Picturesque Sketches of London, Past and Present

by Thomas Miller

[CHAPTER I.]
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Ancient London—the dawn of history—Roman London—Saxon London—oldLondon Bridge—remains of ancient London—old roadsand streets	[17]
[CHAPTER II.]
St. Paul’s Cathedral—Anniversary meeting of charity children—interiorof St. Paul’s—the Times’ office—Doctors Commons—PrerogativeCourt—Examiners of wills—Shakspeare’s will—Porters of theneighbourhood—Paul’s Wharf—Knightrider-street—Old Londonthieves—Church of St. Mary Somerset—Cromwell and the clergy—Saracen’sHead, Friday-street—Baptism of John Milton—Gerard’sHall—Painter-stainers’ Hall—Queenhithe—St. Mary, Aldermanbury—BowChurch	[29]
[CHAPTER III.]
Cheapside—London thoroughfares—Southwark Bridge—Whittington—Bucklersbury—Walbrook—Romanremains found in Cannon-street—LondonStone—The Mansion House—Lombard-street—Londonbankers—Bankers’ clerks—The Monument	[56]
[CHAPTER IV.]
London Bridge Wharf—Billingsgate—Coal Exchange—CustomHouse—St. Dunstan’s Church—Mark-lane—Church of AllhallowsBarking—East India House	[78]
[CHAPTER V.]
The Tower—The White Tower—Hentzner’s description of the Towerin the reign of Queen Elizabeth—Anecdotes of lions—The CrownJewels—The Armoury—Execution of Lady Jane Grey—Prisoners inthe 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—RagFair—Church of St. Catherine Cree—Crosby Hall—Four Swans’Inn	[141]
[CHAPTER VIII.]
Guildhall—Lord Mayor’s Banquet—Lord Mayor’s Show—Descriptionof, in time of Charles II.—Duties of the Lord Mayor—Gog andMagog—The Sheriff’s Court—Monuments in Guildhall—St. Giles’s,Cripplegate	[155]
[CHAPTER IX.]
Christ’s Hospital—Foundation of, by Edward VI.—Description ofsupper in—Description of Christ’s Hospital as it was two hundredyears ago—Christ’s Church	[166]
[CHAPTER X.]
Smithfield Market—Drovers and their dogs—Smithfield butchers—Countrymenin Smithfield	[174]
[CHAPTER XI.]
Newgate—Scenes at executions	[183]
[CHAPTER XII.]
Fleet Street—Whitefriars—St. Bride’s Church—Description of LondonLodging-houses—St. Dunstan’s Church—the Cock Tavern	[191]
[CHAPTER XIII.]
Church of St. Clement’s Danes—The Strand May-pole—Church ofSt. Mary-le-Strand—Somerset House—Church of the Savoy—TheAdelphi—Arches at the Adelphi—Covent-Garden Market—Churchof St. Paul’s, Covent Garden	[201]
[CHAPTER XIV.]
Westminster Abbey—Monuments—Horse-Guards—St. James’s Park—HydePark—Regent’s Park—New Parks	[217]
[CHAPTER XV.]
St. Giles’s—The Rookery—Church of St. Giles’s—Queen Anne’s Bath	[229]
[CHAPTER XVI.]
London Fog	[243]
[CHAPTER XVII.]
The Old Borough of Southwark—St. James’s Church—Tabard Inn	[249]
[CHAPTER XVIII.]
Street Amusements—Punch and Judy—Organ-boys and monkeys—Fatboys—Tumblers—Stilt-dancers—Jack-in-the-green—GuyFawkes	[254]
[CHAPTER XIX.]
Spring-time in London	[262]
[CHAPTER XX.]
London Cemeteries—Ancient mode of burying the dead—Intramuralinterments—Ravages of the cholera in 1849	[269]
[CHAPTER XXI.]
Greenwich Park—Old pensioners—Telescopes—Gipsies—Blackheath	[283]
[CHAPTER XXII.]
Holidays of the London Poor	[293]

LIST OF ENGRAVINGS.

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[Frontispiece.]
[Vignette in Title.]
Roman Hypocaust, Thames-street	[22]
Roman Remains, found in Thames-street	[23]
St. Paul’s Cathedral.—Charity Children’s Anniversary Festival	[31]
Prerogative Court.—Doctors’ Commons	[39]
Saracen’s Head, Friday-street	[48]
Roman Lamp	[49]
Gerard the Giant	[50]
Gerard’s Hall Crypt	[52]
Bow Church, Cheapside	[54]
St. Stephen’s, Walbrook	[61]
Roman Vessels found in Cannon-street	[63]
The London Stone	[64]
Lord Mayor’s Jewel	[65]
St. Michael’s Church, Cornhill	[68]
Lombard Street	[71]
St. Mary’s Woolnoth	[73]
Old Billingsgate	[83]
St. Dunstan’s-in-the-East	[92]
Silver-gilt Shrine	[95]
Tippoo’s Elephant Howdah	[97]
Ajunta Caves	[99]
Tower of London	[107]
Queen’s Diadem, Queen’s Coronation Bracelets, Prince of Wales’ Crown,Old Imperial Crown, Queen’s Crown, Spiritual Sceptre, and TemporalSceptre	[115]
Imperial Orb, Ampulla, Golden Salt-Cellar of State, Anointing Spoon, and State Salt-Cellars	[117]
Mast-House, Blackwall	[129]
London Docks—Outer Basin	[140]
Butcher Row, Whitechapel	[143]
The Four Swans’ Inn Yard	[151]
St. Giles’s, Cripplegate	[165]
Old Staircase in Christ’s Hospital	[171]
Christ’s Church	[172]
Smithfield	[179]
Newgate	[185]
Somerset House	[204]
Church of St. Mary-le-Savoy	[205]
Interior of the Savoy Church	[206]
Westminster Abbey	[218]
Horse-Guards	[222]
The Rookery, St. Giles’s	[231]
Queen Anne’s Bath	[241]
Street Performers	[258]
Highgate Cemetery	[271]
One-Tree Hill, Greenwich Park	[284]
Old Pensioner, Greenwich Park	[285]
Telescopes, Greenwich Park	[286]
Gipsies, Greenwich Park	[287]
Greenwich Park	[289]