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Old and New London
… Tavern and Gully the PrizefighterThe "Seven Stars"Serle's Court, now called New SquareRavenscroft's Wig-shopSerle's Coffee HousePortugal RowPlayhouse StreetThe … in London was the antiquary, Browne Willis. Another inn in the street was the "Seven Stars," formerly the "Leg …
Old and New London
… St George's Fields CHAPTER XXVI. ST. GEORGE'S FIELDS. "Saint George's Fields are fields no more, The … one of the soldiers. Allen was pursued to the "Horse-shoe Inn," Stones End, and shot in the inn-yard. He was buried, as …
Survey of London
… St George's Fields Charitable institutions CHAPTER 7: CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OF ST. GEORGE'S FIELDS A large stretch of easily accessible land like St. … decided against the idea of building on land in the Gray's Inn Road belonging to the Foundling Hospital, 186 obtained a …
Survey of London
… St George's Fields Enclosure and development CHAPTER 6: ST. GEORGE'S FIELDS: ENCLOSURE AND DEVELOPMENT St. George's Fields lay so near the City of London and the more populous …
Survey of London
… St George's Fields Formation of the roads CHAPTER 5: ST. GEORGE'S FIELDS: THE FORMATION OF THE ROADS St. George's Fields, … road, at a point just north of Christ Church, with the New Inn at the foot of Westminster Bridge. The plan also included …
Old and New London
… St Giles-in-the-Fields CHAPTER XXVI. ST. GILES'S IN THE FIELDS. "On Newgate steps Jack Chance was found, And bred up near St. Giles's Pound." Old Song. St. Giles, the Patron Saint of LepersThe … succeeded by the "Angel," or to have had a rival in that inn. At all events, in 1873, the City Press reported that …
Old and New London
… neighbourhood CHAPTER XVI. THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF ST. JAMES'S SQUARE. "John his dull invention racks, To rival Boodle's dinners, or Almack's." Heroic Epistle to Sir W. Chambers. … The scene represented the interior of an old country inn. [ Enter Braham with a bundle slung to a stick on his …
Survey of London
… to Clerkenwell Road London Printing & Publishing Co.'s works ( demolished). This short-lived building is of … Views. It was erected in 1860 by the trustees of Jane Cart's Charity, the freeholders, for the London Printing & … Joint Stock Bank, c. 1872 No. 16, the former Cross Keys inn, was rebuilt in 18867 for Lovell & Christmas, provision …
Survey of London
… 256. St John Street and vicinity from Faithorne & Newcourt's map (1658) By the early seventeenth century St John Street … stood on an island in the street at the bottom of St John's Lane, became one of the capital's datum points, and even … seats for the Barnet coach at the gate of the Three Cups inn, on the east side of the street. 257. Houses and shops at …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… St John's church ST. JOHNS CHURCH. HISTORY. It is neither known at … patrons. The yearly value of this chantry was 4, 3 s. arising out of property in the Sandhill and Westgate. John … Maria, eldest daughter of James Mitford, Esq. Lincoln's Inn, grand-daughter of William Mitford, Esq. of Exbury in …