A Dictionary of London. Henry A Harben. 1918.
Hand Alley, Philip Lane — See Hand Court … Dictionary of London
Bird and Hand Alley, Court — In Cheapside (P.C. 1732 Boyle, 1799). Bird in Hand Alley in Boyle. See Bird in Hand Alley, Court … Dictionary of London
Bird in Hand Alley, Court — South out of Cheapside at No.76 (P.O. Directory). West of Bucklersbury, in Cheap Ward. First mention: O. and M. 1677. Bird in Hand Alley, and in Hatton, 1708. Can this name be a corruption of the former Bordhawe lane (q.v.)? … Dictionary of London
Stable Yard, Hand Alley — South out of Hand Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746). Demolished towards the end of the 18th century … Dictionary of London
Hand Alley, Bishopsgate — See New Street9, Bishopsgate … Dictionary of London
Hand Alley, Houndsditch — South west out of Houndsditch, near the northern boundary of the ward. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 27). Not named in the maps. Name probably derived from sign … Dictionary of London
Hand Court — 1) West out of Philip Lane in Cripplegate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677 Boyle, 1799). Also called : Hand Alley (Strype, 1720 and 1755). It seems to be called Hand Alley or Sands Court in P.C. 1732. The site is now occupied by offices… … Dictionary of London
Alley — Mårten Trotzigs Gränd, 90 cm wide, the narrowest alley in Gamla stan, Stockholm Alley in downtown … Wikipedia
alley apple — 1. n. a piece of horse manure. (See also road apple.) □ The route of the parade was littered with alley apples after about twenty minutes. □ Harry is collecting alley apples for his garden. 2. n. a brick or stone found in the rubble of the… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Hand of Glory — The Hand of Glory is the dried and pickled hand of a man who has been hanged, often specified as being the left (Latin: sinister) hand, or else, if the man were hanged for murder, the hand that did the deed. According to old European beliefs, a… … Wikipedia
