The Project Gutenberg eBook ofBygone LondonThis ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online atwww.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook.Title: Bygone LondonAuthor: Frederick RossRelease date: December 28, 2014 [eBook #47796]Most recently updated: October 24, 2024Language: EnglishCredits: Produced by MWS and the Online Distributed ProofreadingTeam at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced fromimages generously made available by The Internet Archive)*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BYGONE LONDON ***
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Title: Bygone LondonAuthor: Frederick RossRelease date: December 28, 2014 [eBook #47796]Most recently updated: October 24, 2024Language: EnglishCredits: Produced by MWS and the Online Distributed ProofreadingTeam at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced fromimages generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Title: Bygone London
Author: Frederick Ross
Author: Frederick Ross
Release date: December 28, 2014 [eBook #47796]Most recently updated: October 24, 2024
Language: English
Credits: Produced by MWS and the Online Distributed ProofreadingTeam at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced fromimages generously made available by The Internet Archive)
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STOW'S MONUMENT, IN THE CHURCH OF ST. ANDREW UNDERSHAFT, LONDONSTOW'S MONUMENT, IN THE CHURCH OFST.ANDREW UNDERSHAFT, LONDON.
STOW'S MONUMENT, IN THE CHURCH OFST.ANDREW UNDERSHAFT, LONDON.
STOW'S MONUMENT, IN THE CHURCH OFST.ANDREW UNDERSHAFT, LONDON.
Bygone London.
Bygone London.
BYFREDERICK ROSS, F.R.H.S.,
AUTHOR OF"LEGENDARY YORKSHIRE," "YORKSHIRE FAMILYROMANCE," ETC., ETC.
LONDON:HUTCHINSON & CO., PATERNOSTER SQUARE.
1892.
William Andrews & Co. The Hull Press
Notwithstandingthe multitude of books that have been written relating to its history and antiquities, the History of London still remains to be written, a work that cannot, from its ocean-like infinitude of matter, be accomplished by a single hand, but will require the combined action of a multiplicity of labourers.
By London is here meant, not the vast aggregation of buildings and population spreading into four or five counties but that small fraction lying north and south of the Thames, which is under the jurisdiction of the Lord Mayor of London—that portion which was a considerable emporium of trade under the Celtic Trinobantes; a military post and seat of commerce under the Romans, with roads, of which one still retains its name of Watling Street, in the centre of London, all radiating from a central miliarium, which may still be seen, a venerable relic of sixteen centuries of age, in the wall ofSt.Swithin's Church; which was a capital city and place of great mercantile importance under the Saxons and the Danes, and has in the subsequent thousand years, gradually expanded its limits, and gathered population, wealth, and commerce, until it has become the capital of the world, in magnitude and wealth unprecedented, to which the capitals of other nations are but as provincial cities: so vast and rich that Blucher might well exclaim, when shewn its banks and docks, its warehouses and shops—"Ye gods! what a place to sack."
Notwithstanding the many books in existence, descriptive of the various phases of London, it appeared to the publishers there was still room for a small, handy, and compact volume, of moderate price, which should give a clear and comprehensive view of some of the more salient features of the bygone history of the old city, which they presume to hope may be found in this volume.
PAGEThe Walls and Gates1Episodes in the Annals of Cheapside34Bishopsgate Street Within and Without76Aldersgate Street andSt.Martin's-le-Grand118Old Broad Street142Chaucer and the Tabard165The Priory of the Holy Trinity, Aldgate178Convent of the Sisters Minoresses of the Order ofSt.Clare, Aldgate197The Abbey ofSt.Mary of Graces, or East Minster208The Barons Fitzwalter of Baynard's Castle219Sir Nicholas Brember, Knight, Lord Mayor of London239An Olden Time Bishop of London: Robert de Braybrooke249A Brave Old London Bishop: Fulco Basset262An Old London Diarist269Index291
BYGONE LONDON.