https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/09/23/john-enticks-spitlefields-1766/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 24 Sep 2014 10:48:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/09/23/john-enticks-spitlefields-1766/#comment-526510 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 09:11:08 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=120824#comment-526510 I smiled when I read your description of Rev Entick as an ‘opportunistic hack’. It makes me think of a modern day charlatan guides’ motto: “If you don’t know the answer to a question, make it up”. I didn’t know what a halberd was until I looked it up. In his novel/autobiography, ‘Sword of Honour’ E. Waugh has the main character Guy, as being in the Halberdiers. I like the frontispieces (pi?) of these old publications giving a kind of trailer of whats to come.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/09/23/john-enticks-spitlefields-1766/#comment-526479 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 08:45:34 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=120824#comment-526479 yes, really interesting to read and informative about where names come from, like Brune House and Lolesworth House, Quaker Street and Tower Hamlets, and also about the Artillery ground. Wonder where his own name came from – the Netherlands?

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/09/23/john-enticks-spitlefields-1766/#comment-526254 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 06:01:27 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=120824#comment-526254 Well, he did a good job writing about Spitalfields! Valerie

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