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... Railway , omnibus , and boat accommo- dation can be obtained there for almost every part of London , and vice versa , from early morning to late at night . 2. In the immediate neighbourhood are hundreds of hotels of all descriptions ...
... Railway , omnibus , and boat accommo- dation can be obtained there for almost every part of London , and vice versa , from early morning to late at night . 2. In the immediate neighbourhood are hundreds of hotels of all descriptions ...
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... Railway has , as a rule , been avoided ( except in one or two cases introduced mainly to enable the visitor to see that won- derful construction ) , because by passing from place to place by its aid nothing can possibly be seen en route ...
... Railway has , as a rule , been avoided ( except in one or two cases introduced mainly to enable the visitor to see that won- derful construction ) , because by passing from place to place by its aid nothing can possibly be seen en route ...
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... Railway Stations - Main and Central : : : : PAGE . iii vii xi xiii . : xiv 1 33 71 ... ... 94 95 . 106 Ditto Metropolitan and District Cab - fares and regulations Omnibus routes Tram - car routes Steamboats Postal regulations , & c ...
... Railway Stations - Main and Central : : : : PAGE . iii vii xi xiii . : xiv 1 33 71 ... ... 94 95 . 106 Ditto Metropolitan and District Cab - fares and regulations Omnibus routes Tram - car routes Steamboats Postal regulations , & c ...
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... 7. - Route for Saturday 8. - Key to the Maze at Hampton Court ... 20 : 25 25 ... ... ... 31 9. - Sketch Map showing the relative positions of the London Railway Stations 93 336 Map No 2 . OTRUSS CROWN S NEI Gle ST Xiv.
... 7. - Route for Saturday 8. - Key to the Maze at Hampton Court ... 20 : 25 25 ... ... ... 31 9. - Sketch Map showing the relative positions of the London Railway Stations 93 336 Map No 2 . OTRUSS CROWN S NEI Gle ST Xiv.
Сторінка xviii
... Railway Station . It is 70 feet high , and cost about £ 1,750 . The NELSON MONUMENT ( 2 ) is in the middle of the square , and you are assumed to have passed round and inspected the bas - reliefs , and to be standing in front of , and ...
... Railway Station . It is 70 feet high , and cost about £ 1,750 . The NELSON MONUMENT ( 2 ) is in the middle of the square , and you are assumed to have passed round and inspected the bas - reliefs , and to be standing in front of , and ...
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Seven Days in London: A Practical Descriptive Guide Frederick Gosman Попередній перегляд недоступний - 2016 |
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Admission Aldgate Arundel Street Baker Street Bank Battersea Bishopsgate Blackfriars Bridge Bridge Road Brompton building Camden Town Cannon Street Cathedral Cecil Street Chapel Charing Cross Cheapside Chelsea Church Circus Court Road Covent Garden Craven Street Docks Dover Duke erected Euston Road feet high feet long feet wide Fenchurch Street Fleet Street Gallery Gate George George's Green Greenwich Grosvenor Guildhall Hammersmith Hampton Court Haymarket High Street Holborn Viaduct Hospital Hyde Park Corner James King's Cross Lambeth Lane London Bridge Ludgate Hill Market Metropolitan Railway miles millions Monday Monument Moorgate Street Norfolk Street numerous Office opened Oxford Street p.m. St Pall Mall Paul's Piccadilly Pier Queen rail Regent Street Regent's Park route Royal Exchange side South Kensington Southwark Statue Strand Surrey Temple Thames Embankment Theatre Tower Tower Subway Trafalgar Square train Vauxhall Victoria visitor Waterloo Waterloo Station Wellington West Westminster Bridge Whitehall Yard Zoological Gardens
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Сторінка 32 - The following is described as the supply of meat, poultry, bread, and beer, for one year: — 72 miles of oxen, 10 abreast; 120 miles of sheep, do.; 7 miles of calves, do. ; 9 miles of pigs, do. ; 50 acres of poultry, close together ; 20 miles of hares and rabbits, 100 abreast ; a pyramid of loaves of bread, 600 feet square, and thrice the height of St. Paul's ; 1000 columns of hogsheads of beer, each 1 mile high.
Сторінка 52 - Erected in the year 1670, Sir Samuel Starling, Mayor; continued in the year 1671, Sir Richard Ford, Lord Mayor; and finished in the year 1672, Sir George Waterman, Lord Mayor.
Сторінка 66 - ... embankment wall is the low level sewer, and above it is a subway for gas and water pipes. The total cost of the work was 1,260,000?., and the purchase of property amounted to 450,000?. It may give some idea of the magnitude of the undertaking if we cite the items of material employed : — 650,000 cubic feet of granite ; 80,000 cubic yards of brickwork ; 140,000 cubic yards of concrete ; 500,000 cubic feet of timber, &c. The Albert Embankment, on the southern side, was commenced at Westminster...
Сторінка 113 - Any letter exceeding the weight of 12 ozs. will be liable to a postage of One Penny for every ounce, or fraction of an ounce, beginning with the first ounce. A letter, for example, weighing between 14 and 15 ounces must be prepaid fifteenpence.
Сторінка xi - Bills of Exchange falling due on Good Friday and Christmas Day are payable on the previous day ; those due on the other holidays being payable on the following day.
Сторінка 15 - VIADUCT is reached.) Walk along the STRAND (43); a few yards along on the right side is the Charing Cross Railway Station and Hotel, in front of which is a copy of the old Charing Cross already referred to. A little further along on the left side is the Lowther Arcade, where there is always afine display of toys and fancy goods. Leaving the arcade by the Strand end, turn to the left along the Strand. In Agar Street on the left, is thb Charing Cross Hospital.
Сторінка 45 - GO feet in diameter, covered by a glazed dome, 74 feet from the floor. This circular hall has three tiers of projecting galleries running round it ; the stancheons, galleries, ribs of dome, &c. are iron, of which about 300 tons are used. The floor of the rotunda is composed of 4000 pieces of inlaid woods, in the form of a mariner's compass, within a border of Greek fret; in the centre is the City shield, anchor, &c. ; the...
Сторінка 113 - No letter may be above 18 inches in length, 9 inches in width, or 6 inches in depth, unless it be sent to or from one of the Government Offices. 2. Colonial and Foreign letters. — The rates of postage vary, and are given in a tabular form in the "Official Postal Guide,
Сторінка 61 - ... 1245. Here the amiable king John of France was confined, and died in 1364. It was afterwards used as a prison for deserters, but was pulled down in 1816 to make room for Waterloo bridge. — St.
Сторінка 64 - This clock made in the year 1854 by Frederick Dent, of the Strand and Royal Exchange, clockmaker to the Queen, from the design of Edmund Beckett Denison, QC...