London and Its Environs Described, vol. 4 (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. 4 (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
Hay market, Pallmall, for hay and straw.
Honey lane market, for meat, &c.
Hoxton market, for meat, &c.
Hungerford market, for meat, &c.
Leadenhall market, for leather, hides, and all kinds of provisions.
Mark lane market, for corn.
Newgate market, for all kinds of provisions.
Newport market, for meat, &c.
Oxford market, for meat, &c.
Queenhithe, the great meal market.
Red Lion market, for meat, &c.
St. James’s market, for meat, &c.
St. Margaret’s Hill market, for hay and straw.
Shadwell market, for meat, &c.
Smithfield market, for cattle.
Spitalfields market, for meat, greens, &c.
Westminster market, for meat, &c.
Whitechapel market, for meat by wholesale and retail.
White Horse Inn meal market, near Holborn bridge.
Wood’s Close market, for sheep skins.
[Illustration:
_S. Wale delin._ _C. Grignion sculp._
_Marlborough House._
]
MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, situated behind the houses on the west side of
Pallmall, is a very large brick edifice, ornamented with stone, and
built in a peculiar taste. The front, which is very extensive, has only
two series of windows, and on each side the wings are ornamented at the
corners, with a kind of stone rustic, and the edifice is terminated by a
balustrade, in the manner it appears in the print. On the sides of the
area next the wings a small colonade extends on each side, and the side
opposite to the abovementioned area is taken up with the offices. The
late Duchess of Marlborough, when this structure was finished, intended
to have opened a way to it from Pallmall, directly in the front, as is
evident from the manner in which the court yard is finished; but Sir
Robert Walpole having purchased the house before it, and being upon no
good terms with the Duchess, she was prevented in her design. The front
towards the Park resembles this, only instead of the two middle windows
in the wings, there are niches for statues, and instead of the area in
front, you descend by a flight of steps into the garden.
This structure is, however, greatly censured by the critics in
architecture.
The apartments however are noble, and well disposed, and the furniture
is rich. In the vestibule at the entrance, is painted the battle of
Hochstet, in which the most remarkable scene is the taking Marshal
Tallard, the French General, and several other officers of great
distinction, prisoners. The figures of the great Duke of Marlborough, of
Prince Eugene of Savoy, and General Cadogan, are finely executed.
MARLBOROUGH _court_, 1. Berwick street. 2. Petticoat lane.
MARLBOROUGH, or _Carnaby market_, by Marlborough street. See CARNABY
MARKET.
MARLBOROUGH _mews_, by Oxford street; so called from the Dukes of
Marlborough formerly keeping their hawks there.
MARLBOROUGH _row_, Carnaby or Marlborough market.
MARLBOROUGH _street_, a very handsome street, extending from the end of
Argyle buildings.
MARSH _street_, Ratcliff highway.†
MARSH _yard_, Wapping.†
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