INDEX

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, Y, Z, W.

“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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