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A New History of London
… 14, a wardmote was held in Butcher's-hall, Pudding-lane, for the election of an alderman for Billingsgate-ward, in the … &c. "The river Thames is the king's highway; the navigation and fishery of which belong to the public. To … an extension of the proposed embankment, from the fire engine at York Buildings to the bastion at the south west …
A New History of London
… given in lieu of services, and the husbandman tilling land for his own profit, agriculture was proportionably improved, … that opinion. Henry had recourse to the city of London for a loan of 6000 marks, to discharge the debts incurred in … In pursuance of this statute for the conservation of the navigation of the river, the court of common council passed …
A New History of London
… by the return of popery under Mary; to render it difficult for Elizabeth to restore the protestant religion. To this she … return of the tide under London Bridge. Unhappily for the navigation of the river, this scheme was adopted; by which … western parts of the city with Thames water, by a horse engine, erected with four pumps at Broken wharf in Thames …
A New History of London
… two descriptions, the one of the state in which it stood for many centuries, and the other as it now appears under its … may now be added, that it appears difficult to account for the motives of building habitations on so strange, so … to the restoring a free passage to the current; though the navigation through the bridge is so dangerous, that scarcely …
A New History of London
… I. though we find the apartments in that gate appropriated for the confinement of felons, as a county gaol for London and Middlesex, in the year 1218. It was also the … ward to the hospital, for the instruction of forty boys in navigation, and endowed it for seven years with 1000l. per …
A New History of London
… Smithfield, on Little Tower-hill; is the greatest market for black cattle, sheep 1, and horses in Europe; it was … the close of the twelfth century. It is also a market for hay and straw. The name is thought to be derived from its … there. This appears to have been the place of execution for offenders in the year 1219. Henry II. granted to the …
A New History of London
… the General Post-office; a building calculated more for convenience than show: a few historical remarks relating … also first established regular couriers or posts in France for the more speedy circulation of commercial intelligence 1. … post horses appear to have been then in use in England; for on occasion of regulating the purveyors of the king's …
A New History of London
… of most consideration in this ward, is the Custom House for the port of London. It is situated near the east end of … the reign of queen Elizabeth a building was erected here for this purpose. In the year 1559, an act being passed that … brethren; into which number any master or mate, skilled in navigation, may be admitted, until vacancies happen among the …
A New History of London
… men, with artificers and tradesmen depending upon navigation. The streets are in general narrow, which … and there built his collegiate church, with apartments for his canons. Whether an archiepiscopal palace was built at … who had incensed the citizens of London, retired thither for the safety of his person. The stately gate of this palace …
A New History of London
… is left in the new garden wall opposite this avenue, for some iron rails; yet the necessity of building this wall … stamping it, which is performed very expeditiously by an engine consisting of the following parts. The power by which … The recoil after so prodigious a jerk, reinstates the engine for another pull; and it is amazing to see how …