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Old and New London
… the screen into three compartments, the centre for the gate of entrance to the choir from the nave, the other two … and sub-dean's stalls are on either side of the iron gate, in the centre of the screen, and are alike in general …
Old and New London
… "Quaker" TavernThe AlmonrySt. Anne's ChapelThe Gate House Prison, and its Distinguished InmatesThe Bishop of … Thieving Lane, for that thieves were led that way to the Gate House while the Sanctuary was in force." This lane is now absorbed in Prince's Street, between Storey's Gate and the Broad Sanctuary. A short account of the …
Survey of London
… built up at that date. There was a turnpike known as Marsh Gate at the junction of Lower Marsh with Westminster Bridge …
Old and New London
… of the Palace Court, between the Clochard and the Hall gate, for his Parliament to assemble in; this he surrounded … 6th of May, 1660, Charles II. was proclaimed king at the gate of Westminster Hall, and just a twelvemonth afterwards …
Old and New London
… Count Zinzendorf, who lives over against the said gate, whilst his mansion-house at Chelsea is preparing for … in with rubble and brickwork, indicated a remnant of the Gate House Prison, memorable as having been that from which … lane leading down to the Almonry, with a hatch and wicket-gate on the left leading into Dean's Yard. On the right was a …
Old and New London
… with a handsome wall, iron-work, and a beautiful iron gate, where the duke's coronet, arms, garter, and George are …
Old and New London
… citizens of London in the days when London ended at the gate of "Lud," or, at the farthest, at Temple Bar. Stow tells … or way leading from Charing Cross unto the Sanctuary Gate at Westminster, and to all the houses, buildings, lands, …
Old and New London
… killed." At the north end of this street was the Cock-pit Gate; at the south end, the High Gate, which is shown in one of Hollar's etchings. The latter Gate House, which was taken down in 1723, was occupied at one …
Old and New London
… 1736, "will wonder, I presume, that I am for levelling the Gate House, demolishing a large part of Dean's Yard, and … in York Street, near Queen Square (now called Queen Anne's Gate), but it was closed for want of funds six years … of the Metropolitan Board of Works to "Queen Anne's Gate." It tells its own tale so far as the date of its …
Old and New London
… we have already described, we find ourselves at Storey's Gate, the entrance of St. James's Park. This gate was so called from one Master Edward Storey, the "keeper … on the spot. This fact has been doubted; but that Storey's Gate was so named after a real personage is proved by the …