Volume XIII / Number 4
1922
Vol. XIII / No. 4
Our Expeditions in the Middle East
The members of expeditions that are at work in Palestine and Mesopotamia have experiences that sound strange to readers of […]
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The Single Combat of Lord Wellis and Earl David Crawfurd
This event took place towards the end of the 14th Century during a brief truce between England and Scotland when […]
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Notes
Two Drawings of the Old London Bridge Our appreciation of Old London Bridge is greatly helped and our interest sustained […]
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By: George Byron Gordon
XIV. London Bridge: Ancient London
London Bridge is falling down, Falling down, falling down. Old Nursery Rhyme One day in the summer of 1921, the […]
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By: George Byron Gordon
XIII. Residential London and The Boroughs: Ancient London
Chelsea Chelsea leads its charming life beside the Thames, not oblivious of the distinguished lives it has harboured but quite […]
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By: George Byron Gordon
XII. Whitehall: Ancient London
3rd Gentleman. So she parted, And with the same full state paced back again, To York where the feast is […]
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By: George Byron Gordon
XI. Westminster: Ancient London
Westminster is a Metropolitan borough. It is also a City and its formal name is the City of Westminster. In […]
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By: George Byron Gordon
X. Ancient Customs: Ancient London
Of the many scores of ancient customs that keep alive the memory of other days, marshalling the Middle Ages in […]
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By: George Byron Gordon
IX. The Lord Mayor and The Livery: Ancient London
Wherever there is in the world a City speaking the English language, with wards, with municipal government consisting of Mayor, […]
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By: George Byron Gordon
VIII. Merrie England: Ancient London
Now it might be supposed by someone reading these brief abstracts relating to Tyburn that life in ancient London was […]
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By: George Byron Gordon
VII. Tyburn: Ancient London
Sometimes on a clear morning after rain if you happen to cross Green Park you may see a streak of […]
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By: George Byron Gordon
VI. The Women of London: Ancient London
“As for the Women of the City, they are Sabines.” In these words of praise Fitzstephen wrote with feeling of […]
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By: George Byron Gordon
V. In The Byways: Ancient London
Neville’s Court I find it more pleasant to call attention to some old houses that still survive and I have […]
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By: George Byron Gordon
IV. In The Approaches to The City: Ancient London
Temple Bar Adjacent to the Temple in Fleet Street and sharing its traditions are or were many ancient landmarks with […]
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Additional List of Selected Books: Ancient London
Memoirs of the Geological Survey, 1889; W. Whitaker, The Geology of London and Part of the Thames Valley. Lord Avebury—The […]
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