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Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese is a Grade II listed public house at 145 Fleet Street, on Wine Office Court, City of London. [1] Rebuilt shortly after the Great Fire of 1666, the pub is known for its literary associations, with its regular patrons having included Charles Dickens , G. K. Chesterton and Mark Twain .
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'Olde Cheshire Cheese' in Fleet street. The Rhymers' Club was a group of London-based male poets, founded in 1890 by W. B. Yeats and Ernest Rhys.Originally not much more than a dining club, it produced anthologies of poetry in 1892 and 1894. [1]
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese. To the south lies an area of legal buildings known as the Temple, formerly the property of the Knights Templar, which at its core includes two of the four Inns of Court: the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple. There are many lawyers' offices (especially barristers' chambers) in the vicinity. [47]
Whitney organized the first comprehensive survey of California, and the first complete topographic maps of the state were completed under him. Mount Whitney, the tallest peak in California is named after him. The State Mining Bureau was established in 1880, and the position of State Geologist was changed to State Mineralogist.
American period: An enlargeable map of the United States after the Compromise of 1850. American period: The Nataqua Territory extension into California (light yellow), and Nevada's Roop County claim (light yellow area plus area outlined in green). American period: An enlargeable map of the United States as it has been since 1959.
Cheshire cheese is a British variety of cheese. Cheshire cheese may also refer to: Cheshire Mammoth Cheese, a giant cheese sent to Thomas Jefferson; Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, a pub in the City of London; The Cheshire Cheese, a pub in the City of Westminster, London
Cheshire was the most popular type of cheese on the market in the late 18th century. In 1758 the Royal Navy ordered that ships be stocked with Cheshire and Gloucester cheeses. [2] By 1823, Cheshire cheese production was estimated at 10,000 tonnes per year; [3] in around 1870, it was estimated as 12,000 tons per year. [4]