Names: and Their Meaning; A Book for the Curious
Part 21
Tontine, 256
Tooley Street, S.E., 301
Topaz, 245
Torquatus Manlius, 246
Torres Strait, 51
Torrington Square, W.C., 289
Tory, 109
Tothill Fields, 299
Tothill Street, S.W., 299
Tottenham Court Road, W.C., 284
Tractarians, 76
Trafalgar, The, 85
Trafalgar Square, W.C., 276
Traitors’ Gate, 215
Transvaal, 42
Transylvania, 42
Trappists, 103
Treacle Bible, 126
Trinidad Island, 55
Trinitarians, 75, 101
Trinity House, 216
Trinity Sunday, 170
Tristan d’Acunha, 56
Trumpeter-bird, 96
Tudor, 90
Tuesday, 60
Tulle, 180
Tunis, 42
Turkey, 41, 99
Turkestan, 36
Turquois, 245
Tweed, 179
Twelfth Day, 167
Twelfth Night, 167
Twickenham, 158
Twill, 178
Twin Diamonds, 245
Twopenny, 241
Tyburn, 156
U.
Uisquebaugh, 257
Ultramarine, 146
Umber, 146
“Uncle,” 231
Uncle Sam, 93
Unitarians, 70, 75
United Brethren, 69
Unready, The, 87
Upper Berkeley Street, W., 286
Upper Seymour Street, W., 286
Upper Ten, The, 234
Uraguay, 43
Usher, 231
Utilitarianism, 62
V.
Valence, 176
Valenciennes, 180
Valentine, 172
Valentine’s Day, 172
Vanburgh Castle, 221
Vancouver Island, 54
Van Dieman’s Land, 52
Vandyke Brown, 148
Vauxhall, 160
Vauxhall Bridge Road, S.W., 297
Vauxhall Gardens, 193
Velvet, 178
Velveteen, 178
Venerable Bede, 130
Venetian Red, 146
Venezuela, 44
Vere Street, W., 285
Vermont, 47
Verulam Buildings, 271
Victoria, 138
Victoria, The, 86
Victoria Regia, 119
Victoria Street, S.W., 297
Vignette, 185
Vigo Street, W., 281
Viking, 57
Villiers Street, W.C., 275
Vinegar Bible, 124
Vinegar Yard, E.C., 290
Vine Street, W., 281
Vine Street, S.W., 299
Virginia, 46
Virginia Bible, 125
Voltaire, 181
Volume, 106
W.
Wagtail, 97
Walbrook, E.C., 263
Walcheren, 39
Waldenses, 68
Wales, 39
Walham Green, 159
Wallachia, 39
Walloon, 39
Waltz, 143
Walworth, 160
Wandsworth, 160
Wardour Street, W., 282
Wars of the Roses, 79
Warwick, 136
Warwick Gardens, W., 295
Warwick Lane, E.C., 261
Warwick Road, W., 295
Warwick, the King Maker, 247
Water Lane, E.C., 260
Waterloo, The, 85
Waterloo Bridge, 274
Waterlow Park, 222
Water Poet, The, 131
Watling Street, E.C., 263
Weaver-bird, 98
Wednesday, 60
Weeping Philosopher, The, 196
Welbeck Street, W., 284
Wellington, The, 85
Wellington Street, W.C., 274
Wells Street, W., 283
Welsher, 238
Wesleyan Methodists, 75
Wesleyans, 75
Wessex, 10, 134
Westbourne Park, 157
West Indies, 35
Westminster, 192, 212
Westminster Abbey, 101, 212
Westmoreland, 133
Westwood, 161
Weymouth Street, W., 294
Wheelwright, 230
Whig, 109
Whigamore Raid, 109
Whig Bible, 124
Whip-poor-Will, 96
Whisky, 257
White Boys, 111
Whitechapel, 151
White Conduit House, 191
White Conduit Tavern, 192
Whitecross Street, E.C., 268
White Friars, 101
Whitefriars Street, E.C., 260
Whitehall, 220
White Hart, The, 79
White Hart Street, W.C., 272
White Lion, The, 79
White Quakers, 71
White Queen, The, 89
White Sea, 49
White Sunday, 165
White Swan, The, 79
White Swan and Antelope, The, 9
White Tower, 215
Whit Sunday, 165
Whitsuntide, 165
Whittington Stone, The, 190
Wicked Bible, 124
Widow, 228
Widow-bird, 98
Wife, 228
Wigmore Street, W., 284
William Rufus, 88
William Street, N.W., 287
William the Conqueror, 88
William the Lion, 88
Willis’s Rooms, 225
Will Scarlet, 197
Wilton, 135
Wiltshire, 135
Wimbledon, 159
Wimpole Street, W., 285
Winchester House, 268
Winchester Yard, S.E., 300
Windmill Street, W., 282
Windmill Street, E.C., 291
Wine, 129
Wine Office Court, E.C., 259
Winnipeg, Lake, 48
Wisconsin, 47
Witanagemotes, 165
Wizard of the North, The, 131
Woodcock, 99
Wood Green, 153
Woodpecker, 99
Wood’s Halfpence, 255
Wood Street, E.C., 262
Woolwich, 161
Worcestershire, 133
World’s End, The, 191
Wormwood Street, E.C., 267
Worsted, 176
Wryneck, 99
Wych Street, W.C., 273
Wyndham Place, W., 286
Wyndham Street, W., 286
X.
X Ale, 242
XX Ale, 242
Y.
Yank, 115
Yankee, 93, 115
Yankee Jonathan, 207
Yellow Book, 106
Yellow Sea, 49
Yendys, 181
York, 133
York and Albany, The, 190
York House, 220
York Road, N., 288
Yorkshire, 133
Yorkshire Stingo, 242
Yorkshire Stingo, The, 84
York Street, S.W., 297
York Street, W.C., 274
Yutacan, 44
Z.
Zadkiel, 181
Zanzibar, 42
Zealand, New, 52
Zeeland, 52
Zoroastrianism, 64
Zululand, 42
Zuyder Zee, 51
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