“Achilles” Statue, [199], [200]
“Adam and Eve” public-house, [184]
Adam, the brothers, [48], [49]
Addison, [10], [25], [109], [156], [168]
Adelphi, [48], [49]
Admiralty, old home of, [76]
Albert Memorial, [204]
Albert, Prince, [200]
All Hallows, Barking, [73], [74]
Anne, Queen, [124], [135]
Apothecaries’ Society, [18]
Ascham, Roger, [115]
Ashburnham House, [169]
Augusta, Princess, [200], [215]
Bacon, Sir Francis, [107], [113], [156]
Barking, Convent of, [74]
Battersea Manor, [213]
Baxter, [135]
Bedford, Duke of, [34]
Beggar’s Opera, [114], [122]
Bells of St. Clement’s, [50], [53], [54]
Bess of Hardwicke, [8]
Bible, revisers of, [167]
Birdcage Walk, [210]
Black Prince, [24], [56], [86]
Blackstone, [60]
Blake, Admiral, [170]
Blake, William, [213]
Bolingbroke, Lord, [213]
Bond, Sir Thomas, [27]
Boniface, Archbishop, [142], [144]
Botanic Gardens, Royal, [211]
Bracegirdle, Mrs., [168]
Brompton Road, [25]
Brooke, Rupert, MS. of, [178]
Browne, William, [7]
Brummell, Beau, [34]
Buckingham, Dukes of, [43], [44]
Buckingham Street, [42-46]
Buns and Bunhill Place, [14]
Burke, [36]
Burney, Dr., [10]
Burney, Fanny, [10], [121], [215]
Butler, Samuel, [136]
Campbell, Lady Caroline, [199]
Campbell, Thomas, [122]
Caroline, Queen, [200], [204], [210]
Carthusian Monks, [151], [152]
Catherine of Braganza, [11], [18]
Cellini, Benvenuto, [133]
Charing Cross, [40-42], [158]
Charles I., [210];
statue of, [41], [160], [196]
Charles II., [9], [13], [83], [96], [116], [128], [129], [139], [198], [200], [209], [210]
Charlotte, Queen, [34], [215]
Charterhouse:
as mansion, [148], [151-5];
as school and hospital, [155-7];
features, [157]
Charterhouse scholars, [156]
Chaucer, [38], [42], [56], [73], [85]
Cheapside, [84], [85], [90-93]
Chelsea:
Belgian refugees, [4], [7];
buns, [14];
Burney, Dr., [10];
Carlyle’s house, [12];
Charles II., [9], [11];
Cheyne Walk, [8], [11], [12];
communications, [1], [20];
Crosby Hall, [4], [7], [8], [17];
Danvers, Lady, [17];
famous inhabitants, [10-12], [22], [23];
Flower Show, [19], [20];
Gwynne, Nell, [8-10], [13];
Hospital and pensioners, [10], [12];
James, Henry, [13], [16];
King’s Road, [9];
More’s Gardens, [4];
More, Sir Thomas, [2-4], [7], [8], [15];
Old Church, [14-17];
Paradise Row, [8];
Physic Garden, [17-19];
Ranelagh Gardens, [21], [22];
restaurants, [14];
Sandford Manor House, [9], [10];
shops, [14];
studios, [23]
Chesterfield, Lord, [21]
Church bells, lore of, [53], [75], [84]
Churches:
All Hallows, Barking, [73], [74];
Bow, [84-87];
Chelsea Old Church, [14-17];
Holy Trinity, Knightsbridge, [26];
Moravian Chapel, Nevill’s Court, [134], [135];
St. Anne’s, Soho, [36], [37];
St. Bartholomew’s, Smithfield, [141-4];
St. Clement Danes, [49], [50], [53-55];
St. Clement’s, Eastcheap, [50];
St. Ethelburga’s, [87];
St. Etheldreda’s Chapel, [112-14];
St. James’s, Piccadilly, [33];
St. Margaret’s, Westminster, [170], [171];
St. Mary-le-Strand, [46];
St. Mary’s, Battersea, [213];
St. Olave’s, [74-77];
St. Supulchre’s, Holborn, [114], [115], [137];
Temple, [63], [64]
Cicill, Master Robert, [55]
City churches, [87], [88], [93]
City Companies, [93-102]:
Bowyers, [94];
Clothworkers, [99], [100];
Drapers, [99];
Fishmongers, [99], [101], [102];
Fletchers, [94];
Goldsmiths, [99], [101], [102], [166];
Grocers, [99], [101];
Hatters and Haberdashers, [95], [99], [100];
Horners, [94];
Ironmongers, [99], [194];
Lorriners, [94];
Mercers, [99], [100], [101];
Merchant Taylors, [99], [100], [157];
Pattenmakers, [94];
Salters, [99];
Skinners, [99];
Stationers, [102];
Upholders, [94];
Vintners, [99], [100]
City Guilds and their halls, [99-102]
Clifford’s Inn, [136]
Coal Exchange, [71], [72]
Cockney, true home of, [84]
Coke, Sir Edward, [113], [136], [156]
Collingwood Street, [134]
Commons, first meeting-place of, [162]
Congreve, [168]
Coram, Captain Thomas, [179-80]
Court Leet, [56], [57]
Cranmer, Archbishop, [79], [113]
Cromwell, Oliver, [128], [160]
“Crooked Billet” inn, [78]
Curfew at Lincoln’s Inn, [130]
“Czar’s Head” tavern, [47]
Davies, Mary, [55]
Delaney, Mrs., [178]
De Montfort, Simon, [162]
De Morgan, William, [12]
Devonshire, Duchess of, [22]
Devonshire House gates, [207], [208]
Dickens, [178], [180], [185]
Dickensian London, [45], [67], [69], [77], [93], [106], [117], [122]
Domesday Book, [2], [133], [165]
Donne, Dr. [16], [17], [129]
Dorchester, Earl of, [34]
Dover Street, [27], [28], [29]
Dryden, [36], [169]
Durham House, [48], [49], [152]
Dutch pictures, [191], [193]
Ebury, Manor of, [55]
Edward III., [85], [86], [91]
Elgin Marbles, [175-7]
Eliot, George, [11]
Elizabeth, Queen, [8], [28], [29], [65], [70], [75], [101], [108], [153-5], [209]
Ely, Bishops of, [28], [29]
Ely Place, an old-world corner, [111], [112]
Erasmus, [4]
Essex, Earl of, [47], [132]
Evans, William, [116]
Evelyn, John, [18], [27], [28], [44], [46], [47], [128], [198]
Felton, Lavinia, [122]
Fielding, [10], [45]
Fire, the Great:
devastating effects, [138], [140];
Evelyn’s account, [138], [139];
origin, [138];
Pepys and, [76], [100], [138];
rapid reconstruction, [140], [101]
Fleet Street, [57], [58], [84]
Flemish carvings, [125];
MSS., [124], [125];
pictures, [193]
Flowers for criminals, [114]
Foundling Hospital, [178-80], [183-85]
Fragonard, pictures by, [192]
Franklin, Benjamin, [102]
French pictures, [192]
Furniture, [187], [188], [193], [194]
Gainsborough, [184], [215]
Garrick, David, [34]
Gaskell, Mrs., [11]
Gaunt, John of, [56], [113]
Geffrye, Sir Robert, [194]
George I., [210]
George II., [184], [189]
George III., [207], [215]
George IV., [33], [200]
Gibbons, Grinling, carvings by, [13], [33], [83], [105], [160], [195], [196]
Giltspur Street, [114], [137]
Gog and Magog, [97], [98]
Goldsmith, Oliver, [22], [60], [63], [66], [67]
Grafton, Duchess of, [34]
Gray’s Inn, [107-10]
Gresham, Sir Thomas, [94], [101]
Greuze, pictures by, [192]
Grey, Lady Jane, [49], [80], [131], [138], [152]
Grosvenor, Sir Thomas, [55]
Guildhall, [97], [98];
Library, [98], [99];
Museum, [99]
Gwynne, Nell, [9], [10], [13], [122]
Halifax, Lord, [34]
Hamilton, Lady, [38]
Handel, [178], [184], [185], [189]
Hatton, Christopher, [28], [29], [65], [113]
Hatton Garden, [28], [29], [110], [111], [179]
Haweis, Rev. H. R., [11]
Haymarket Shoppe, [33], [35]
Hazlitt, [37]
Henry III., [130], [144]
Henry IV., [91], [167]
Henry VIII., [3], [4], [16], [53], [77], [78], [80], [99], [100], [113], [132], [170], [209]
Henry, Prince of Wales, [58], [59]
Herbert, George, [17], [169]
Hertford, Marquesses of, [190], [191], [212]
Heywood, John, [3]
Hobbema, pictures by, [193]
Hogarth, [123], [125], [178], [179], [183], [184]
Holbein, [4]
Holywell Street, [70]
Horse Guards, [159], [161]
House of the Converts, [130], [131]
Howard, Lord Thomas, [155]
Howard, Philip, [154], [155]
Howard, Thomas, [153]
Hudson, Sir Jeffrey, [116]
Huguenots, [19], [37]
Hume, David, [45]
Hungerford Market, [42]
Hunt, Leigh, [12]
Hyde Park orators, [201], [202]
Inns of Court, [126], [127]
James I., [58], [80], [155], [156], [160]
Jewellery collections, [189]
Jewellery, Jacobean, [32], [99]
Johnson, Dr., [21], [22], [36], [39], [54], [63], [66], [105], [148], [158]
Jones, Inigo, [34], [48], [118], [121], [129], [160], [169], [208]
Jonson, Ben, [7], [126], [169]
Kew Gardens, seasons of, [214]
Kingsland Road, [194]
Kingsley, Charles and Henry, [11]
Kit-Cat Club, [109], [110]
Kneller, [184]
Knights Hospitallers of St. John, [147], [148]
Knightsbridge, [24-26]
Knockers, sanctuary, [75]
Lamb, Charles, [60], [63], [66], [67]
Lambeth Palace, [144]
Lancaster House (London Museum), [29-32]
Lawson, Cecil, [11]
Lectures, museum, [174];
their value, [186]
Legh Cup, [101]
Leicester House, [37]
Lely, Sir Peter, [215]
Lenôtre, [209]
Leverhulme, Lord, [31]
Libraries:
Guildhall, [98], [99];
King’s, [174], [175];
Lincoln’s Inn, [129]
Lincoln’s Inn:
entrance, [126];
history and features, [128-30]
Lincoln’s Inn Fields:
gardens, [117], [118];
houses, [118], [121], [122];
theatre, [122]
Lindsay House, [121]
Loafers, park, [201], [207]
Lody, Charles, [83]
London Bridge, relics of, [89], [102]
London Parochial Charities, [18], [19]
London Stone, [70]
Lord Mayor, prestige of, [96];
procession and banquet, [97]
Lovel, Sir Thomas, [126], [128]
Maclise, David, [11]
Manny, Sir Walter, [151],
[152]
Mansion Houses, [88-90]
MSS., illuminated, [124], [188]
Marble Arch, [103]
Mary, Queen, going-away dress of, [32]
Mary Queen of Scots, [8], [131], [153], [154], [175]
Maypoles, [25], [50]
Mazarin, Duchess de, [8], [9]
Medici, Marie de, [91]
Mercers’ Chapel, [88]
Merchant’s House, seventeenth century, [73]
Meredith, George, [11]
Mews, Royal, [42]
Milton, [118], [122]
“Mitre” Inn, [112]
Mohun, Lord, [36]
Monmouth, Duke of, [37], [129]
Monument, [71]
More, Sir Thomas, [2-4], [7], [15], [38], [79], [80], [129]
Museum houses, [12]
Museum, how to see, [173]
Museums:
British, [172-178];
Geffrye, [193-96];
Guildhall, [99];
London, [29-32];
Royal College of Surgeons, [122];
Soane, [123-26];
South Kensington, [118], [185-89];
United Services’, [158-60];
Wallace Collection, [190-93]
Musical instruments, [188], [189]
Napoleonic souvenirs, [124], [160]
Nash, [211]
Nevill’s Court, [133-35]
Norfolk, Duke of, [15]
North, Sir Edward, [152], [153]
Oldfield, Nance, [168]
Old Watling Restaurant, [90]
Orleans, Charles d’, [80]
Panier Alley, [116]
Parish registers, [55]
Parks:
Battersea, [212], [213];
Brockwell, [216];
Green, [207-9];
Hyde:
dogs’ cemetery, [202];
life, [199], [201], [202];
lodges, [202], [203];
music and dancing, [203];
mysterious statues, [199], [200];
past and present, [197-99];
Serpentine, [200], [201];
Kensington Gardens, [203], [204];
Kew Gardens, [214], [215];
Postman’s, [215];
Regent’s, [211], [212];
St. James’s, [209], [210]
Paving of London, [104]
Pearson, Sir Arthur, [212]
Pembroke, Countess of, [7]
Pepys, [8], [39], [44], [74], [75], [76], [77], [100], [104], [107], [122], [128], [129], [170], [198]
Persian MSS., [188]
Peter Pan Statue, [204]
Peter the Great, [45-7], [72], [124], [127], [128]
Petersham, Lord, [35]
Philippa, Queen, [85], [86]
Pickering Place, [30]
Plane tree, Wood Street, [92]
Pope, [28], [109], [208], [213], [216]
Port of London Authority’s tower, [77]
Prince Henry’s Room, [57], [58]
Princes, the Little, [80]
Prior, Matthew, [168], [169]
Punch, [42]
Pye Corner, [138]
Queen’s Cottage, Kew, [214], [215]
Raleigh, Sir Walter, [58], [59], [79], [80], [132], [170]
Ranelagh Club, [21], [109]
Ranelagh Gardens, [21], [22]
Raphael cartoons, [184], [187]
Record Office treasures, [130-33]
Refreshments, park, [198], [199]
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, [22], [36], [183], [184], [190]
Richard II., [132], [167]
Roman baths, [57], [66], [69], [70], [72]
Roman London, [68-70], [72], [77]
Romney, [190]
Roper, William, [2], [7]
Roses, York and Lancaster, [64], [65]
Rossetti, the brothers, [11]
Rotten Row, [201]
Rousseau, [45], [124]
Royalty and parks, [200]
Rubens, paintings by, [160], [193]
Russell, Lord, of Killowen, [34]
Russians in Bow Church, [87]
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, [137]
St. Dunstan’s Lodge, [212]
St. James’s Palace, [30]
St. John’s Gate, [147], [148]
Savoy Chapel Royal and Manor, [55], [56]
Sayes Court, Deptford, [46]
Sculpture in British Museum, [175-7]
Seething Lane, [74], [76], [77]
Serpentine bathers, [201]
Shakespearean London, [53], [64], [65], [70], [71], [110], [113], [167]
Shrewsbury, Lady, [34]
Sidney, Sir Philip, [132]
Sloane, Sir Hans, [4], [18], [173], [208]
Smith, Captain John, [115]
Smithfield, [137], [141]
Snuff-takers, [33], [34]
Soane Museum, peculiarities of, [123-26]
Soane, Sir John, [123-25]
Soho, a king’s grave in, [35], [37]
Spenser, [64]
Stanley, Dean, [165]
Staple Inn, Holborn, [105], [106]
Steele, Sir Richard, [44], [156]
Stone effigies, [115], [116], [137], [138]
Strand, [40], [42], [47], [49]
Strand Lane, [57], [69]
Street names, lore of, [85], [93]
Sutherland, Duke of, [31]
Sutton, Sir Thomas, [155], [156]
Swan, device and sign, [91], [92]
Swift, [14]
Symons, Arthur, [67]
Tattersall’s, [26], [27]
Temple:
Church, [63], [64];
entrances, [60], [63];
Fountain Court, [67];
Hall, [65];
memories, [60], [63], [64-67]
Tennant Collection, [192]
Tennyson, Lord, [122]
Thackeray, [63], [156], [191], [212]
Thornhill, Sir James, [196]
Thynne, Thomas, [121]
Thynne, William, [73], [74]
Tonson, Jacob, publisher, [109], [110]
Took’s Court, [106]
Tower of London, [79], [80], [83]
Trade unions, past and present, [94], [95]
Trafalgar Square, [42]
Trinity House, [76-78]
Turner, [11], [124], [213]
Turner, Sir William, [88], [89]
Tyburn, [104], [114], [152]
Tyler, Wat, [147]
Wallace, Sir Richard, [191]
Walpole, Horace, [10], [21], [22], [36], [109], [196], [200], [210]
War relics of the services, [160]
Wardrobe Court, [134]
Water Gates:
Buckingham Street, [43], [48];
Essex House, [47]
Watling Street, [68], [90]
Watteau, [125]
Watts’s “Lawgivers” fresco, [129];
“Physical Energy” statue, [200]
Webb, [169]
Wellington Arch, [208], [209]
Wesley and Whitefield, [135]
Westbourne Stream, [24], [25], [200]
Westminster Abbey:
Chapel of the Pyx, [165], [166];
Chapter House, [162], [165];
funeral effigies, [166];
Jericho Room, [167];
Jerusalem Chamber, [167], [168];
Little Cloister, [166], [167]
Westminster, Dukes of, [55]
Westminster School, [168], [169]
Whistler, [11], [12]
Whitehall Palace, remains of, [160]
Whittington, [84], [96], [101]
William III., [46], [89], [121], [188]
Williamson’s Hotel, [89], [90]
Window, east, of St. Margaret’s, [170], [171]
Wolsey, Cardinal, [132]
Wonders, World’s, in British Museum, [176]
Wood Street, [32], [92], [93]
Woodwork, old, [72]
Wren, Sir Christopher, [33], [53], [54], [60], [71], [86], [88], [100], [114], [124], [141], [160], [169], [204]
York House and its tenants, [44]
Young, Launcelot, [92], [93]
Zoffany, Johann, [215]
Zoological Gardens, [211]
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