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A New History of London
… Boundaries. This ward is denominated from the eastern gate of the city, and is defined on the east by the city wall … Its principal streets all branch from the spot where the gate stood, which was one of the four original gates of the city. These are, Aldgate High street from the gate to the stone pump, where it parts into two streets; …
A New History of London
… lower the city arms supported by cupids, &c. the other gate opens into Cateaton-street. In this edifice are the … this hall northward, are several good houses, to the back-gate of Guildhall; which gate, and part of the building are of this ward. Some small …
A New History of London
… is the only port for fish in London 2. It is a large water-gate, dock, or port for small vessels, laden with fish of all …
A New History of London
… Bishopsgate ward. Boundaries. This ward is called from the gate which stood nearly in the centre of it: for being of …
A New History of London
… side of the Old Change, from the corner of St. Austin's gate to Old Fish-street; the north side of Old Fish-street …
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… retired thither for the safety of his person. The stately gate of this palace was erected by cardinal Reginald Pole, … year 1662, and the handsome building between the hall and gate, by the archbishops Sancroft and Tillotson. The cloister … trees, which form a fine vista; it leads from the great gate, and is terminated by a landscape of the country, a …
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… for repairing the highway leading from Temple Bar to the gate of the abbey at Westminster; the road, by the frequent … This was no sooner finished than he erected the elegant gate near the Banqueting-house, which has been but lately … and tournaments in the Tilt yard: contiguous to Whitehall gate he erected a tennis court, cock-pit, and places for …
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… at that part formerly known by the name of Storey's-gate 2. Westminster-hall. Between Old and New Palace-yards, … middle of the palace court, at a small distance from the gate of the old hall. This was a plain and mean structure, … which by some has been stiled the Beautiful, or Solomon's Gate. This was probably built by Richard II. as his arms …
A New History of London
… more than an old gatehouse; and on passing through the gate we enter a little square court, with a piazza on the … extending along the wall of St. James's park; over a gate into which is built an agreeable summer-house. Treasury. … as purely Gothic or Grecian. There is a grand arched gate in the center, the piers of which are continued up to …