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Survey of London
… Westminster Bridge Road CHAPTER 18 - WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD [See plates 44, 45 and …
Old and New London
… Westminster Hall Notable events CHAPTER LXII. WESTMINSTER HALL.INCIDENTS IN ITS PAST HISTORY. … Gunpowder Plot, of which we shall speak in a subsequent chapter. For eighteen days, in 1640, a memorable trial was … of Charles II., which we have quoted in a previous chapter, gives us the following particulars of the concluding …
Old and New London
… Westminster School CHAPTER LV. WESTMINSTER SCHOOL. "Dear the schoolboy spot We … from among the choristers or from the sons of the chapter tenants. Widmore tells us that on the surrender of … which is still preserved in the archives of the chapter. "Queen Elizabeth," he adds, "did only continue her …
Old and New London
… Westminster Buckingham Palace CHAPTER VI. BUCKINGHAM PALACE. ARLINGTON HOUSE, 1700. "The …
Old and New London
… Westminster Introduction CHAPTER I. WESTMINSTER.GENERAL REMARKS.ITS BOUNDARIES AND … and partly civil. The former is exercised by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, the latter by lay officers of their …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… of the bishopric was described and that of the dean and chapter on 5 August 1542. 2 The deanery and all the prebends … by others. Two years later, on 26 September 1556, the chapter was abolished and the monastery restored by Cardinal … and on 10 November the endowments of the dean and chapter were transferred to the monastery by royal letters …
Old and New London
… King St, Great George St and the Broad Sanctuary CHAPTER III. WESTMINSTER.KING STREET, GREAT GEORGE STREET, … Street was formed, as we have already stated in a previous chapter. Although part of King Street still remains, it is as … in state in the Jerusalem Chamber, as stated in a previous chapter. Such is the tide of destiny; and well might it have …
Old and New London
… Westminster Modern Westminster CHAPTER IV. MODERN WESTMINSTER. "But times are altered." … entrance to the gas-works, noticed in a preceding chapter. Here, too, stands the Church of St. Matthew, which …
Old and New London
… Westminster St. James's Park CHAPTER V. ST. JAMES'S PARK. "A spark That less admires the … the back of Dover House (already mentioned in a former chapter), where the late Lord Dover made a very choice …
Old and New London
… Westminster Tothill Fields and neighbourhood CHAPTER II. WESTMINSTER.TOTHILL FIELDS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. "No … South and Lord Grey de Wilton, as stated in the previous chapter. In 1612 Sir George Carew died at Carew House in this … the Government rented the New Way Chapel from the Dean and Chapter, and the Guards attended divine service there for …