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be_v eastcheap_n a_o flesh-market_n for_o butcher_n a_o little_a part_n of_o st._n clements-lane_n a_o great_a part_n of_o st._n nicholas-lane_n abchurch-lane_n almost_o whole_o of_o this_o ward_n st._n martins-lane_n most_o part_n of_o this_o ward_n st._n laurence_n poultney-lane_n 12_o ward_n be_v wallbrook_n ward_n in_o this_o ward_n be_v st._n swithins-lane_n next_o salter_n hall_n walbrook_n the_o stock_n market_n four_o or_o five_o house_n up_o into_o lombardstreet_n beerbinder-lane_n part_n of_o bucklersbury_n 13._o ward_n be_v dowgate_n ward_n in_o it_o be_v the_o high-street_n dowgate_n here_o be_v skinner_n hall_n tallow-chandler_n hall_n then_o elbow-lane_n in_o which_o be_v innholder_n hall_n chequer-lane_n or_o alley_n fryer-lane_n in_o it_o be_v joiner_n hall_n grantham-lane_n the_o steel-yard_n church-lane_n alhallows_n the_o great_a haywharf-lane_n alhallows_n the_o less_o cold-harbor_n dyer_n hall_n ebgate-lane_n bushlane_n suffolk-lane_n in_o it_o be_v 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