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Queenhithe (London)

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The hithe or strand for lading and unlading barges and lighters in the city. Calledqueen” from being part of the dowry of Eleanor, Queen of Henry II.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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