The Municipal Parks, Gardens, and Open Spaces of London: Their History and Associations

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E. Stock, 1898 - 646 páginas
 

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WRICKLEMARSH THE SEAT OF SIR GREGORY PAGE TURNER 1730
45
BOSTAL HEATHBOSTAL WOODSPLUMSTEAD COMMON
50
MAIN WALK TO THE PINES BOSTAL WOOD
51
BOSTAL WOODS FROM PLUMSTEAD COMMON
57
VIEW OF PLUMSTEAD MARSHES FROM THE COMMON 1851
66
BROCKWELL PARKDULWICH PARK
71
IN THE OLD GARDEN BROCKWELL PARK
73
A BAND PERFORMANCE IN BROCKWELL PARK
75
VIEW OF LAKE DULWICH PARK
82
113
98
THE EAGLE POND CLAPHAM COMMON
109
HILLY FIELDS DEPTFORD PARK AND TELEGRAPH HILL
116
GENERAL VIEW OF DEPTFORD FROM BROCKLEY 1815
117
THE MANORHOUSE SAYES COURT
125
EXTERIOR OF THE SEMAPHORESTATION TELEGRAPH HILL
132
HATCHAM HOUSE
138
KENNINGTON PARK
141
THE DRINKING FOUNTAIN KENNINGTON PARK
154
LADYWELL RECREATIONGROUNDMARYON PARK
158
THE SOURCE OF THE RAVENSBOURNE KESTON HEATH
161
MYATTS FIELDS BANDSTAND
174
THE AVENUE PECKHAM RYE PARK
183
ENTRANCE AND SUPERINTENDENTS LODGE SOUTHWARK PARK
192
A BAND PERFORMANCE IN NEWINGTON RECREATIONGROUND
202
TOOTING GRAVENEY COMMONTOOTING BECK COMMON
209
THE MAIN AVENUE TOOTING COMMON
210
SUMMERHOUSE IN MRS THRALES GARDEN THE FAVOURITE
217
A VIEW ON STREATHAM COMMON IN THE EIGHTEENTH
233
WANDSWORTH COMMON
235
THE GARRATT ELECTION
242
BETHNAL GREEN GARDENS
250
KIRBY CASTLE BETHNAL GREEN THE BLIND BEGGARS
257
THE EMBANKMENT GARDENS
262
THE PRESS BAND VICTORIA EMBANKMENT GARDENS TEMPLE
265
CLEOPATRAS NEEDLE
272
DURHAM HOUSE AND THE STRAND IN 1660
279
THE EMBANKMENT GARDENS continued
290
LAMBETH PALACE AND ALBERT EMBANKMENT GARDENS
293
SHREWSBURY HOUSE
299
DON SALTEROS CHEYNE WALK 1840
305
FINSBURY PARKCLISSOLD PARK
309

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Página 211 - on being asked what he really considered to be the value of the property which was to be disposed of, answered, "We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
Página 431 - and sportsmen wandered with dogs and guns over the site of the borough of Marylebone, and over far the greater part of the space now covered by the boroughs of Finsbury and of the Tower Hamlets. Islington was almost a solitude, and poets loved to contrast its silence and repose with the din and turmoil of the monster London.'*
Página 494 - Where Lincoln's Inn wide space is rail'd around, Cross not with venturous step ; there oft is found The lurking thief, who, while the daylight shone, Made the walls echo with his begging tone ; That crutch, which late compassion mov'd, shall wound Thy bleeding head, and fell thee to the ground. Though thou art tempted by the
Página 431 - 200,000 people of all ranks and degrees, dispersed and lying along by their heapes of what they could save from the fire, deploring their losses, and though ready to perish for hunger and destitution, yet not asking one penny for relief.
Página 431 - inhabitants were dispersed about St. George's Fields and Moor Fields, as far as Highgate, and several miles in circle, some under tents, some under miserable huts and hovels, many without a rag, or any necessary utensils, bed or board, who from delicatenesse, riches, and
Página 106 - went out of England, he laid down his office and would serve no more; but withdrawing himselfe from all public affaires, he liv'd at Clapham with his partner, Mr. Hewer. formerly his clerk, in a very noble house and sweete place, where he enjoy'd the fruite of his
Página 613 - While I live," the poor man said, as he tottered out of the court, " I shall never forget that terrible countenance." And now the day of retribution had arrived. The trimmer was walking through Wapping, when he saw a well-known face looking out of the window of an alehouse
Página 494 - call, Yet trust him not along the lonely wall ; In the mid-way he'll quench the flaming brand, And share the booty with the pilfering band. Still keep the public streets where oily rays, Shot from the crystal lamp, o'erspread the ways.
Página 384 - the Vale of Health, he mounted the opposite bank, and, crossing the road which joins the villages of Hampstead and Highgate, made along the remaining portion of the heath to the fields at North End, in one of which he laid himself down under a hedge and slept.
Página 244 - yeare of the reigne of our Sovereign Lord and Lady William and Mary, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland King and Queen, Defenders of the Faith.

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