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The Monument
Fish Street Hill - London
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This entry was posted on September 16, 2019 by Andrew Stuck.

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WIDOW’S WALK

WIDOW’S WALK (also WIDOW’S WATCH and ROOFWALK) A railed platform on the roof of a house. The term is sometimes said to derive from the habit of women using them as vantage points for looking out to sea for their lost mariner husbands.

Submitted by: Rob Cowan – Dictionary of Urbanism

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