Cheapside
Americannoun
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The fragment was then taken to the British parliament and Becket’s birthplace in Cheapside.
From Reuters • May 24, 2016
The Stratford of his youth lurks behind the facades of Verona, Syracuse or Padua, just as the “citizens” of his Vienna, Rome or Athens seem to have stepped straight out of Cheapside or Southwark.
From The Guardian • Apr. 17, 2016
A historical marker in Cheapside Park that provides information about slavery will also be reviewed.
From Washington Times • Jul. 8, 2015
Over several generations, many had used the three-story brick building at 148 Middle Avenue, in a stretch once called Cheapside, as their claim stake — not to prosperity, but to the chance of it.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2012
Afternoon sounds came into the room: people passing along the street to and from the shops in Cheapside or Poultry Lane; carters carrying goods to the wharves on the Thames, Belinsgate, or Queen Hythe.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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