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Old and New London
… was joined to the City walls by that long straggling street of bishops' and nobles' palaces, called the Strand. … ceaselessly, to summon the pious to prayers. Among the street crowds the monks and men-at-arms were numerous, and … But of many of those people who paced in Watling Street, or who rode up Cornhill, we have imperishable …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… of St. Lawrence Jewry stands on the N. side of Gresham Street. It is a Renaissance building of a single apartment … Plate: includes cup of 1548, from St. Mary Magdalene Milk Street, cup and paten of 1561, cup of 1566, unmarked paten from St. Mary Magdalene Milk Street, two flagons of 1633 inscribed with donor's name, …
A Survey of London
… the said church gate, on the south to passe vp al that hie street called the Poultrie, to the great conduit in Chepe, … the west is of Cheape ward. On the south side of this high street is no lane turning south out of this ward, more then … out one other shorte lane, called in Recordes Peneritch street, it reacheth but to Saint Sythes lane, and S. Sythes …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… Papers. In the centre of Cheapside, just opposite Wood Street, stood the Cross, one of the series erected by Edward …
Old and New London
… now deserted by the rooks, at the corner of Wood Street, flutters its leaves! How fast the crowded omnibuses … their loads of young Greshams and future rulers of Lombard Street! How grandly Bow steeple bears itself, rising proudly … ancient representations extant of Cheapside. It shows the street decked out in holiday attire for the procession of the …
Old and New London
… parish church), St. Peter-le-Chepe, St. Matthew, Friday Street, St. Vedast, Foster Lane, and others. About the reign … He left almshouses at Woolwich, and two houses in Lombard Street, to the Company. In 1546 (same reign) the Company sent … that thou so oft didst make." Coachmakers' Hall, Noble Street, Foster Lane originally built by the Scriveners' …
Old and New London
… Glories of the Mercers' CompanyIronmonger Lane. In Milk Street was the milk-market of Medival London. That good and wise man, Sir Thomas More, was born in this street. "The brightest man," says Fuller, with his usual … and was educated at St. Anthony's School, in Threadneedle Street. He was afterwards placed in the family of Archbishop …
Old and New London
… Cheapside Northern tributaries: Wood Street CHAPTER XXXI. CHEAPSIDE TRIBUTARIES, NORTH:WOOD STREET. Wood StreetPleasant MemoriesSt. Peter's in ChepeSt. … StainingSt. Alban's, Wood StreetSome Quaint EpitaphsWood Street Compter and the Hapless Prisoners thereinWood Street …
Old and New London
… PAGEANTS. A Tournament in CheapsideThe Queen in DangerThe Street in Holiday AttireThe Earliest Civic Show on recordThe … and the tournament was held in Cheapside, between Wood Street and Queen Street; the highway was covered with sand, to prevent the …
Old and New London
… CHEAPSIDE TRIBUTARIESSOUTH. The King's ExchangeFriday Street and the Poet ChaucerThe Wednesday Club in Friday … the National DebtSt. Matthew's and St. Margaret MosesBread Street and the Bakers' ShopsSt. Austin's, Watling StreetThe … another was appointed, with an establishment in Lombard Street, the ancient rendezvous of the merchants; and it …