SMOOTHFIELD
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East Smithfield — is the name of a road in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. It is part of the A1203 road, and historically referred to the surrounding area as well.The route of both the London Marathon and the London Triathlon pass along East… … Wikipedia
London [1] — London (spr. lonnd n; hierzu Stadtplan: »London, innere Stadt«, mit Registerblatt), Hauptstadt Englands und des britischen Reiches, die bevölkertste Stadt der Erde, liegt zu beiden Seiten der hier 180–275 m breiten Themse, 97 km oberhalb deren… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Hospitals — • Originally, hospital meant a place where strangers or visitors were received; in the course of time, its use was restricted to institutions for the care of the sick Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hospitals Hospitals … Catholic encyclopedia
East Smithfield — A district lying just outside the walls of London, east of the Tower, stretching south to the Thames, and east to Nightingale Lane, while to the north it extended itself into the parish of Whitechapel. In early days it constituted a Manor… … Dictionary of London
SMITHFIELD — or SMOOTHFIELD an open space of ground in London, N. of Newgate, long famous for its live stock markets; in olden times lay outside the city walls, and was used as a place of recreation and of executions; the scene of William Wallace s… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
