Geographical Society, 192 Geological Society, 192 Geology (Practical), Museum of, 176
Geology and Soil of London, lii George's (St.), Roman Catholic Cathedral, 130
George's (St.), Church, Hanover- square, 128
George's (St.), Hospital, 211 George II. and his Queen, 4, 8;
junction of their remains, 99 George III., statue of, 256 George IV. born, 4; statue of, 256 German Lutheran Church and Chapel, 131
Giles (St.), Church, Camberwell, 129
Globe (Wyld's), xlii Goldsmiths' Hall, 234 Gospel, Society for the Propaga- tion of the, 258 Government Offices and Establish- ments, 49-60 Gracechurch-street, Plan of, 291 Gray, where born, 241, 276. Gray's Inn, and Gray's Inn Gar- dens, 145
Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn- fields, Plan of, 284 Green Park, 32; objects to be ob- served, 32 Greenwich Hospital and Hall, xlix, 212; the Chapel, &c., 213
HABERDASHERS' HALL, 237 Hallowell, Capt., his present to Lord Nelson, 115 Hampton Court, xlix Hanover-square, Plan of, 301 Harcourt House, 22
Haymarket (the street so called), Plan of, 286 Haymarket Theatre, 179 Helen's (St.), Bishopsgate, and its interesting monuments, 120, 121
Heralds' College, 188; objects of interest there, 189
Hertford House, and pictures, 22 Hervey, John, Lord; scene of his duel with Pulteney, 32, 33 Highgate Cemetery, 134 High-street, Southwark, Plan of,
Highwayman, exploit of a, 17 Hill's (Rowland) Chapel, 130 Hogarth, where born, 241 Holborn and its eminent resi- sidents, 268; Plan of, 269 Holford, R. S., Esq., mansion and pictures of, 26
Holland House and its successive owners, and anecdotes con- nected with it, 1, 19; epitaph of the late Lord, 20 Hope, H. T., Esq., M.P., mansion, 23; his picture gallery, 24; mode of admission, 25 Horse Guards, 55 Horsemonger-lane Gaol, 148 Horticultural Society, 193 Hospitals and Charitable Institu- tions, 209-217
Hotels, xxxvi Houses and dwelling-places of eminent persons, 246-250 Houses of Correction, 150
Houses of Parliament, 37-42; mode | Kensington Gardens and the Ser- of admission to hear debates, 42 Humane Society, Royal, 216 Hungerford Market, 76 Hungerford Suspension Bridge, 46 Hyde Park, 27; plan, 29; its attractions, 28, 30
INLAND REVENUE OFFICE, 51 Inns of Court and Chancery, 141-146
Institute of Architects, 191 Institution of Civil Engineers, 191 Institutions and Societies, 183- 193
Intramural burials, horrors of, 132
Ironmongers' Hall, 237 Italian Opera Houses: Her Ma- jesty's Theatre, 177; Covent Garden Opera, 178
JAMES'S (ST.) CHURCH, Piccadilly, 126; its font by Gibbons,
James's (St.) Theatre, 182 James's (St.) Palace, 3; drawing- rooms, levees, &c., mode of presentation, &c., 4, 5 James's (St.) Park: its history, 30-32; plan, 31; objects to be observed, 32
James's (St.) Square, Plan of, 301 James's (St.) Street and its nota- bilities, 264
Jekyll, the Wit, anecdote of, 137 Jews' Synagogue, Great Saint Helens, 132 Johnson, Dr., at Thrale's Brewery,
Judges, salaries of the, 136
Jones (Inigo), where born, 241 Jonson (Ben.) where born, 241 Junior United Service Club, 218
KATHERINE'S (ST.) Docks, 68 Katherine's (St.) Hospital, 33 Kensal Green Cemetery and its tenants, 133
Kensington Palace, 7; its German pictures, 8
Kew Botanical Gardens, 1, 36 King's College and School, 195; educational arrangements, 195 King's College Hospital, 214 Kneller, Sir Godfrey, his dying observation, 111
LAMB, Charles, the real works of, 67 Lambeth Palace, its early and present state, its attractions, 8, 9, xxviii
Lansdowne House, its sculpture and pictures, 16
Laws relating to Foreigners, li Leadenhall Market, 76 Learned Societies and Institu- tions, 183-193 Leicester-square, Plan of, 302 Letters, postage of, xxxv. (See Post Office.)
Lincoln's Inn, 143; its chapel, hall, and library, 144 Lincoln's-Inn-fields, Plan of, 305 Linnæan Society, 193 Lloyd's Rooms, 63; Lloyd's Re- gister, 64
Lock Hospital, Chapel, and Asy- lum, 215 Lodgings, xxxvi London, geographical position of,
its population, ix; geology and soil, lii; statistics of its supplies of food, sewerage, &c., x; its boundaries- Westminster, xi; Tyburnia and Belgravia, xii; Regent's Park, Marylebone and Blooms- bury, xiii; "The City," xiv; Spitalfields and Bethnal Green, Clerkenwell and Is- lington, the Surrey side, Shad- well and Rotherhithe, xv; bearings of the streets, xvi; its railways, &c., xvii; how to see the Metropolis, and objects of interest on the various routes, xviii; the Thames, and objects on its banks, xxiv; general hints to strangers, xxix; foreign money, opera, races, public dinners, sports; trial by jury, xxx; cab fares and
regulations, luggage, xxxii; | omnibuses, xxxiv ; hotels and lodgings, xxxvi; restau- rants and dining houses, xxxvii; supper houses, xl; revenue of City, 225; eminent persons born in, 241. See also Post Office, Exhibi- tions, Panoramas, Remarkable Places, &c. London and North-Western Rail- way Station, 72 London, Bishops of, Residence of the, 9
London Bridge, 45; Port of Lon- don, its extent, 45
London Bridge Railway Station, 72 London Docks, 69; the Wine Stores, 70
London Hospital, 214
London Library, terms of subscrip- tion, 193
Lord Mayor's Show, 227 Lyceum Theatre, 179 Lyon's Inn, 146
Mint, the Royal, mode of admis- sion to, &c., 59 Missionaries' Museum, 177 Model Prison, 150 Money, foreign, xxx Money Orders. (See Post Office.) Montague House, its portraits and miniatures, 14
Montagu, (Lady Mary W.,) where born, 241
Monument, the, on Fish-street Hill, 231; suicides from its gallery, 231
More, (Sir Thomas), where born, 241
Museums and Galleries of Art, to
which admission is free, 151- 177. (See British Museum, Dulwich Gallery, Geological Museum, Missionaries' Mu- seum, National Gallery, Soane Museum, Surgeons' College, United Service Museum, Ver- non Gallery. Also the various Institutions and Societies.) Musical Performances, xlii Munro, H. A. J., Esq., pictures of, 26
MAGDALEN HOSPITAL, 215
Magnus (St.) Church, London Bridge, 125
Mansion House, the, 226 Markets, 72-77
Marlborough House and Vernon Gallery, 169
Martin-in-the-Fields (St.) Church, 127; eminent persons buried in, 128 Martin, John, the painter, 44,
Martin's (St.) Hall. 182 Marylebone (St.) Church, 128 Mary-le-Bow (St.) Church, Cheap- side, 124
Mary-le-Savoy (St.), Strand, 122 Mary Woolnoth (St.) Church, 127 Mary's (St.) Hospital, 214 Mary's (St.) Roman Catholic Chapel, 130
Mercers' Hall and Chapel, 232 Merchant Tailors' Hall, 236 Merchant Tailors' School, 201; charge for education, 202; eminent scholars, 203 Millbank Prison, 150 Milton, where born, 241; lived, 247; buried, 243
NAPOLEON'S WILL, 60 National Gallery,Trafalgar-square, 166; chief pictures, 167, 168; English School of Paintings,
169 Nelson, Lord, his only interview with Wellington, 50; Capt. Hallowell's present to him, 115; column to his memory, 255; dress worn by him at the Battle of Trafalgar, 213; place of burial, 115
New River, 79 New Road, 282 Newgate Market, 76 Newgate Prison, 147 Newgate-street, Plan of, 289 Newspapers, lii
Norfolk House, and its historical records and pictures, 14 Northumberland House, 11; its successive names and owners, 11; pictures and objects of interest, 12
Norwood Cemetery, 134 Nunhead Cemetery, 134
OLD BAILEY SESSIONS HOUSE, 139
Omnibus Routes, xxxiv Ordnance Offices, 56
Opera Houses, 177, 178; Mr. Dela- field's enormous losses, 178 Oxford and Cambridge Club, 222
Oxford-street, description of, 282
PAINTER STAINERS' HALL, 240 Palaces of the Sovereign:-Buck- ingham, 1-3; St. James's, 3; Whitehall, 5-7; Kens- ington, 7, 8 Pall Mall, and its celebrities, 258; Plan, 259 Pancras-in-the-Fields,
St., Old Church and monuments, 121; New Church, 128 Panopticon, xlii.
Panoramas and Miscellaneous Ex- hibitions, xxxix, xl. Park Lane, Plan of, 288 Parks, Gardens, &c., xxi:-Hyde, 27-30; St. James's, 30-32; Green, 32; Regents', 33; Plan of, 34; Victoria, 33; Battersea, 35; Greenwich, 35, Richmond, 36; Kensington, 36; Kew, 36, 37; Zoological, 33, 182; Surrey Zoological, 183 Parliament, opening and proroga-
Parliament. (See Houses of Par- liament.) Passports, xlviii, 50 Paul's (St.) Cathedral, 111; ground Plan, 113; its history, 112; spoliation of Wren's de- sign by James II., 114; mo- numents, 114; clock room, whispering gallery, &c., 116 Paul's (St.), Covent Garden, church and parish register, 123
Paul's (St.) School, 195; eminent scholars, 196
Paymaster General's Office, 54 Peel, Sir Robert, mansion and pic- tures of, 23; room in which the late Sir Robert died, 23 and Pentonville
Penitentiary Prison, 150 Penn, where born, 241
Peter the Great's Mulberry Tree, 71; his lawyers, 137; lived, 250
Physicians, College of, 187 Piccadilly and its eminent inha- bitants, &c., 260-262; Plan of, 263
Pictures, collections of, public and private, xlii
Places which visitors ought to see, xlvii
Pleasure Seeker's List, xli Poets' Corner, 106 Pool (The), xxv
Police Courts, City and Metropo- litan, 139
Police Establishment, particulars of the, 140
Polytechnic Institution, xl. Pope, where born, 241
Portland, Duke of, his town man- sion, 22
Portman-square, Plan of, 300 Post Office, 52; income and extent of the office, 53; money orders, ib.; general directions, ib.; postal regulations, xxxv Poultry, Plan of the, 275 Practical Art (Department of),
Prerogative Will Office, 60 and
Presentation at Court, 5 Princess's Theatre, 180 Prisons, Gaols, &c., 147-151 Property-Tax Office, 51 Pulteney, scene of his duel with Lord Hervey, 32
QUEEN'S BENCH PRISON, 151 Queensbury, Duke and Duchess of, 20
RAILWAY STATIONS, XVii Record Offices, 59 Reform Club, 221 Regent's Park, origin and history of, 33; Plan, 34; notabilities, 33, 35 Regent-street, description of, 266; Plan, 267
Remarkable Events, places and sites connected with 251- 255
Restaurants, xxxvii Richmond Park, 36 Rogers, Samuel, Esq., House and Pictures of, 25; mode of ad- mission, 26
Roman Catholic Cathedral and Chapels, 130 Rothschild, Baron Lionel de, Pic- tures and articles of vertu of, 26
Rothschilds' Pillar, Royal Ex- change, 63
Roubiliac, the Sculptor, instance of enthusiasm in, 102 Royal Academy of Arts, 58, 185 -187
Royal Academy of Music, 187 Royal Exchange, 63; Lloyd's Rooms and Register, 63; the first Exchange, 64 Royal Humane Society, 216 Royal Institution of Great Britain, 191
Royal Personages, statues of, 256
Royal Society, 58, 183; its por- traits, &c., 184
Royal Society of Literature, 192 Russell-square, Plan of, 304
SADDLERS' HALL, 240 Sadler's Wells Theatre, 180 Salters' Hall, 237 Sardinian Chapel, 130 Saviour's (St.) Church, 117; ac-
tors and poets buried in, 118 Savoy Chapel, 122; Savoy Con- ference, 123
School of Design, 204
Schools and Colleges, 193-205 Scottish Churches, 130
Sculpture to be seen, xlv Seamen's Hospital Ship, 216
Selwyn, George, anecdote of, 20 Sewerage of London, 80 Shakspeare's Will, 60 Sheepshanks, John, Esq., pictures, &c., 26
Skinners' Hall, 235, 236 Smithfield Market, 72-74 Soane Museum, mode of admis- sion, 174; objects of interest, 174 Societies and Institutions, 183- 193
Soho-square, plan of, 303
Soho Theatre, 182 Somerset House and its offices, 57; the watch legend-num- ber of windows, 58 Southwark Bridge, 46 Spanish Chapel, 130 Spencer House, 32 Spenser, where born, 241 Stables, Royal; how to obtain admission to view them, 2 Stafford House; its architecture, pictures, &c., 13; rent, cost, &c., 14
Stamps and Taxes, office of, 57 Staple Inn, 146
State Paper Office;
mode of access to papers in the,
Stationers' Hall, 239 Statistical Society, 193 Statues of Royal and eminent personages, 256 Steaks Club, 224 Steamboats on the Thames; when first seen, 43
Steevens, George; eccentric habit of, 146
Stephen's (St.) Church, Walbrook,
Stephen's (St.) Church, West- minster, 129
Stock Exchange, 65; mode of elec- tion, &c., 65
Stow (John), where born, 241 Strafford (Earl of), where born, 241 Strand, the, and its ancient inha- hitants, 270; plan, 271 Strangers (Hints to), xxix Streets and thoroughfares of Lon- don; hints and suggestions, xv-xxi; plans and descrip- tions of the principal, 257- 306; number of streets, 257: lengths of principal streets,
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