Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood: Being a Concise Description of the Chief Places of Interest in the Metropolis, and the Best Modes of Obtaining Access to Them: with Information Relating to Railways, Omnibuses, Steamers, &c.Anonymous
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Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood: Being a Concise Description of the Chief Places of Interest in the Metropolis, and the Best Modes of Obtaining Access to Them: with Information Relating to Railways, Omnibuses, Steamers, &c.
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London (England) -- Guidebooks
_Buxton_ to _Oxford Street_—Kensington, Westminster Bridge, Charing
Cross, Regent Street—every half hour.
_Royal Blue_—blue—Pimlico, Piccadilly, Strand, Cheapside, Fenchurch
Street Station—every 8 or 10 minutes.
_Waterloo_—blue—from “York and Albany,” Regent’s Park, by Albany Street,
Regent Street, Westminster Bridge, “Elephant and Castle” to Camberwell
Gate—every 6 minutes.
_Westminster_—brown—Pimlico to Bank, _via_ Lupus Street, Vauxhall Bridge
Road, Westminster, Strand, &c.—every 6 minutes.
* * * * *
Such are a few of the numerous omnibus routes of London. From such
places as Charing Cross and the London Bridge Stations, you can get an
omnibus for almost any part of London, up till nearly midnight; while, by
the aid of a map, no matter in what quarter you may be, you will speedily
find out how best to consult your particular tastes in the way of
locomotion and sight-seeing. In the case of gross incivility or
overcharge, you have a simple remedy by taking the conductor’s number and
applying for a summons at the nearest police office. If you are curious
in the matter of social contrasts, say, you might do worse than by
getting up outside a _Stratford and Bow_ (green) omnibus, at the Oxford
Street Circus, and riding—for sixpence all the way—_via_ Regent Street,
Pall Mall, Trafalgar Square, Strand, Fleet Street, St. Paul’s, past the
Mansion House and the Bank, Royal Exchange, Cornhill, Leadenhall Street,
Aldgate, Whitechapel Road, Mile End, to Stratford. If your tastes should
lead you westward, an enjoyable shilling’s worth may be obtained by
riding on the _Richmond_ (white) omnibus, from St. Paul’s Churchyard to
that prettily situated little town.
LONDON TRAMWAYS.
There are now _three_ Tramway Companies in London:—1. _The Metropolitan
Street Tramways Company_, (_Limited_.) They run regularly from
Westminster Bridge to Clapham and Brixton, at about every 5 minutes from
each terminus, Fare 3d. 2. _North Metropolitan Tramways Company_: (1)
From Aldgate, along Whitechapel and Mile End Road (through Bow) to
Stratford Church; (2) From Moorgate Street to the Angel, Islington,
thence to Kingsland, Stoke Newington, &c. Both running every 5 minutes,
Fares 2d.; (3) another route is by Old Street to Stoke Newington and
Clapton. 3. _Southall_, _Ealing_, _and Shepherd’s Bush Tram Railway
Company_, (_Limited_.) This company is constructing lines in the western
suburbs of London. There are tramways in the north-west of town.
CLUBS AND CLUB HOUSES.
There are, in all, in London, about ninety. The following is a list of
the principal club-houses:—
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