russell Street preserves the memory of Richard Russell, who, dying here in 1784, left the whole of his estate to neighbouring charities. In Tooley Street lived the three tailors who, according to tradition, presented a petition to the House of Commons that began with the words, "We, the people of England, &c." During the Commonwealth this street figured in documents as St. Tulie Street, but it is properly designated St. Olaff Street, after the neighbouring church dedicated to St. Olaff or Olave, the Scandinavian hero-prince. Blue Anchor Road and Blue Anchor Lane received their names from "The Blue Anchor," an old tavern that stood in the latter thoroughfare; while Jamaica Road recalls a similar establishment, formerly situated on the site of Cherry Gardens, a popular place of resort in bygone times, known as "The Jamaica," after the West Indian Island whence rum was shipped and disembarked on the exact spot where the penny steamboats now land and take up their passengers at Cherry Gardens Pier. Lastly, Evelyn Street, Deptford, was designated in honour of the present head of the Evelyn family, descendants of John Evelyn, the diarist, viz., William J. Evelyn, of Wotton, who built the adjacent Church of St. Luke, in the year 1872.

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Abbess, IOI Abbey, 100 A.

Abbey Road, N.W., 293 Abbot, IOI Abigail, 229 Abingdon Street, S.W., 298 Abney House, 153 Abney Park, 153 Abraham Newlands, 255 Abyssinia, 36 Acre, 272 Acton, 157 Adamant, 244 Adamites, 69 Adam Street, W.C., 275 Addison of the North, The, 132 Addison Road, W., 295 Adelaide, The, 190 Adelaide Island, 54 Adelphi, 275 Adelphi Terrace, W.C., 275 Admirable Crichton, 198 Adonis, 119 Afghanistan, 36 Africa, 35 Agar Town, 154 Agate, 245 Agnostic, 62 Air Street, W., 281 Alabama, 47 Albany, The, 220 Albany Street, N. W., 287 Albemarle Street, W., 280 Albemarle Street, E.C., 291 Albert Bridge, 224 Albert Gate, S.W., 278 Albert Hall, 224 Albert Memorial, 224 Albert Palace, 224 Albigenses, 68 Aldermanbury, E.C., 262 Aldersgate Street, E.C., 259 Aldgate, E., 265 Ale, 241 Aleutian Islands, 54 Alexandra Palace, 224 Alfred the Great, 87 Algiers, 42 Allhallows Barking, Church of, 214 Allhallowes Day, 172 Allhallowe'en, 172 All Saints' Bay, 51 All Saints' Day, 171 All Souls' Day, 172 All the Nations, Battle of, 164 Almanac, 175 Almack's Assembly Rooms, 225 Almighty Nose, The, 247 Alpaca, 177 Alsatia, 260 Amen Corner, E.C., 261 America, 35 American Indians, 35 Amethyst, 245 Ampthill Square, N. W., 288 Anabaptist, 75 Anacreon Moore, 131 Angel, 254 Angel, The, 81 Angelic Doctor, The, 197 Anglesea, 57, 137 Anglican Church, 67 Angola, 176 Annunciation, Feast of the, 166 Antarctic Ocean, 49 Apocalypse, 126 Apocrypha, 125 Apollinarians, 66 Apostle of Temperance, The, 200 April, 59 Apsley House, 220 Aquarians, 66 Arabia, 36 Arbor Day, 174 Arcadian, 231 Archway Road, N., 293 Arctic Ocean, 48 Argentina, 43 Argyll Street, W., 282 Arians, 66 Aristocracy, Arkansas, 47 III Arlington Street, W., 280 Arminians, 70 Arras, 180 Artemus Ward, 183 Artillery Lane, E.C., 267 Arundel Street, W.C., 273 Arundel Street, S. W., 277 Ascension Day, 171 Ascension Island, 56 Ascot Races, 210 Ash Wednesday, 168 Asia, 35 Asia Minor, 36 Assumption, Feast of the, 171 Aspasia, 119 Astoria, 48 Atheist, 61 Atlantic Ocean, 49 Atlas, 107 Audley Street, North, W., 285 Audley Street, South, W., 285 Augsburg Confession, The, 68 August, 57 Augustin Friars, IOI Austin Friars, E.C., 267 Australasia, 52 Australia, 52 Austria, 41 Authorized Version, The, 123 Ave Maria Lane, E.C., 261 Aylesbury Street, E. C., 291 Index.

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