BEING AN ACCURATE

HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION

OF THE

BRITISH METROPOLIS

AND ITS

NEIGHBOURHOOD,.

то

THIRTY MILES EXTENT,

From an a&ual Perambulation.

By DAVID HUGHSON, LL.D.

VOL. IV.

Come, sacred Peace! come long expected days!
That Thames's glory to the stars shall raise!
Let Volga's banks with iron squadrons shine,
And groves of lances glitter on the Rhine,
Let barbarous ransour arm a servile train;
Be his the blessings of a peaceful reign!
Behold! the ascending villas on his side,
Project long shadows o'er the chrystal tide!
Behold AUGUSTA's glittering spires increase;
And temples rise, the beauteous works of peace!
I see, I see, where two fair cities bend
Their ample bow, a new Whitehall ascend!
There mighty nations shall enquire their doom,
The World's great oracle in times to come.

POPE.

HEC

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From Blackfriars Bridge to Bridewell, Tudor Street, Salisbury Square, Dorset Street, cross White Friars Dock to the Temple, Temple Bar, Fleet Street, New Bridge Street.

HAVING succeeded, we trust to the satisfaction of our

readers, in the account of the City, eastward; we recommence our itinerary at Blackfriars Bridge, through Chatham Square, and on the west side of New Bridge Street, to

BRIDEWELL HOSPITAL.

This is built on the site of the antient palace of several English monarchs, as early as the reign of king John, and had been formed out of the remains of a castle, whieh stood near the Thames. In 1087, William I. gave many of the choicest materials towards rebuilding St. Paul's cathedral, which had lately been destroyed by fire; and Henry I. gave as many of the stones, from the wall of the castie yard, as served to inclose the gates and precinct of the church. Notwithstanding this, the dwelling was sufficiently spacious for royal residence; but was neglected till Cardinal Wolsey made it his habitation in 1522. To this palace the arbitrary Henry convened all the abbots, and other heads of religious houses, English and foreign, and squeezed out of them

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