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Survey of London, Volume 05 (of 14), the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, part 2

Note 154 — XXXII.—GREAT QUEEN STREET (General.)

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This was the line of the sewer, or open stream, which formed the western boundary of Purse Field. In later deeds relating to the central portion of Aldwych Close, the latter is described as extending to the common sewer on the east side towards Lincoln’s Inn. (See e.g. Recovery Roll, 1633, 9 Chas. I., Easter (201).)

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