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Old and New London
… centre of the town, nearly opposite the church. London Street, the leading thoroughfare on entering the town from … the reign of Queen Anne; and it occupies the site of the old parish church, the roof of which fell in and seriously … alluding to the pernicious consequences arising from the old practice of burying in churches, by which the pavement …
Old and New London
… the plain at the foot of the hill and the river, stood the old palace of Greenwich, in which Henry VIII. held his … he suggests, with a vein of dry humour, "the walls of that old palace were hung with the portraits of the wives whom he … hum of men,' I answered, 'Yes, sir; but not equal to Fleet Street.' Johnson: 'You are right, sir.'" Greenwich Park, …
A Dictionary of London
… Greenwood's Rents On the west side of Bishopsgate Street, adjoining Slade's Buildings west, in Bishopsgate Ward … and not rebuilt, the parish united to St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street (ib. 230). A Rectory. Patrons : Canons of St. … Dove Court (q.v.). Gresham Almshouses On the east side of Old Broad Street at the back of Gresham House stood 8 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… rebuilt in 1788, at the expense of six individuals, the old edifice having fallen down in 1786. There are vestiges of … his ancient estate of Gressingham Hall. The church is an old structure, with a square tower, and fine Saxon porch, and … bridge of one arch, erected in the line of the Watling-street, upon the site of a more ancient structure, over the …
The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London in the fifteenth century
… is unintelligible, and a blank has been left for it in the old English Chronicle in MS. Cott. Vitellius A. xvi., which …
The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London in the fifteenth century
The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London in the fifteenth century
The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London in the fifteenth century
The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London in the fifteenth century
The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London in the fifteenth century