Category: Travel Writing
_St._ GABRIEL’S, a church which stood opposite to Cullum street, the middle of Fenchurch street, in Langbourn ward; but being destroyed by the fire of London and not rebuilt, the parish was annexed to the church of St. Margaret Pattens.
On the left hand of this quadrangle is the great old hall, in which, by her late Majesty’s command, was erected a theatre, wherein it was intended that two plays should have bee...
14. Part 14The church is one of the prebends of St. Paul’s; the old Gothic structure lately taken down was erected in the year 1503, and stood till 1751, when it being in a ruinous conditi...
2. Part 2_It is thought that this is the portrait of the woman that was Titian’s model, when he drew the famous Venus now existing in the room called_ La Tribuna, _in the Medicean galler...
5. Part 5GROCERS HALL, on the north side of the Poultry, and at the farther end of Grocers alley, is situated on a spot of ground purchased by the Grocers company in the year 1411, of Ro...
13. Part 13This church was finished in the year 1728. The chief aim of the architect was to give an uncommon, yet elegant outline, and to shew the orders in their greatest dignity and perf...
12. Part 12These two last crowns, when his Majesty goes in state to the parliament house, are carried by the keeper of the Jewel Office, attended by the warders, privately in a hackney coa...
1. Part 1_St._ GABRIEL’S, a church which stood opposite to Cullum street, the middle of Fenchurch street, in Langbourn ward; but being destroyed by the fire of London and not rebuilt, th...
7. Part 7’Tis observable that so lately as the year 1625, there were not above twenty hackney coaches in the city of London and the adjacent parts; and that these did not ply in the stre...
9. Part 9We shall conclude our account with observing, that the whole palace consists of three quadrangles. The first and second are Gothic, but in the latter is a most beautiful colonad...
6. Part 6Round the hall are hung up, the standards and colours taken from the French, at the battle of Ramilies. At the east end are the King’s arms between the pictures of his present M...
4. Part 4_Board of_ GREEN CLOTH, a court of justice continually sitting in the King’s house. This court is under the Lord Steward of the King’s houshold, and is composed of the Treasurer...
11. Part 11In the center of this edifice is an arched passage into St. James’s Park, and the building over this has a pediment, in which are the King’s arms in bass relief. But this arch,...
10. Part 10The Kings are Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy. Garter was instituted by King Henry V. in the year 1417, for the service of the most noble order of the Garter: and for the dignity...
15. Part 15KING’S LANGLEY, near Abbots Langley in Hertfordshire, received its name from a royal palace built here by King Henry III. the ruins of which are still to be seen. King Richard I...
16. Part 16LEATHERHEAD, or LETHERHEAD, a small town in Surry, situated about four miles to the S. W. of Epsom. It had formerly a market, which has been discontinued above an hundred years....
3. Part 3“The new church of St. Giles’s, says the author of _The Review of the Public Buildings_, is one of the most simple and elegant of the modern structures: it is raised at a very l...
17. Part 17LOCK HOSPITAL, near Hyde Park Corner, for the cure of the venereal disease. This charitable foundation was established, and is still supported by the voluntary contributions of...