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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Prospect of Whitby
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(London E1) Ancient riverside tavern, at Wapping. Built in 1520, and a favourite resort of Pepys in the 17C, it was given its present name in 1777 after a ship moored off it, registered in Whitby and called the Prospect, had become a local landmark.
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