London and Its Environs Described, vol. 3 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round ItAnonymous
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London and Its Environs Described, vol. 3 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It
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London (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; London (England) -- Gazetteers -- Early works to 1800
The chief ornament belonging to this Inn, is its spacious garden, the
benefit of which is enjoyed by the public, every body decently dressed
being allowed the recreation of walking in it every day. This garden
consists of gravel walks, between vistas of very lofty trees, of grass
plats, agreeable slopes, and a long terras with a portico at each end;
this terras is ascended by a handsome flight of steps. Till lately
there was a summer-house erected by the great Sir Francis Bacon, upon
a small mount: it was open on all sides, and the roof supported by
slender pillars. A few years ago the uninterrupted prospect of the
neighbouring fields, as far as the hills of Highgate and Hampstead,
was obstructed by a handsome row of houses on the north; since which
the above summer-house has been levelled, and many of the trees cut
down to lay the garden more open. The part represented in the print is
the lower side of Coney court, containing the chapel, hall, &c. and is
the principal square of this Inn (which is a very considerable one)
belonging to the gentlemen of the long robe.
GRAY’S INN _lane_, Holborn Bars.
GRAY’S INN LIBRARY, which is kept in Coney court, Gray’s Inn, consists
of a considerable number of books in several languages, and on
different branches of learning; but more particularly on law, for the
use of the gentlemen of the Inn.
GRAY’S INN _passage_, 1. Field court, Gray’s Inn. 2. Red Lion street,
Holborn.
GRAYS THURROCK, a town in Essex, nineteen miles from London, so called
from its ancient Lords the Grays of Codnor. It has a very good market
for corn and cattle.
GREAT ALMONRY, Tothill street, Westminster. See ALMONRY.
GREAT ARTHUR _street_, Goswell street.†
GREAT ASHENTREE _court_, White Friars.‡
GREAT BACON _yard_, Goswell street.
GREAT BEAR _key_, Thames street. See BEAR KEY.
GREAT BLACK HORSE _court_, Aldersgate street.*
GREAT CARTER _lane_, St. Paul’s church yard.†
GREAT CHAPEL _street_, Oxford street.
GREAT COCK _alley_, 1. Fore street, Cripplegate.* 2. Redcross street.*
GREAT COW _alley_, Whitecross street, Old street.*
GREAT DEAN’S _yard_, Westminster.
GREAT DICE _key_, Thames street.
GREAT DISTAFF _lane_, Old Change.*
GREAT EARL _street_, Seven Dials.†
GREAT EASTCHEAP, Canon street, Fish street hill. See EASTCHEAP.
GREAT ELBOW _lane_, College hill.
GREAT FRIARS GATE, Fleet street: so called from its leading into White
Friars.
GREAT GARDEN, St. Catharine’s lane.
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