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Old and New London
… this road towards Fulham; he had two ribs broken. John Timbs records that, "near the spot where is now the Vestry …
Old and New London
… King George, against old Washington and his rebels." John Timbs, in his "Curiosities of London," says that the … lamps were formerly suspended." According to Mr. John Timbs' "Club Life of London," there was subsequently opened …
Old and New London
… one young again to see it. The Spital sermons, says Mr. Timbs, are preached in Christchurch, Newgate Street, on … and Hertford was about 5,000. About 200 boys, says Mr. Timbs in 1868, are admitted annually. By the regulations …
Old and New London
… cake, to keep Twelfth Night. At a corner house, says Mr. Timbs, between Cornhill and Lombard Street, Thomas Guy, the …
Old and New London
… &c., within the boundaries of Covent Garden," says Mr. Timbs, who adds the following formidable list of persons … "The regular frequenters of the room," says Mr. John Timbs, "strove to get admitted to his party at supper; and …
Old and New London
… unknown." This mysterious person is described by Mr. J. Timbs, in his "Romance of London," as "middle-sized, with … whom she had expectations. It was conjectured," adds Mr. Timbs, though he does not tell us why, "that she was the … has been often told, but by no one better than by Mr. John Timbs in his "Romance of London." It appears that the gay …
Old and New London
… we give an engraving in page 277, is described by Mr. Timbs, in the Illustrated London News of 1865, as of large … Godfrey Kneller when he frequented it of an evening. John Timbs, in his "Club Life in London," tells us that … have escaped the notice of Mr. Peter Cunningham, Mr. John Timbs, and even Mr. Jacob Larwood, the author of "The History …
Old and New London
… express their mirth in a downright laugh." Here, as Mr. Timbs reminds us, Rich and Lambert, in 1735, founded the …
Old and New London
… is large and wainscoted. "The Coopers," says Mr. Timbs, " were incorporated by Henry VII. in 1501, and Henry …
Survey of London
… 1868, p.121. Mackeson, op.cit., 1866 edn, p.8: John Timbs, Curiosities of London, 1868, p.157. EEN, 23 May 1911, …