OR, Reminiscences OF THE BRITISH METROPOLIS: INCLUDING CHARACTERISTIC SKETCHES, ANTIQUARIAN, TOPOGRAPHICAL, DESCRIPTIVE, BY EDWARD WEDLAKE BRAYLEY, F.S.A. M.R.S.L. &c. &c. "Before the geud Wolk of this Kingdom be undone, Shall Highgate Hill stand in the middle of Lundun." MOTHER SHIPTON'S PROPHECY. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. III. LONDON: HURST, CHANCE, AND CO. Danz 9.28.46 ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. Poetical Description of London in Henry the Seventh's time 1-4 Inhabitants... Antiquities... Pleasantness and Strength ...River and Bridge...Merchants and Women... Superior dignity of the Mayor. Bucklesbury, and Cornet's Tower Buckle's Mansion...Cornet's Tower...the King's Exchange...Bucklesbury famous for Drugs, Herbs, Duck Lane, now Duke Street, West Smithfield Celebrated for refuse Book-shops. |