Owen’s Almshouse, near the south end of Islington, was erected by the company of Brewers, in the year 1610, for ten poor widows of the parish of St. Mary’s Islington, pursuant to the will of the Lady Alice Owen, who allowed each widow 3l. 16s. per annum, three yards of cloth for a gown every other year, and 6l. to be laid out annually in coals for the use of the whole.
Oxendon street, Coventry street.
Oxford Arms Inn lane, Warwick lane, near Newgate market.*
Oxford Arms passage, Warwick lane.*
Oxford Arms yard, in the Haymarket.*
Oxford court, 1. Camomile street. 2. Salter’s Hall court, Swithin’s lane. Here was anciently the house of the Prior of Torrington in Suffolk, which afterwards fell to the Earls of Oxford; but that edifice being at length demolished, and this court built in its room, it retained the name of the former possessor. 3. Oxford street.
Oxford market, Oxford street, so called from its being on the estate of the late Earl of Oxford.
Oxford street, St. Giles’s pound. This street, the market, and court of the same name, are all on the estate of the late Earl of Oxford.
