Hyde Park, Its History and RomanceAlec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel)
History
Hyde Park, Its History and Romance
Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel)
Hyde Park (London, England); London (England) -- Social life and customs
_Viâ_ Hammersmith, East Sheen, Richmond, Twickenham and Teddington, and
returns from the
THAMES HOTEL, HAMPTON COURT,
at 4.30 p.m.
_EVERY DAY (Sundays included)_.
LEAVING
A.M.
Hotel Metropole 11.30
*East Sheen, “The Bull” 12.30
Richmond, } 12.45
“The Greyhound” }
Hampton Court, } 1.20
“Thames Hotel” }
Intermediate Fares Charged.
RETURNING
P.M.
Hampton Court, } 4.30
“Thames Hotel” }
Richmond, }
“The Greyhound” } 5.5
*East Sheen, “The Bull” 5.15
Hotel Metropole 6.15
* Change Horses here.
_Seats can be booked at the Wine and Cigar Department, Hotel Metropole,
and Thames Hotel, Hampton Court._
Hampton Court and back, 10/6. Box Seat, 2/6 extra each way.
For further particulars apply to Wine and Cigar Department, Hotel
Metropole.
This Coach attends all Suburban Race Meetings, leaving the Hotel
Metropole Two Hours and a Half before the First Race.]
“ROUTE OF THE EXCURSION TO HAMPTON COURT.
“From Ludgate Circus we drive along the whole length of the beautiful
Victoria Embankment to Westminster. Crossing Parliament Square we enter
St. James’s Park, and, following Birdcage Walk to Buckingham Palace,
turn from it into _Belgravia_ and Eaton Square. At Sloane Square we
enter _Chelsea_, the “Village of Palaces,” one of the most interesting
districts of London, and, passing in front of the Duke of York’s
School, Chelsea Hospital, and the old “Physic Garden,” we see in Cheyne
Walk some fine Georgian houses that have been the homes of a host of
celebrities, including “George Eliot,” Rossetti, Maclise, etc. Old
Chelsea Church, of world-wide fame, is passed, and a little later we
enter _Fulham_. By the King’s Road and _Parson’s Green_ we cross this
interesting district, leaving it by the handsome Putney Bridge, that
takes us across the river. Through Putney and _Barnes Common_ we come
to a more rural district, and at the end of a charming country lane,
enter the old Royal hunting-ground of _Richmond Park_. Our road through
this magnificent stretch of wood and common is nearly four miles in
length, and it will be found one of the most pleasant features of the
day’s drive. Emerging into Norbiton, we soon reach the old town of
_Kingston-on-Thames_, that over a thousand years ago was the principal
city of Saxon England. Again crossing the River Thames, we pass through
Hampton Wick and along a fine tree-arched road to _The Palace of
Hampton Court_.
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