Volume XIII / Number 4

1922

Inns and Taverns of Old London

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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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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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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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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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The Place of Execution, Tyburn, in 1750.

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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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Poor little birdie teased, by the 19th-century English illustrator Richard Doyle depicts an elf as imagined in English folktales.

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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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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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The Royal Maundy service, 1867

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Portrait of Richard III of England, painted c. 1520 (approximate date from tree-rings on panel), after a lost original, for the Paston family, owned by the Society of Antiquaries, London, since 1828.

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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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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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