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A Survey of London
… on the south side of Buckles Berie, a lane turning vp by S. Sithes Church, and by S. Pancrates church through Needlers lane, on the north side … 1483. sir Edmond Sha Goldsmith, Maior, 1482. sir Tho. Hill Maior, 1485. Thomas Ilam shiriffe, 1479. Lancelot Laken …
Old and New London
… How the great webs of gold chains sparkle in the jeweller's windows! How modern everything looks, and yet only a short … upon traces of primeval inhabitants in the shape of a deer's skull, with antlers, and the skull of a wolf, struck down, … To be tied to carts and flogged through Cheapside to Tower Hill, then to be set upon a pillory, and each to have one ear …
Old and New London
… More, born in 1480, was the son of a judge of the King's Bench, and was educated at St. Anthony's School, in Threadneedle Street. He was afterwards placed in … hurried him to the scaffold, and he was executed on Tower Hill in 1535. This pious, wise, and consistent man is …
Old and New London
… NORTH:WOOD STREET. Wood StreetPleasant MemoriesSt. Peter's in ChepeSt. Michael's and St. Mary StainingSt. Alban's, Wood StreetSome Quaint … is in heaven; but they fade, The mist and the river, the hill and the shade; The stream will not flow, and the hill …
Old and New London
… Civic Show on recordThe Water ProcessionsA Lord Mayor's Show in Queen Elizabeth's ReignGossip about Lord Mayors' ShowsSplendid PageantsRoyal … nine years old," he says, "when from a window on Ludgate Hill I watched the ponderous mayor's coach, grand and wide, …
Old and New London
… CHAPTER XXIX. CHEAPSIDE TRIBUTARIESSOUTH. The King's ExchangeFriday Street and the Poet ChaucerThe Wednesday … Easy it is to Redeem the National DebtSt. Matthew's and St. Margaret MosesBread Street and the Bakers' ShopsSt. … I., whose name is preserved in Hicks's Hall, and Campden Hill, Kensington, was a rich mercer, at the sign of the …
Old and New London
… will out"The "Sound of Bow Bells"Sir Christopher Wren's Bow ChurchRemains of the Old ChurchThe SeldamInteresting … in Cheapside and their MemoriesGoldsmiths' RowThe "Nag's Head" and the Self-consecrated BishopsKeats' HouseSaddler's … King Henry; during which stay in the City he caused Walter Walker, an eminent grocer in Cheapside, to be apprehended and …
Unpublished London Diaries
… RO 899:192, 705:291 4. 1642 GODDARD, Guyborn, of Lincoln's Inn, lawyer. Diary, 1642, dealing with everyday life … on daily life and events. BL Add MSS 27,3515 11. 1672 WALKER, John, of Coker Court, Somerset. Diary of travels, … CHAMPION DE CRESPIGNY, Mary, of Champion Lodge, Denmark Hill, Camberwell, wife of Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny. …
Unpublished London Diaries
… Diary, 18402, kept in London before she emigrated. State L S Australia D 6846(L) 305. 1841 PASLEY, Sir Charles William, … ALHC DD/272 312. 1844 BLACK, William Henry, of Goodman's Fields, later of Mill Yard Meeting House, Whitechapel, … Glos RO D 3180/1 327. 1846 EDWARDS, Samuel, of Champion Hill, Camberwell. Honeymoon diary, 1854, starting with his …
Unpublished London Diaries
… 1914 MEYSEY-THOMPSON, H C, Army officer (Captain, King's Rifle Corps). Diary, 191419. He enlisted in the Inns of … in Oct 1914, and Sept 191516. Her diary describes London's precautions against air attack, Zeppelin raids, and her … a secretary at LH Turtle (toolmaker and cutler) of Crown Hill, Croydon. Her working and social life including her …