Search
A Dictionary of London
… Not further identified. White Cock Alley South out of Thames Street to the Thames, west of and leading to Dyers' Hall (O. and M. 1677). … the south side of Temple Street to Hawke's Wharf and the Thames (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1816). See New Wharf. White …
A Dictionary of London
… Not named in the maps. White Lion Wharf South out of Upper Thames Street at No.17, west of Paul's Wharf. In Castle …
A Dictionary of London
… and business purposes. White Swan Stairs South out of Thames Street on the Thames (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. … by grant of land 100 ft. in length, extending to the Thames, 19 Rich. II. (ib. 1391-6, p.705). Lane near the house …
Old and New London
… conscience or honest impulse, founded on the bank of the Thames, east of the well-guarded Temple, a Carmelite convent, … region that now lies between Fleet Street and the Thames was once the riotous Alsatia of Scott and Shadwell. … for its taverns, and was a favourite landing-place for the Thames watermen. (Noble.) The gas-works of Whitefriars are of …
A Dictionary of London
… Street. Whiteley's Rents See Wheatsheaf Alley, Upper Thames Street. White's Alley South out of Holborn, west of … Quay (Leake, 1666-Horwood, 1799). Opposite No. 80 Lower Thames Street (Lockie, 1810). Rather differently placed in …
Survey of London
… pleasantest room in London, one window looking down the Thames to the bridge, and another up the canal in the park." … says: "The queens tarras walk at Whitehall, facing the Thames, is now finished, and curiously adorn'd with greens, … nearer the Privy Gallery. 193 Part of WHITE-HALL to the THAMES The King's new laboratory was in the new buildings, …
Survey of London
… the property of Richard Lytton on the north, and the Thames on the east. The dimensions were: east to west 23 … street 4 "virgae," 13 feet and 11 inches, and towards the Thames 5 "virgae" and 9 feet, at the east end from the lane … contained in length from the house of John Holland to the Thames 8 "virgae" and 3 feet. (iii) In the northern angle of …
Old and New London
… Park, the canal, &c., on the west, and the noble river of Thames on the east; Privy Garden, with fountain, statues, … matter. They, thereupon looking out of the windows into Thames, returned again, and showed him that it seemed to them … all the stone gallery and buildings behind and down to the Thames." Six years later, we learn from the same authority, …
Old and New London
… bury it, it was encased in lead and flung into the Thames at midnight. Oldmixon adds that it was thrown into "the deepest part of the Thames." To say nothing of the intrinsic improbability of … in her barge on the then fresh and pure waters of the Thames, beyond which were green fields and shady trees. These …