The Editor has to acknowledge obligations to O. B. Cole, Esq.; to the author of “Paddington, Past and Present;” to the Rev. M. Walcot, of “The Memorials of Westminster;” Mr. Cunningham, of “The Handbook of London;” Mr. Faulkner’s works; and to those sundry publications the name of which is given with each quotation. He hopes his readers may have that enjoyment in the perusal of the following History which was had in the providing of it for them.

St. Paul’s Schools, Knightsbridge, June, 1859.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
Chap. I. Introduction [1]
Chap. II. Historical Associations [32]
Chap. III. Modern Parochial Divisions: The Streets, Public Buildings, &c. Their Associations, Eminent Inhabitants, &c. [48]
Chap. IV. Belgravia [216]
Chap. V. The Sub-District of St. Barnabas [244]
Chap. VI. Social and Political Summary [267]

PERSONS.

PAGE
Allen, John [181]
Bennett, Rev. W. J. E. [97]
Bensley, Richard [207]
Birkhead Family [88]
Blessington, Lady [138]
Bellamy, G. A. [215]
Bernal, Ralph [230]
Bowles, Carrington [143]
Broughton, Dr. [228]
Buckingham, Anecdote of Duke of [27]
Burton, Judge [115] & [185]
Carlisle, Frederick Earl of [233]
Caulfield, General [229]
Chardin, Sir John [215]
Cheselden, Mr. [182]
Chudleigh, Miss [164]
Clarendon, Hyde, Earl of [223]
Clarke, Mrs. [265]
Corbaux, Miss [266]
Cornellys, Mrs. [156]
Cromwell, Family of [75]
Danvers, Family of [82]
Derwentwater, Countess of [82]
De Dunstanville, Lord [110]
D’Oliveyra, Francis Xavier [210]
D’Orsay, Count [141]
Duncan, Sir H. [229]
Egremont, Lord [232]
Every, John [81]
Eyre, Major Robert [37]
Foote, Anecdote of [168]
Gamble, Rev. J. [107]
Gardiner, Sir R. [229]
Gascoigne, Mrs. [154]
George IV., Anecdote of [236]
Grant, General Sir W. K. [227]
Guthrie, Mr. [266]
Harness, Rev. W. [100]
Harrison, Thomas [207]
Hawke, Honourable Miss [228]
Higgins, Mr. M. J. [153]
Howard of Escrick, Lord [34]
Howard, Major [234]
Humphry, Ozias [115]
Humphrey, Sir William [82]
Hunter, John [182]
Inchbald, Mrs., Anecdote of [135]
Jones, Gentleman [227]
Lanesborough, Lord [180]
Laremar, William [186]
Lenthall, Sir John [75]
Lens, Bernard [210]
Lewis, Sir G. C. [110]
Lewis, Lady Theresa [110]
Lewis, William Thomas [265]
Liddell, Hon. and Rev. R. [97]
Liston, John [188]
Liston, Mrs. [196]
Louis Napoleon [139]
Madan, Rev. M. [238]
Maitland, Sir P. [229]
Marsh, Charles [110]
Marshall, J. [215]
Miller, Robert [210]
Milner, Isaac [138]
Molesworth, Sir W. [229]
Morgan, Lady [205]
Morgann, Maurice [147]
Morland, Sir Samuel [77]
Morison, Dr. [200]
Munster, Earl of [242]
Murphy, Arthur [172]
Nell Gwynne [258]
Orrery, Countess of [211]
Ossory, Lady [234]
Penn, William [214]
Pennington, Rev. Thos. [263]
Pettigrew, Dr. W. V. [228]
Pickett, William [188]
Read, John [161]
Reynolds, Sir Joshua [112]
Richmond, Rev. Legh [226] & [240]
Rodwell, H. [191] & [264]
Rutland, John, Duke of [177]
Ryland, W. W. [171]
Skelton, William [264]
Soyer, Mons. [142]
Stirling, E. [107]
Telfair, Cortez and James [146]
Thornton, Henry [137]
Thornton, James [257]
Trevor, Sir John [200]
Trotter, Thomas [177]
Troubridge, Sir T. [229]
Tytler, P. F. [97]
Underwood, Dr. M. [177]
Vandervelde, Cornelius [80]
Villiers, Hon. George [109]
Wakefield, Edward [215]
Walcot, Rev. M. [100]
Walpole, Robert [81]
Ward, Seth [211]
Warner, Captain [253]
Wellesley, Marquis of [170]
Wellington, Anecdote of Duke of [187]
Wilberforce, William [137] & [241]
Wilkes, John [136]
Wilkie, Note on [258]
Wright, Dr. Richard [215]
Yarmouth, Countess of [215]

PLACES.

Albert Gate [100]
All Saints’ Church [98]
Avery Farm Row [252]
Baber’s Floor-cloth Factory [106]
Belgravia [216]
Belgrave Chapel [237]
Belgrave Square [224]
Belgrave Street, Upper [242]
Blomfield Terrace [253]
Bridge, The [20]
Brompton Park Nursery [132]
Brompton Road [103]
Cake House, The [121]
Cannon Brewhouse, The [113]
Cavalry Barracks [118]
Chapel Street [226]
Chatham House [103]
Chelsea Bun House [259]
Chesham Place and Street [228]
Chester Street [228]
College of St. Barnabas [250]
Commercial Road, The [253]
Compasses, The [263]
Downing’s Floor-cloth Factory [158]
Dwarf, The [264]
Eaton Place [228]
Eaton Place West [229]
Eaton Square [230]
Eden Lodge [135]
Ennismore Place and Terrace [103]
Feathers, The [235]
Five Fields, The [219]
Fort at Hyde Park Corner [127]
Fox and Bull, The [111]
Gore House [136]
Graham Street [257]
Grosvenor Canal [249]
Grosvenor Crescent [231]
Grosvenor House [146]
Grosvenor Place [218], [232]
Grosvenor Row [257]
Grove House [143]
Half-Way House [179]
Halkin Street [237]
Halkin Street West [237]
Hamilton Lodge [136]
High Road [103]
High Row [111]
Hospital for Soldiers [235]
Hospital, the Lock [238]
Hyde Park [118]
Hyde Park Corner [125]
Infantry Barracks [187]
Jenny’s Whim [253]
Jenny’s Whim Bridge [253]
Kensington Gore [131]
Kent House [109]
Kingston House [164]
Kinnerton Street [144]
Knightsbridge Green [144]
Knightsbridge Grove [156]
Knightsbridge Schools [91]
Knightsbridge Terrace [146]
Lanesborough House [180]
Lazar House [52]
Lock Chapel [241]
Lock Hospital [238]
Lowndes Square [149]
Lowndes Street [242]
Lowndes Terrace [155]
Marble Arch, The [123]
Mercer Lodge [135]
Mills’ Buildings [117]
Montpelier Square [159]
New Street [159]
Osnaburg Row [242]
Park House [134]
Park Side [160]
Prince’s Gate [163]
Queen’s Buildings [170]
Queen’s Head, The [163]
Queen’s Row [171]
Ranelagh Grove [263]
Ranelagh Terrace [263]
Receiving House, Royal Humane Society [121]
Ring in Hyde Park, The [122]
Rising Sun, The [106]
Rose and Crown, The [104]
Rotten Row [125]
Rutland Gate [178]
Rutland House [177]
St. Barnabas College [250]
St. George’s Hospital [180]
St. George’s Place [185]
St. Paul’s Church [92]
„ „ Appendix [280]
St. Paul’s Schools, Append. [281]
St. Peter’s Church [231]
Serpentine, The [120]
South Place [106]
Spring Gardens [149]
Star and Garter, The [264]
Statue of Achilles, The [124]
Stratheden House [110]
Stromboli House [263]
Swan, The [176]
Tattersall’s [197]
Trevor Chapel [200]
Trevor Square [199]
Trevor Terrace [106]
Trinity Chapel [51]
Trinity Chapel (Appendix) [279]
Upper Belgrave Street [242]
Upper Ebury Street [264]
Westbourne, The [21]
Westbourne Place [265]
Westbourne Street [266]
White Hart, The [163]
White House, The [250]
William Street [205]
Wilton Crescent [206]
Wilton Place [206]
Wilton Street [243]
York Hospital, The [266]

MISCELLANEOUS.

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Act for Building Albert Gate (Appendix) [277]
Address to Liston by Rodwell [191]
Anecdote connected with the Duke of Wellington [187]
Assassination, Intended, of William III. [36]
Bad State of the Roads [24]
Boscobel Oak, Trees from [130]
Cattle ordered to be Slaughtered at Knightsbridge [33]
Churchwardens of St. Paul’s [97]
Club at the Fox and Bull [112]
Cromwell Tradition, The (Appendix) [275]
Cross-road Burial, The last [237]
Dangers of the Five Fields [220]
Derivation of Name [2]
Description of Communion-plate at Chapel [62]
Discovery of Curious Relics [34] and [153]
Discovery of Human Remains at Fox and Bull [113]
Duel between Hamilton and Mohun [122]
Enlargement of the Chapel [61]
Establishments similar to Lazar House [58]
Extracts from the Chapel Accounts [85]
Extracts, Curious, from Chapel Baptismal Registrars [70]
Extracts, Curious, from Chapel Marriage Registrars [69] and [73]
Geology of Knightsbridge [269]
Government of Knightsbridge [271]
Grant to Lazar House by James I. [52]
Historical Anecdotes of Hyde Park Corner [126]
Impromptu on Gore House [138]
Innkeepers of Knightsbridge [27]
Knightsbridge Volunteers [37]
Knightsbridge a Family Name (Appendix) [275]
Letter to Liston by Mathews, and reply [193] and [194]
Letter to Earl Bathurst by Sheriff Waithman [41]
Local Family Names [90]
Manor and Parochial Divisions [4] and [48]
Marriage Statistics of Knightsbridge Chapel [90]
Ministers of Knightsbridge Chapel [63]
Olden Time, The [23]
Parochial Divisions [49]
Patients discharged from Lazar House [56]
Perambulation Festivities [50]
Pimlico, Origin of Name of [245]
Population of Knightsbridge [268]
Reminiscence of the Compiler (Note) [104]
Ditto of Shelley’s first Wife [112]
Reputation of the Chapel for Suspicious Marriages [68]
Restoration of Knightsbridge Chapel [58] and [61]
Reviews in Hyde Park [119]
Riots at Knightsbridge [40]
Salubrity of Knightsbridge [269]
State Visits to French Embassy [102]
Tradition of Cæsar Crossing the Thames [250]
Trees from the Boscobel Oak [130]
Water Supply [30]
Wyatt’s Insurrection Quelled [33]
William III., Intended Assassination of [36]