Bygone London.
By FREDERICK ROSS, F.R.H.S.,
Author of “Yorkshire Family Romance,” “Legendary
Yorkshire,” etc.
CONTENTS.
The Walls and Gates—Episodes in the Annals of Cheapside—Bishopsgate Street Within and Without—Aldersgate Street and St. Martin’s-le-Grand—Old Broad Street—Chaucer and the Tabard—The Priory of the Holy Trinity, Aldgate—Convent of the Sisters Minoresses of the Order of St. Clare, Aldgate—The Abbey of St. Mary of Graces, or East Minster—The Barons Fitzwalter, of Baynard’s Castle—Sir Nicholas Brember, Knight, Lord Mayor of London—An Olden Time Bishop of London: Robert de Braybrooke—A Brave Old London Bishop: Fulco Basset—An Old London Diarist—Index.
PRESS OPINIONS.
“Mr. Ross deals with the chief episodes in the history of London architecture, and with existing London antiquities, in a garrulous, genial spirit, which renders his book generally attractive.”—The Times.
“Beyond all doubt a more interesting and withal informing volume than ‘Bygone London’ it has not been our good fortune to come across for many a long day.”—The City Press.