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• shambles — n. pl. 1. Flesh market, meat market. 2. Slaughter house, abattoir …   New dictionary of synonyms

• The Shambles — (official name Shambles) is an old street in York, England, with overhanging timber framed buildings, some dating back as far as the fourteenth century. It was once known as The Great Flesh Shambles, probably from the Anglo Saxon Fleshammels… …   Wikipedia

• The Shambles —    The western end of Newgate Street and the neighbourh6od south to Newgate Market called the Shambles in early times and by Stow (S. 315).    The place where the butchers sell their flesh is described as in vico regio versus Newgate in 3 Ed. I.… …   Dictionary of London

• (St.) Nicholas Shambles Lane —    Street leading from St. Nicholas de Westmacekaria to the City wall, 1196 (Anc. Deeds, A. 2507).     Via regia from the gate of Newgate by the wall of the City to vicum Sci Nicholai by the friars minors, 3 Ed. I. (Rot. Hund. I. 404).    Lane of …   Dictionary of London

• Newgate Street —    West from Cheapside and St. Martin s le Grand to Holborn Viaduct and Old Bailey (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within and Without.    First mention: Newgatestrete, 1311 (Riley s Mem. xiii. L. Bk. D. f. 110).    This name does not,… …   Dictionary of London

• Newgate Market —    Between Rose Street, Newgate Street, and Paved Alley, Paternoster Row, in Castle Baynard Ward and Farringdon Ward Within (O.S. 1848 51).    First mention by this name: 1601 (H. MSS. Com. Salisbury, XI. pp. 156, 176 and 194), but see below.… …   Dictionary of London

• Kerby (Ipswich martyr) — Kerby (d. Ipswich, 1546), whose Christian name is not known, was a man condemned by the Justices and executed by burning at the stake in Ipswich, Suffolk, for his protestant beliefs. He is numbered among the Ipswich Martyrs. He died for denying… …   Wikipedia

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• Derek Raymond — Robert William Arthur Cook (12 June 1931 30 July 1994), better known since the 1980s by his pen name Derek Raymond, was an English crime writer, credited with being the founder of English noir[citation needed]. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life …   Wikipedia