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CONTENTS.
PAGE
CHAPTER I.
PICCADILLY.
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Traditions of Hyde Park Corner Sir Thomas Wyatt-
Charles the Second and the Duke of York-Sir Samuel
Morland - Winstanley — Pope — Lord Lanesborough
Apsley House - The "Pillars of Hercules"- Origin of
the Name Piccadilly - Eminent Persons Who Lived in
the Neighbourhood .
CHAPTER II.
THE GREEN PARK AND HYDE PARK.
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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 Highway-
men- · Mysterious Incident to the Duke of Marlborough 47
CHAPTER III.
MAYFAIR, GROSVENOR, PORTMAN, CAVENDISH, AND HANOVER
SQUARES.
Mayfair - Mayfair Chapel - Singular Marriages - Curzon
Street - South Audley Street - Grosvenor Square -
Portman Square - Cavendish Square - Hanover Square
- Bond Street - Berkeley Square
. 77
CHAPTER IV.
ST. JAMES'S STREET.
St. James's Street - Clubs - Colonel Blood-Cocoa Tree
Tavern- Thatched House-Death of Gibbon- Byron 108
CHAPTER V.
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF ST. JAMES'S STREET.
Bennet Street
Park
Arlington Street
James's Place-Cleveland Row- King
mack's Little Ryder Street - Bury Street
CHAPTER VI.
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
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· 133
CHAPTER VII.
PALL MALL.
Former State of Pall Mall Sir Thomas Wyatt - Murder
of Thynne-Charles the Second's Mistresses - Beau
Fielding's Strange Adventure-Schomberg House-
Star and Garter- Duke of Buckingham's Residence-
Carlton House.
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CHAPTER VIII.
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, George the Second, and Daughter
174
CHAPTER IX.
ST. JAMES'S PARK.
Original Enclosure-Charles Going to Execution - Crom-
Game of Pall-mall - Charles the Sec-
well-Skating
ond - Queen Anne - Marlborough House - - The Mall
- Spring Gardens - Buckingham House
CHAPTER X.
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KING STREET, WESTMINSTER, -ST. MARGARET'S CHURCH.
Westminster, King Street-Residence of Spenser, Carew,
Great Plague- Mrs. Oldfield
Lord Dorset, Cromwell-
St. Margaret's Church - The Sanctuary
CHAPTER XI.
WESTMINSTER.
The Sanctuary Persons Who Took Refuge There - The
Gatehouse-Its History - Tothill Street - The Streets
of Old Westminster-Westminster School — Remark-
able Persons Educated There .
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CHAPTER XII.
OLD PALACE OF WESTMINSTER.
Its Early Regal Builders and Tenants - Edward the Sec-
ond and Gaveston Death Scene of Henry the Fourth
- Henry the Eighth the Last Resident - Court of Re-
quests Painted Chamber
Its Erector- The Hall for the Coronation and Banquet-
ings of the English Kings - Extraordinary Scenes and
Remarkable Trials Which Have Occurred There from
the Time of William Rufus Till the Present Day · 359
CHAPTER XIV.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
Early Places of Worship on Its Site - Erection of the
Present Edifice - Scenes and Ceremonies in It - Poets'
Corner - Chapels of St. Edmund, St. Nicholas, St. Paul,
Edward the Confessor, Islip, Henry the Seventh - Clois-
ters Jerusalem Chamber-
Chapter House .
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