UK local history terms
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Note: although these are UK terms, those marked * are also used in the US. For instance there is a 'Shambles' in Chicago.
- Almshouse
- A charitable home for those in need. *
- Bastion
- A defence work projecting from the line of a curtain wall in a fortification, particularly one designed for mounting artillery. It provides enfilading cover and is designed for its faces to be themselves enfiladed.
- Bounds
- The limits of a plot of land such as a parish or the premises of a College.
- Cathedral Close
- An enclosure pertaining to a cathedral in which such as staff housing and maintenance facilities are sited.
- Citadel
- Fortress, Keep.
- Crenelations
- Fancy stonework on buildings.
- Cross
- As well as being a tombstone, a cross may also be a octagonal monument in the middle of a square.
- Guild
- A society of a particular trade.
- Keystone
- Stone forming the top of an arch. *
- Livery Companies
- Similar to guild.
- Masonic Lodge
- A meeting place for, or formerly for Freemasons. *
- Old
- Formerly of that purpose. (i.e. The Old School House).
- Plaza, Piazza
- A square formed with buildings of contential appearance (form the Spanish and Italian versions of square). *
- Quarter
- District of a town (usually where a particular minority live or a particular trade is carried out).
- Shambles
- Abbatoir/slaughterhouse. A road containing such a building. *
- Wynd
- Alley (Scottish).
See also: US local history terms, Castle terms, Church, Cathedral