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Old and New London
… drive back the rabble, and make the porters shut the gates leading into Alsatia. Cheatley, Shamwell, and Hackman, … of the sanctuary in the reign of Elizabeth: " Item. Theise gates shalbe orderly shutt and opened at convenient times, … from Bridge Street (says Mr. Timbs) are the old chapel gates, of fine ironwork, originally presented by the …
A Dictionary of London
… the end of the alley that could be closed at night, these gates being very common at that time, or there may have been …
Survey of London
… Court, it was decided to build "a new Gateway and Gates" at an estimated cost of 156. 14 This in turn was taken … Holbein Gate, the wall of the Privy Garden between the two gates was pulled down, and a new wall built "stretching in a … old case is still preserved. The Holbein and King Street Gates. The account of these two gates, as well as of the …
Survey of London
… from the main portion of the Palace was afforded by two gates spanning the road from Westminster to Charing Cross. … bodies were brought through the Holbein and King Street Gates, and the narrow road through the Palace lying between, … Court, no throng nor rumbling of Coaches before the Court Gates, but all in a dumbe silence, as the Pallace stood not …
Old and New London
… to do her justice, was not wholly selfish. "And now the gates of Whitehall, which ordinarily stood open to all … therefore, drew a constant press of suitors to the gates of the palace, and those gates always stood wide. The king kept open house every day, …
Old and New London
… an entrance from Parliament Street through handsome iron gates. We read in Macaulay that in the panic arising out of …
Old and New London
… arms, both on the north and south sides. There are no gates hung at present, but the hinges show there have been. … before Whitehall Gate." We have given views of both these gates, copied from old prints published while they were …