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The Environs of London
… paved with stone, commonly called the outward courte: a gate-house leading into the outward court aforesaid, being a … by an assent of eight steps, leading therefrom through a gate-house of free-stone, three stories high, leaded and turreted in the four corners. This last mentioned gate-house, standing between the inward and the outward …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… in the fourth bay of the same wall is an iron railing and gate bearing the arms of the company, c. 1700. The …
A Survey of London
… on the north side, and ouer against the said church gate, on the south to passe vp al that hie street called the … the olde Barge, of such a signe hanged out, neare the gate thereof. This Mannor or great house hath of long time … the Church toward the north, 35. foot, beeing within the gate of Scalding wike in the said Parish, to make a …
Old and New London
… ran through St. Nicholas' shambles, and at St. Martin's Gate there met with them Sir Thomas More, and others, … divers houses of the French men that dwelled within the gate of Master Newton's house, called Queene Gate. This Master Newton was a Picard borne, and reputed to …
Old and New London
… the site of part of the hospital church. The old hospital gate, which forms the present hospital entrance, had an image …
Old and New London
… at arms, serjeants at arms, trumpeters, &c., at Whitehall Gate, Temple Bar, the end of Chancery Lane, Wood Street, … story of the prodigal son. When the Wood Street counter gate was opened, the prisoner's name was enrolled in the … and brought before General Monk, who committed them to the Gate House. "Nevertheless, the others who had escaped out of …
Old and New London
… the royal family to the hall. The passage from the hall-gate to steps leading to the King's Bench was lined by … coachman must have been drunk, that in turning under the gate one of the glasses of their coach was broken by the roof … thereof; to wit, from the Little Conduit, by Paul's Gate, through West Cheap by the Stocks, through Cornhill, by …
Old and New London
… at the sygne of the 'Mearemayd,' next to Pollys (Paul's) Gate." Stow also mentions this tavern:"They" (Coppinger and …
Old and New London
… 1 At the entrance is an ornamental doorcase, and an iron gate, and it is a very complete building for the use of such … and the Company's arms are carved in stone over the gate next the street." In 1736, Prince Frederick of Wales, …