Sussex. The territory of the Suth-seaxe, or South Saxons, under the Heptarchy.
Sutton Place. After Thomas Sutton, founder of the Charter House, whom the good folk of Hackney were proud to number among their residents on this spot.
Swallow Street. It is difficult to imagine that this once merited the name of “Slough Street,” on account of its miry condition; but such is the fact.
Swan Alley. From the ancient town house of the Beauchamps, whose crest was a swan.
Swan-Upping. The name given from time immemorial by the Vintners’ Company to their annual up-Thames visitation of the swans belonging to them for the purpose of marking their bills with two nicks, by way of distinguishing them from the royal swans, that have five nicks.
Swan with two Necks. An ancient London inn sign, corrupted from “The Swan with two Nicks,” in compliment to the Vintners’ Company. See “[Swan-Upping].”
Sweating. A word used in the original Biblical sense, and applied to the unhealthy conditions which obtain among the denizens of the East End of London, specifically the Jewish tailors, numbers of whom work together in the fœtid atmosphere of a single small room.
Swedenborgians. The followers of Emmanuel Swedenborg, the Swedish mystic. Prior to 1719, when his family became ennobled, his real name was Svedborg.
Swedish Nightingale. Jenny Lind Goldschmidt, the rage of musical London, who died in 1887.
Sweepstake. Money staked on a race by different persons, the fortunate winner among whom takes the whole amount, literally at one sweep.