Historical version 3 of Grubstreet (view current version)
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Grub Street:
Originally the name of a street in Moorfields in London, much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems; whence any mean production is called grubstreet.
Grubstreet! Thy fall should men and Gods conspire,
Thy stage shall stand, ensure it but from Fire.
- Alexander Pope, The Dunciad
OS X co-ord:
532557
OS Y co-ord:
181879
(Latitude:
51.519773
Longitude:
-0.089217)