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Old and New London
… either westwards through Spring Gardens into St. James's Park, or in a south-west direction past Whitehall towards the … that the triangular space which lies between the new Palaces of Whitehall and St. James's, and the old Palace … of the Clelia and the Grand Cyrus." It is remarked in the "New View of London," published in 1708, that "heretofore …
Old and New London
… AccountIts Prevalence in England. In the "New View of London," published in 1708, we read, "This Palace … I suppose, might be the rise of it. Being in St. James's Park I heard an organ touched in a little low room of one Mr. … six horses, houss'd by the same; the pall held up by his new lords; Oliver lying in effigie in royal robes, and …
Old and New London
… Lord Dacres. K. King Street. L. Round Woolstaple. M. The Park Lodgings. N. The Tilt Yard. O. St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. P. Clement's Lane. Q. New Inn. R. St. Clement Danes. S. Temple Bar. But the house … see, I see, where two fair cities bend Their ample bow, a new Whitehall ascend; There mighty nations shall enquire …
Old and New London
… GateKnights of the Tilt-yardInigo Jones' Design for a New PalaceResidence of the Ladies and Gentlemen of the … highness and the realm; and thereunto adjoining had made a park, walled and environed with brick and stone; and then … by Hans Holbein. This latter gate, it is stated in the "New View of London" (1708), was termed "Cock-pit Gate," and …
Old and New London
… and Anecdotes of Former OccupantsThe Old Foreign OfficeThe New Foreign, India, and Colonial OfficesLibrary of the India … of the whole empire." THE HORSE GUARDS, FROM ST. JAMES'S PARK. ( Temp. Charles II.) The authority and jurisdiction now … Anne, whence she set off to join the Prince of Orange. A new faade, in the Corinthian style, was added by the late Sir …
Magna Britannia
… are two market-places; called St. George's Market and New-Market. The fair, which is now held on the 12th of … it was called George Church, and afterwards generally the New Church, till the erection of St. James's Chapel in 1752. … mansion, described by Mr. T. Denton in 1688 as "a stately new pile of building called the Flatt," was then made the …
Survey of London
… The house was pulled down in 1890 to make way for new buildings which were erected in the following year. The …
Survey of London
… Whitefield's Chapel and Burial Ground (see p. 67), and a new school occupies the northern half of the space between … centres that were frequently planned in connection with new residential schemes. Next to the corner of Warren Street …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Hants and Wilts, commanding an extensive view of the New Forest, and southward to the sea over a wide tract of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by a bequest of 1000 by Mrs. Lightbourne, of Sandy well Park. Whittington WHITTINGTON, a parish, in the union of … acres meadow and pasture, 153 old woodland, and 100 in new plantations. The surface is undulated, terminating in … some curious tracery in the windows, was taken down, and a new edifice erected, of which the first stone was laid on …