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Old and New London
… ChurchDimensions of the BuildingThe West Front and Wren's Gothic TowersThe North Transept and "Solomon's Porch"The … juxtaposition, as it were, of rivals in life, such as Queen Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots, Pitt and Fox, and othersprove that its …
Old and New London
… Sanctuary describedThe "Quaker" TavernThe AlmonrySt. Anne's ChapelThe Gate House Prison, and its Distinguished … to every reader of history how Elizabeth Woodville, the Queen of Edward IV., in the year 1471, escaped from the … the rushes," in her grief and distress. Here the unhappy queen was induced by the Duke of Buckingham and the …
Survey of London
… Bridge was opened on 18th November, 1750. The Gentleman's Magazine described it as a very great ornament to our … side of the four centre piers containing the arms of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Batty Langley had himself … patented by Robert Mallet in 1852 was used. Mallet's buckled plates were struck between two dies so that the …
Old and New London
… side yield." Ben Jonson. Law Students residing in the King's CourtThe Hall built by William RufusThe Poor regaled here … 1396 Richard celebrated here his nuptials with his child-queen, Isabella of France. In the following year, the Hall … to behold; and within a little season was brought to the Queen with a solemn service, in great standing spice-plates, …
Old and New London
… though there we are forgot." Byron. Abbot Ingulph and Queen EdgithaA Monastic School in the "Dark Ages"The Beginning of Westminster SchoolHenry VIII.'s Additions to the FoundationThe School as founded by Queen ElizabethElection of Queen's …
Old and New London
… England and France comparedThe Mulberry GardenJohn Dryden's Fondness for Mulberry TartsArlington HouseThe House … WidowThe House purchased by George III., and called the "Queen's House"Northouck's Description of Buckingham House in … Boy Jones"Marriage of the Princess Augusta of CambridgeThe Queen and Charles DickensThe Board of Green ClothOfficers of …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… 1542. 2 The deanery and all the prebends were in the king's gift. In 1550 the diocese of Westminster was reunited with … when no fewer than nine of the canons were deprived by the queen's commissary on 30 March 1554 and replaced by others. Two …
Old and New London
… Residents in King StreetOliver Cromwell's MotherA Strange Incident in the Life of CromwellKing … Here, too, Edmund Spenser, the author of "The Faery Queen," after his escape from the troubles in Ireland, spent … a Marlborough, but I exhort them to look upon the 'Faery Queen' as the brightest jewel in their coronet." In King …
Old and New London
… are altered." Goldsmith. Great Smith StreetSt. Margaret's and St. John's Free Public LibraryPublic Baths and … that year a small chapel was opened in York Street, near Queen Square (now called Queen Anne's Gate), but it was closed for want of funds six …
Old and New London
… Westminster St. James's Park CHAPTER V. ST. JAMES'S PARK. "A spark That less … of the south side of Birdcage Walk, extending from Queen Anne's Gate to Buckingham Gate, is occupied by the … Park, he adds, "By consequence, my Lady [Pomfret] is queen of the Duck Island." As to the island in the canal, the …