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Survey of London
… Road CHAPTER I. West of Farringdon Road 6. Mount Pleasant and Rosebery Avenue area. Broken red line shows former … edge of Clerkenwell, merging indistinctly to the south and west with Holborn and St Pancras. The old parish and modern borough boundaries …
Old and New London
… Westminster Abbey Chapels and royal tombs CHAPTER LIII. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.THE CHAPELS AND ROYAL TOMBS. "A feeling sad came o'er me as I trod the sacred ground Where Tudors and Plantagenets were lying all around; I stepp'd with …
Old and New London
… CHAPTER XLIX. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.ITS EARLY HISTORY. "And they shall then behold the scene around In wasted age, in … of the First AbbeyThe Building burnt by the Danes and restored by King EdgarRebuilt by Edward the ConfessorDeath of Edward the ConfessorAdditions and Alterations to the Abbey by Henry III.Translation of the …
Old and New London
… royal heads receive the sacred gold; It gives them crowns, and does their ashes keep: There made like gods, like mortals … Abbey damaged by an EarthquakeCoronation of George III. and Queen CharlotteHumility of a KingThe Handel … of George IV.An Unfortunate QueenCoronation of William IV. and Queen AdelaideCoronation of Queen VictoriaA Singular …
Old and New London
… Westminster Abbey The sanctuary and almonry CHAPTER LVII. THE SANCTUARY AND THE ALMONRY. "I pray you, let us satisfy our eyes With the memorials, and the things of fame, That do renown this city." …
Old and New London
… of Westminster, the field Where mutual frauds are fought, and no side yield." Ben Jonson. Law Students residing in the … Trial of the "Seven Bishops"Lords Cromartie, Balmerino, and KilmarnockA Curious Attempt to blow up Westminster Hall. … in the Palace during the reign of William the Conqueror; and it is said that the law students had their residence in …
Old and New London
… forget, though there we are forgot." Byron. Abbot Ingulph and Queen EdgithaA Monastic School in the "Dark Ages"The … Curll's Piracy of a School OrationThe Prince Regent and the Marquis of AngleseyThe College GardensThe … Act passed in the year 1753, quack auctions, public amusements, civic banquets, doctors, lottery jobbers, railway …
Old and New London
… Westminster King St, Great George St and the Broad Sanctuary CHAPTER III. WESTMINSTER.KING STREET, GREAT GEORGE STREET, AND THE BROAD SANCTUARY. "Urbs antiqua fuit." Virg., "n.," i. … on his Way to his TrialThe PlagueAncient Hostelries and Coffee housesDeath of Hollar, the EngraverDelahay …
Old and New London
… are altered." Goldsmith. Great Smith StreetSt. Margaret's and St. John's Free Public LibraryPublic Baths and WashhousesMechanics' InstitutionBowling AlleyLittle Dean … and pedantry, was, apparently, a patron of sports and pastimes; at all events, we read that he granted to his …
Old and New London
… Park in the Reign of Henry VIII.Rosamond's PondCharles II. and his Feathered PetsDuck IslandLe Notre employed in Laying out and Improving the ParkThe DecoyThe King and his … The birds, which were among the most innocent toys and amusements of the "merry monarch," were kept in aviaries …