CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
[I.]AFTER THE ROMANS[1]
[II.]SAXON AND NORMAN[43]
[III.]PLANTAGENET[105]
[IV.]PLANTAGENET—Continued[155]
[V.]PLANTAGENET—Continued[215]
[VI.]TUDOR[263]
[VII.]TUDOR—Continued[320]
[VIII.]CHARLES THE SECOND[371]
[IX.]GEORGE THE SECOND[429]
[INDEX][501]


ILLUSTRATIONS

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[Stowe's Monument, in North Aisle of St. Andrew Undershaft]2
[Roman Marble Sarcophagus. Guildhall]4
[Statues of Mercury, Apollo, and Jupiter or Neptune: found in the Thames, 1837]6
[Bronze Articles for Domestic Use]8
[Bronze Fibulæ and other Ornaments: found in London]11
[Roman Pavement: Leadenhall Street]14
[Bronze Bust of the Emperor Hadrian: found in the Thames. British Museum]17
[A Bit of Roman Wall. From a Photograph by W. H. Grove, 174 Brompton Road]20
[Lamps and Lamp-stand]23
[Sepulchral Cists, etc.: found in Warwick Square, Newgate Street, 1881. British Museum]32
[Roman Keys. Guildhall]34
[Toilet Articles—Hair-pins; Hair-pin (Sarina, Wife of Hadrian); Bone Comb and Case (Cloakham); Bone Comb (Lower Thames Street)]36
[Statuettes: found in Thames Street, 1889. Guildhall]39
[Roman Amphoræ]41
[London Stone, Cannon Street, as it appeared in 1800]45
[Battle between Two Armed Knights]49
[River Tilting in the Twelfth Century]52
[Crypt: Remains of the Collegiate Church of St. Martin-le-Grand, N.E.]54
[The Founder's Tomb, St. Bartholomew the Great, E.C., founded 1123]57
[South Ambulatory, Church of St. Bartholomew, founded 1123]61
[St. Katherine's by the Tower]64
[Interior of the Church of St. Katherine's by the Tower]65
[Dowgate Dock]68
[St. Saviour's Dock]70
[North-east View of St. Saviour's]73
[Plan of Saxon Church, Bradford-on-Avon]76
[Saxon Church, Seventh or Eighth Century, Bradford-on-Avon]77
[Sculptured Angel, Saxon Church]78
[View of Interior of Saxon Church, showing very remarkable Chancel Arch and Entrance]79
[First Stone London Bridge, begun A.D. 1176]82
[Crypt, or Lower Chapel, of St. Thomas's Church, London Bridge]84
[West Front of Chapel on London Bridge]85
[Part of London Wall in the Church-yard of St. Giles, Cripplegate]88
[Entrance to Knights Hospitallers]90
[Buildings of Knights Hospitallers]91
[Crypt in Bow Church, from the North Side, near the East End of the Nave]95
[Interior of Porch of the Parish Church of St. Alphege, London Wall, formerly the Chapel of the Priory of St. Elsynge Spital]97
[The Arms and Seals of the Prior and Convent of St. Saviour at Bermondsey]101
[A City Monument]107
[Ruins (1790) of the Nunnery of St. Helen, Bishopsgate Street]110
[St. Helen's, Bishopsgate]113
[South-west View of the Interior of the Church of St. Helen, Bishopsgate Street]116
[Church of St. Augustin (St. Austin)]119
[Church of Austin Friars]122
[Christ's Hospital, from the Cloisters]126
[The Charter House]130
[Ruins of the Convent of Nuns Minories, 1810]133
[Bow Church, Mile End Road]137
[North-east View of Waltham Abbey Church, Essex]140
[Waltham Abbey Church, Essex, before Restoration]145
[Porch of St. Sepulchre's Church]148
[South View of the Palace of the Bishops of Winchester, near St. Saviour's]151
[Charing Cross. Erected by Edward I. in memory of Queen Eleanor of Castile]156
[Church of St. Paul's before the Fire]158
[Monuments of St. Paul's which survived the Fire (east end of North Crypt)]160
[Ancient North-east View of Bishopsgate Street]162
[The College of Arms, or Herald's Office]164
[Bridewell]165
[View of the Savoy from the Thames]165
[View of the South Front of Baynard's Castle, about 1640]167
[View of Cold Harbor, in Thames Street, about 1600]171
[Crosby House, Bishopsgate Street]173
[Interior of Crosby Hall]175
[Interior of part of Crosby Hall, called the Council Room, looking East]178
[Gateway, etc., in Crosby Square (now destroyed)]180
[Crosby Hall]183
[North-east View of Crosby Hall, showing part of the Interior of the Great Hall]187
[Gerrard's Hall]191
[Bridewell Palace, about 1660, with the Entrance to the Fleet River, part of the Black Friars, etc.]195
[The Thames Front, A.D. 1540]197
[Ancient Court of Bridewell Palace]201
[Old Charing Cross]216
[The Strand (1547), with the Strand Cross, Covent Garden, and the Procession of Edward VI. to his Coronation at Westminster]241
[Arms of Sir Richard Whittington]244
[Arms granted to the Craft of the Ironmongers of London by Lancaster King of Arms, A.D. 1466]246
[Guildhall, King Street, London]248
[Blackwell Hall, King Street]251
[Ancient Plate]254
[The Conduit, near Bayswater]257
[South-east View of Stepney Church]259
[Boar in Eastcheap]264
[The View of London Bridge from East to West]271
[The Pool]275
[Burghley House]283
[Ilford Almshouses]287
[Old Tavern]289
[Front of Sir Paul Pinder's House, on the West Side of Bishopsgate Street Without]291
[The Royal Exchange, Cornhill]295
[The Steel Yard, etc., Thames Street, after the Great Fire of 1666]299
[Collegii Greshamensis a Latere Occidentali Prospectus A.D. 1739]302
[Curious Pump]305
[Newgate]315
[Sign of the Three Kings, Bucklersbury]321
[The Manner of Burning Anne Askew, John Lacels, John Adams, and Nicolas Belenian, with certane of ye Counsell sitting in Smithfield]326
[Old Fountain Inn in the Minories. Taken down in 1793]329
[South-west View of an Ancient Structure in Ship Yard, Temple Bar]335
[Obsequies of Sir Philip Sidney]341
[Dr. Shaw preaching at St. Paul's Cross]347
[The Old Bull and Mouth Inn, St. Martin's-le-Grand. Now pulled down]353
[Globe Theatre]357
[Inside of the Red Bull Playhouse]359
[South View of Falcon Tavern, on the Bank Side, Southwark, as it appeared in 1805]363
[Palace of Whitehall in the Reign of James II.]373
[Hungerford Market]380
[Cheapside]382
[Fleet Street]385
[Below Bridge]389
[Old East India House]396
[Sion College]398
[John Bunyan's Meeting-house in Zoar Street]401
[Old Grocers' Hall, used for Bank of England]403
[London after the Fire]405
[Old St. Paul's, with the Porch of Inigo Jones]411
[Houses in St. Katherine's. Pulled down in 1827]432
[Lud Gate]435
[Davenant's School]439
[Sign]444
[St. Dunstan's in the West]445
[Approach to London Bridge]447
[Above Bridge]452
[St. James's Palace—March of the Guards]456
[Ranelagh]459
[North View of the Marshalsea, Southwark]461
[Charing Cross]463
[A Dish of Tea]469
[Visiting Card]478
[Vauxhall]481
[Sir John Fielding's Court, Bow Street]487
[Interior of St. Stephen, Walbrook]491
[Concert Ticket]493


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