Picturesque Sketches of London, Past and Present

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Park, St. James's, 223;
  in the time of Henry VIII., 223;
  chase added to it by him, 223;
  localities comprised in, 223;
  laws connected with, 223;
  death of Henry soon after, 223;
  few features of the old park remaining, 223;
  connected with it Buckingham Palace, 223;
  beauty of walks beside the canal, and water fowl nurtured in, 224;
  fine trees connected with, 224;
  spot for love-making since the days of Charles II., 224;
  mention of the "Mall," by Horace Walpole, 224.

Park, Green, 224;
  possesses little interest--house in it, residence of Samuel Rogers, 224;
  distinguished men who have been guests
     there during the last half century, 224.

Park, Hyde, various characteristics of detailed, 225, 226.

Park, Regent's, attractions to, 227;
  Zoological Gardens and Colosseum, 227;
  old house of Mary-le-bonne in connexion with, 227;
  bowling-green of the Duke of Buckingham, 227.

Paul's wharf, 44.

Peter House, note connected with, 48.

Peter the Dutchman, 24;
  works erected by, 24.

Pilgrim fathers, 135.

Poor, holidays of the London, 293.

Prerogative court, 37.

Pudding-lane, 79.

Punch, reference to, 193.

Purveyors of fish to the court, notices of, 80.


Queenhithe quay, 53;
  notices connected with, 53.

Queenhithe, 79.

Queen-street, notice of, 59.

Queen of Henry VIII., pin-money furnished by customs from Queenhithe, 79.


Rag-fair, 146;
  price of admission to, 146;
  details descriptive of, 146;
  exposure to weather in, 146;
  scenes occurring in described, 146;
  various characteristics of, 147.

Richard III. rebuilt the church of Allhallows-Barking, 95, 96;
  great antiquity of it proved by pillars,
     inscriptions, monuments, brasses, 96.

Roman lamp, 49.

Roman hypocaust, 22.


Samian ware, where lying, 22.

Seething-lane, 94;
  church of Allhallows, Barking, connected with, 94.

Shakspeare, 27.

Sheriff's court, descriptive details of, 163, 164.

Shrine, silver-gilt, 95.

Simon's report to commissioners of sewers, allusion to, 86.

Sir John Watts entertained James I., 155.

Smithfield, 174;
  intended abolishment of market, of, 174;
  descriptive notices of, 174;
  eating-houses connected with, 174;
  drover connected with, description of, 175;
  dogs connected with, description of, 175;
  descriptive notices of, 175;
  characteristics of it on Sunday night, 176;
  Smithfield butchers, capabilities of, 176;
  Friday, day on which to see it, 176;
  haymarket connected with it, 178;
  characteristics illustrative of it, and incidental to it, 178, 179;
  illustrative description of it, and connected with it, 179;
  historical details connected with, 181.

Somerset House, 204;
  to what purposes used, 204.

Southwark entrance to London, 252;
  contained in former days Shakspeare's theatre and Bear-garden, 252;
  different feature presented by it at present day, 252;
  specially in connexion with vehicles, 252.

Spital Sermons, where preached, 173.

Statue of Queen Elizabeth, anecdote connected with, 199.