A place of open-air entertainment near Buckingham House. Sir Charles Sedley named one of his plays after it.

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In the Strand, between Durham Yard and York Buildings; in the

Spectator's

time the fashionable mart for milliners. It was taken down in 1737.

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[No. 97]Thursday, June 21, 1711Steele