Cunningham P. London in 1857. — London, 1856

  

 

 

 

 

In my advertisement to the third edition of this work, I observed “that I had endeavoured to place myself in the position of a well-informed guide seeking to give a stranger in London every requisite information respecting lodgings, eating-houses, places of amusement, &c; of one whose aim it had been to point out those features of the metropolis best worth seeing, with the way in which they might be seen to the best advantage.”

 

In this new edition I have sought to carry out the same intention ; have made many additions and corrections; and, as far as it was possible, have brought up all useful information to the day of publication.

 

For other particulars, as well as for a more detailed and historical account of antiquarian London, and of streets and places no longer existing, I must refer the reader to the “Handbook for London, Past and Present.”

 

Victoria Road, Kensington,

May 13,1856.

 

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I. Introductory Hints and Suggestions .. ix

II. Palaces of the Sovereign and Household Offices 1

III. Houses of the Principal Nobility and Gentry . 8

IV. Parks and Public Gardens .. 26

V. Houses of Parliament...36

VI. The Thames and its Bridges, Thames Tunnel, Pool and Port of London..42

VII. Government Offices..49

VIII. Commercial Buildings and Docks . 61

IX. Markets ..73

X. Breweries...77

XI. Water Companies...78

XII. Sewerage.79

XIII. Tower of London...81

XIV. Churches.94

XV. Cemeteries...132

XVI. Courts of Law and Justice .. 136

XVII. Inns of Court and Chancery ..141

XVIII. Prisons, Penitentiaries, and Places of Execution . 147

XIX. Permanent Free Exhibitions .. 151

XX. Theatres and Places or Amusement ... 179

XXI. Learned Institutions..185

XXII. Colleges and Schools . 194

XXIII. Hospitals and Charitable Institutions .. 206

XXIV. Club Houses.218

XXV. The City and the Citizens...226

XXVI. Eminent Persons born in London .. 241

XXVII. Eminent Persons buried in London . 242

XXVIII. Houses in which eminent persons have lived . 246

XXIX. Streets, &c., (houses unknown or not standing) in which eminent men have lived ... 250

XXX. Places and Sites connected with remarkable events..251

XXXI. Out-door Monuments and Public Statues .. 255

XXXII. Principal Thoroughfares, Squares, and Lanes . 257

XXXIII. Index.  307

 

 

Hyde Park . 28

St. James’s Park  30

Regent’s Park...33

The New Houses of Parliament .. 36

Bank of England, and its various Offices for Dividends, &c...61

Tower of London .  83

Westminster Abbey..97

St. Paul’s Cathedral . 113

British Museum .. 153

British Museum Reading Room..163

Clue-Map of London .. at the End.

 

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