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PICTURESQUE
S K E T C H E S O F L O N D O N,
Past and Present.
By THOMAS MILLER,
AUTHOR OF THE “HISTORY OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS,”
“LADY JANE GREY,” &c.
L O N D O N: 227 STRAND.
PICTURESQUE
S K E T C H E S O F L O N D O N,
Past and Present.
By T H O M A S M I L L E R,
AUTHOR OF A “HISTORY OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS,” “LADY JANE GREY,”
“FAIR ROSAMOND,” “PICTURES OF COUNTRY LIFE,” &c.
WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS
OF
CHURCHES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ANTIQUITIES, STREET VIEWS, &c.
LONDON:
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY,
227 STRAND.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. | |
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PAGE | |
Ancient London—the dawn of history—Roman London—Saxon London—old London Bridge—remains of ancient London—old roads and streets |
17 |
CHAPTER II. | |
St. Paul’s Cathedral—Anniversary meeting of charity children—interior of St. Paul’s—the Times’ office—Doctors Commons—Prerogative Court—Examiners of wills—Shakspeare’s will—Porters of the neighbourhood—Paul’s Wharf—Knightrider-street—Old London thieves—Church of St. Mary Somerset—Cromwell and the clergy—Saracen’s Head, Friday-street—Baptism of John Milton—Gerard’s Hall—Painter-stainers’ Hall—Queenhithe—St. Mary, Aldermanbury—Bow Church |
29 |
CHAPTER III. | |
Cheapside—London thoroughfares—Southwark Bridge—Whittington—Bucklersbury—Walbrook—Roman remains found in Cannon-street—London Stone—The Mansion House—Lombard-street—London bankers—Bankers’ clerks—The Monument |
56 |
CHAPTER IV. | |
London Bridge Wharf—Billingsgate—Coal Exchange—Custom House—St. Dunstan’s Church—Mark-lane—Church of Allhallows Barking—East India House |
78 |
CHAPTER V. | |
The Tower—The White Tower—Hentzner’s description of the Tower in the reign of Queen Elizabeth—Anecdotes of lions—The Crown Jewels—The Armoury—Execution of Lady Jane Grey—Prisoners in the Tower—Regulations of the Tower |
103 |
CHAPTER VI. | |
London Docks—Emigrants—Canterbury colonists—London sempstresses—Emigration |
126 |
CHAPTER VII. | |
Whitechapel—Row of butchers’ shops—Articles sold in them—Rag Fair—Church of St. Catherine Cree—Crosby Hall—Four Swans’ Inn |
141 |
CHAPTER VIII. | |
Guildhall—Lord Mayor’s Banquet—Lord Mayor’s Show—Description of, in time of Charles II.—Duties of the Lord Mayor—Gog and Magog—The Sheriff’s Court—Monuments in Guildhall—St. Giles’s, Cripplegate |
155 |
CHAPTER IX. | |
Christ’s Hospital—Foundation of, by Edward |