Brickhill lane, Thames street.
Brick lane, 1. Old street. 2. Spitalfields. 3. Whitechapel: this was formerly a deep dirty road, frequented chiefly by carts fetching bricks that way into Whitechapel, from brick kilns in Spitalfields.
Brick street, 1. Hyde Park road. 2. Tyburn lane.
Brick yard, Brick lane, Spitalfields.
Bricklayers yard, Millbank.
Bricklayers court, Coleman street, Lothbury.
Bride’s alley. Fleet street, so called from St. Bride’s, or St. Bridget’s church.
Bride court, by St. Bride’s church, Fleet street.
Bride lane, 1. By St. Bride’s church, Fleet street. 2. Little Peter street.
St. Bride’s, or rather St. Bridget’s church, is obscurely situated behind the houses on the south side of Fleet street. It has been always dedicated to St. Bridget, but the curious are unable to discover who this saint was. The old church was destroyed by the fire of London, and the present edifice was erected within fourteen years after. This church, which is superior to most of our parish churches in delicacy and true beauty, is 111 feet long, 87 broad, and the steeple is 234 feet high. It has a plain and regular body, the openings all answering one another; the roof is raised on pillars, and the altar piece, like the outside of the church, is very magnificent. The circular pediment over the lower part, is supported by six Corinthian columns. The steeple is a spire of extremely delicate workmanship, raised upon a solid yet light tower, and the several stages by which the spire gradually decreases, are well designed, and executed with all the advantage of the orders.