- Backhouse
- A house given to the parish of St. Andrew Undershaft at the time when parish of St. Mary Axe was united to it (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 72).No further reference.See Vacke Court.
A Dictionary of London. Henry A Harben. 1918.
Backhouse
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