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Old and New London
… Aldgate Church and Whitechapel Bars, on the lefthand or north side of the street; and as the distemper had not … piles of old clothes, or hats or umbrellas. Other trades place their goods on stalls or barrows, or over an old chair … Square, is mentioned in a note to Pope's "Dunciad," as "a place near the Tower of London, where old clothes and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the latter containing 81 inhabitants. Whitegate, or Newchurch (St. Mary) WHITEGATE, or Newchurch ( St. Mary), … (N. W.) from London; containing 11,854 inhabitants. This place, in the record of a trial between the crown and the … mansion in the vale of Allen, and overlooks a fine park interspersed with luxuriant groups of forest-trees, and …
Old and New London
… awakened by the quick wheel of the swift newspaper cart or the ponderous tires of the sullen coal-wagon, was in olden … taverns. The Scot could not have come to a more dangerous place than London. Some, with malicious pity, would tell him … he was gone down to Norris's house, in Oxfordshirethe very place where the fatal wound had been inflicted. Being thus …
A Dictionary of London
… Theatre Near the Bishop's house, and formerly the Hall or Refectory of the Whitefriars Monastery, 1616. In a ruinous … enclosed to form the outer precinct of the almshouse, or to be used as a graveyard (ib. 2,5 and Ct. H.W. II. 457). … a Master, 4 fellow-masters, clerk, etc., and an almshouse or hospital for 13 poor men. Suppressed Ed. VI. The …
Survey of London
… contains above Two Thousand Rooms, and that between a Fine Park and a Noble River, so that 'tis admirably well Situated … (see Plate 5). Plans of the Palace. There are three plans (or rather three versions of the same original survey) of … by Henry VIII, and was not one of the portions of York Place that survived the transformation into Whitehall. In …
Survey of London
… of the legal formalities before taking possession of York Place. On 2nd November, 1529, only a few days after Wolsey's … 152930, Thomas Alvarde was appointed keeper of "our place or messuage called York Place." The Privy Purse Expenses show … greater extent than the latter, and provided with a large park. For this purpose he effected exchanges of land with the …
Survey of London
… Whitehall Place General CHAPTER 28: WHITEHALL PLACEGENERAL The entrance … with the extension eastward of Caddick's Row as Whitehall Place, a width of 60 feet between the buildings was allowed … would have been partly excluded by the length of Whitehall Place." 6 The building of houses in Whitehall Place seems to …
Old and New London
… of WhitehallAnciently called York PlaceName of York Place changed to WhitehallWolsey's Style of Living hereVisit … of Buckingham. The moment that we pass out of the Strand, or make our way from the Victoria Embankment into Charing … either westwards through Spring Gardens into St. James's Park, or in a south-west direction past Whitehall towards the …
Old and New London
… modern mansions of the classical style have taken the place of the old low semi-Gothic houses which previously … roof of the palace, in order that he might judge whether or not the elements were favourable to his enemies. Whitehall … I suppose, might be the rise of it. Being in St. James's Park I heard an organ touched in a little low room of one Mr. …
Old and New London
… Andrew Marvell wrote upon it the following epigram: "This place for a dial was too insecure, Since a guard and a garden … incidentally that the gardens were intersected by a brook or rivulet, which here ran into the Thames; for in 1667 there … Lord Dacres. K. King Street. L. Round Woolstaple. M. The Park Lodgings. N. The Tilt Yard. O. St. …