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CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

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PICCADILLY.

Traditions of Hyde Park Corner.-Sir Thomas Wyatt.—

Charles the Second and the Duke of York.-Sir Samuel Mor-

land. Winstanley. -Pope.- Lord Lanesborough.-Apsley

House. The "Pillars of Hercules."—Origin of the name

Piccadilly.—Eminent Persons who Lived in the Neigh-

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THE GREEN PARK AND HYDE PARK.

The Green Park.-Duel between the Earl of Bath and

Lord Hervey.-Hyde Park in the Reigns of Henry the

Eighth, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Anne, Cromwell, and Charles

the Second.-Famous Duel between Lord Mohun and the

Duke of Hamilton.-M'Lean and Belchier the Highwaymen.

-Mysterious Incident to the Duke of Marlborough.

MAY FAIR, GROSVENOR, PORTMAN, CAVENDISH,

AND HANOVER SQUARES.

May Fair.-May Fair Chapel.-Singular Marriages.—

Curzon Street.-South Audley Street.-Grosvenor Square.-

Portman Square.-Cavendish Square.-Hanover Square.-

Bond Street.-Berkeley Square.

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ST. JAMES'S STREET.

St. James's Street.-Clubs.-Colonel Blood.-Cocoa Tree

Tavern. Thatched House.-Death of Gibbon.-Byron.

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THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF ST. JAMES'S STREET.

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Bennet Street. Arlington Street. Park Place. St.

James's Place.-Cleveland Row.-King Street.-Almack's.-

Little Ryder Street.-Bury Street.

ST. JAMES'S SQUARE.

St. James's Square.-Duke of Hamilton.-Frederick Prince

of Wales.-Johnson and Savage.-Jermyn Street.-Lord

St. Albans.-Sir Walter Scott.

PALL MALL.

Former State of Pall Mall.-Sir Thomas Wyatt.-Murder

of Thynne.-Charles the Second's Mistresses.-Beau Field-

ing's Strange Adventure.-Schomberg House.-Star and

Garter-Duke of Buckingham's Residence.-Carlton House.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE.

Site of St. James's Palace.-Erected by Henry the Eighth.

-The Residence of Queen Mary, Henry Prince of Wales,

Charles the First, Mary de Medicis, Charles the Second,

James the Second, William the Third, George the First,

and George the Second and daughter.

ST. JAMES'S PARK.

Original Enclosure. Charles led to Execution. Crom-

well. Skating.-Game of Pall Mall.-Charles the Second.-

Queen Anne.-Marlborough House.-The Mall. -Spring

Gardens.-Buckingham House.

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KING STREET, WESTMINSTER,-ST.

MARGARET'S CHURCH.

Westminster, King Street.-Residence of Spencer, Carew,

Lord Dorset, Cromwell.-Great Plague.-Mrs. Oldfield.-

Downing Street.-Gardiner's Lane.-Cannon Row.-St. Mar-

garet's Church.

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WESTMINSTER.

The Sanctuary.-Persons who took Refuge there.-The

Gate House.-Its History.-Tothill Street.-The Streets of

Old Westminster.-Westminster School.-Remarkable Per-

sons educated there.

OLD PALACE OF WESTMINSTER.

Its early Regal Builders and Tenants.-Edward the Second

and Gaveston.-Death Scene of Henry the Fourth.-Henry

the Eighth the last Resident.-Court of Requests.-Painted

Chamber. Gunpowder Plot.-St. Stephen's Chapel.—Old

and New Palace Yard.

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WESTMINSTER HALL.

Its Erector. The Hall for the Coronation and Banquet-

ings of the English Kings.-Extraordinary Scenes and Re-

markable Trials which have occurred there from the time of

William Rufus till the present day.

WESTMINSTER ABBEY.

Early Places of Worship on its Site.-Erection of the pre-

sent Edifice.-Scenes and Ceremonies in it.-Poets' Corner.

-Chapels of St. Edmund, St. Nicholas, St. Paul, Edward the

Confessor, Islip, Henry the Seventh.-Cloisters.-Jerusalem

Chamber. Chapter House.

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ILLUSTRATIONS.

THE PALACE OF WHITEHALL, TIME OF CHARLES I. to face the Title. PLAN OF THE PARISH OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER,

1755,

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ST. JAMES'S PALAce and part of WESTMINSTER, 1660,
NEW PALACE YARD, WESTMINSTER, TIME OF CHARLES I.

TO THE BINDER.

The Plan of London and Westminster in the Reign of Elizabeth, to be placed

loose in a pocket in the cover of the first volume.