Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) PICTURESQUE SKETCHES OF LONDON. LONDON: PRINTED BY ROBSON, LEVEY, AND FRANKLYN, Great New Street, Fetter Lane. [Illustration: Y^{E} TRAITORS GATE DOMINE DIRIGENOS] PICTURESQUE SKETCHES OF LONDON, Past and Present. [Illustration] BY THOMAS MILLER, AUTHOR OF THE "HISTORY OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS," "LADY JANE GREY," &c. [Illustration] LONDON: 227 STRAND. PICTURESQUE SKETCHES OF LONDON Past and Present. BY THOMAS MILLER, AUTHOR OF A "HISTORY OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS," "LADY JANE GREY," "FAIR ROSAMOND," "PICTURES OF COUNTRY LIFE," &c. WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS OF CHURCHES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ANTIQUITIES, STREET VIEWS, &c. [Illustration] LONDON: OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY, 227 STRAND. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. .....PAGE ANCIENT LONDON--the dawn of history--Roman London--Saxon London--old London Bridge--remains of ancient London--old roads and streets.....17 CHAPTER II. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL--Anniversary meeting of charity children--interior of St. Paul's--the _Times'_ office--Doctors Commons--Prerogative Court--Examiners of wills--Shakspeare's will--Porters of the neighbourhood--Paul's Wharf--Knightrider-street--Old London thieves--Church of St. Mary Somerset--Cromwell and the clergy--Saracen's Head, Friday-street--Baptism of John Milton--Gerard's Hall--Painter-stainers' Hall--Queenhithe--St. Mary, Aldermanbury--Bow Church.....29 CHAPTER III. CHEAPSIDE--London thoroughfares--Southwark Bridge--Whittington--Bucklersbury--Walbrook--Roman remains found in Cannon-street--London Stone--The Mansion House--Lombard-street--London bankers--Bankers' clerks--The Monument.....56 CHAPTER IV. LONDON BRIDGE WHARF--Billingsgate--Coal Exchange--Custom House--St. Dunstan's Church--Mark-lane--Church of Allhallows Barking--East India House.....78 CHAPTER V. THE TOWER--The White Tower--Hentzner's description of the Tower in the reign of Queen Elizabeth--Anecdotes of lions--The Crown Jewels--The Armoury--Execution of Lady Jane Grey--Prisoners in the Tower--Regulations of the Tower.....103 CHAPTER VI.