This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ...the Wesleyan Centenary Hall, and at the opposite corner the South Sea House. A little higher up Bishopsgate (E) we come to one of the best remaining specimens of old London domestic architecture, Crosby Hall, now a restaurant. Built in 1466 by Sir John Crosby, Alderman, it passed to the Duke of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ...the Wesleyan Centenary Hall, and at the opposite corner the South Sea House. A little higher up Bishopsgate (E) we come to one of the best remaining specimens of old London domestic architecture, Crosby Hall, now a restaurant. Built in 1466 by Sir John Crosby, Alderman, it passed to the Duke of Gloucester, afterwards Richard III., whom Shakespeare represents as inviting the murderers of the youths in the Tower to meet him after the deed was done at Crosby Place. Amongst its subsequent owners was Sir Thomas More, before it came into the possession (1594) of Sir John Spencer, Lord Mayor, ancestor of the Marquis of Northampton. For some time the Countess of Pembroke, sister of Sir Philip Sidney, resided in it. Although much of the mansion was destroyed by the Great Fire, the hall was left, both on this and a subsequent conflagration, unimpaired. From 1672 to 1769 it was a Presbyterian meeting-house, and subsequently it was used for business purposes until 1868, when it was fitted up as a tavern and restaurant. It is 54 feet long, 27J feet wide, and 40 feet high; and is lighted by a fine oriel window. The oaken roof is a beautiful specimen of timber-work. Behind Crosby Hall is St. Helen's Church, founded in 1216 in connection with a priory of nuns. It is chiefly in the Third Pointed style, and consists of two aisles with chapels. It contains numerous brasses and many interesting monuments, including the altar-tomb with effigy of Sir John Orosby (d. 1475) and lady, the knight being clad in his alderman's robe over plate armour; Sir William Pickering (d. 1542) in dress armour; Sir Andrew Judd (d. 1558), founder of Tunbridge Grammar School; Sir Thomas Oresham (d. 1579)--a large altar-tomb; Martin Bond (d. 1634), a captain of train-bands at the...
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Add this copy of Black's Guide to London and Its Environs to cart. $33.00, good condition, Sold by Quickhatch Books rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ottawa, ON, CANADA, published 1905 by Adam and Charles Black.
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Seller's Description:
Good. No Jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. vi, 152pp. + publisher's catalogue; light wear and bumps; all called-for photo plates are present, though one was bound in the wrong spot; all plans and MOST maps are also present, but three (a general map of the city, the District Railway Map, and Map of Environs, Windsor to Greenwich) are lacking. Excellent period reference to the London of a century ago.
