Meaning of Londonward | Babel Free

Definitions

Toward the city of London.

not-comparable

Examples

“[15th c., Nicholas Harris Nicolas (ed.), A Chronicle of London, from 1089 to 1483, written in the fifteenth century, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1827, p. 85, And thanne the kyng and the duke and the othere seid lordes reden in fere to Londonward: and in the firste day of Septembre they comen to London everych on: and in the morwe suynge kyng Richard was put⟳ into the tour of London tyl tyme that the parlement, whiche began at Westm’ on seynt Jeromys day the laste day of Septembre […]]”

“The great Hounds toong groweth almoſt euerie where, by high waies and vntoiled grounde: the ſmall Hounds toong groweth very plentifully by the waies ſide, as you ride⟳ Colcheſter high way from Londonward, betweene Eſterford and VVittam in Eſſex.”

“In the road that runs from the top of Putney Hill to Wimbledon was a number⟳ of poor vestiges of the panic torrent that must have⟳ poured Londonward on the Sunday night after the fighting began.”

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