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LITERARY
AND HISTORICAL
MEMORIALS OF LONDON.
By J. HENEAGE JESSE.
AUTHOR OF "MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND,"
AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES,
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""GEORGE SELWYN
THE PRETENDERS AND THEIR
ADHERENTS," ETC.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
1847.
CONTENTS
OF
THE FIRST VOLUME.
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PICCADILLY.
Traditions of Hyde Park Corner.-Sir Thomas Wyatt.-
Charles the Second and the Duke of York.-Sir Samuel Mor-
land. Winstanley. -Pope.- Lord Lanesborough.-Apsley
House. The "Pillars of Hercules."-Origin of the name
Piccadilly. Eminent Persons who Lived in the Neigh-
bourhood. .
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THE GREEN PARK AND HYDE PARK.
The Green Park.-Duel between the Earl of Bath and
Lord Hervey.-Hyde Park in the Reigns of Henry the
Eighth, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Anne, Cromwell, and Charles
the Second.-Famous Duel between Lord Mohun and the
Duke of Hamilton.-M'Lean and Belchier the Highwaymen.
-Mysterious Incident to the Duke of Marlborough.
MAY FAIR, GROSVENOR, PORTMAN, CAVENDISH,
AND HANOVER SQUARES.
May Fair.-May Fair Chapel.-Singular Marriages.-
Curzon Street.-South Audley Street.-Grosvenor Square.-
Portman Square.-Cavendish Square.-Hanover Square.-
Bond Street.-Berkeley Square.
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ST. JAMES'S STREET.
St. James's Street.-Clubs.-Colonel Blood.-Cocoa Tree
Tavern. Thatched House.-Death of Gibbon.-Byron.
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF ST. JAMES'S STREET.
Bennet Street. Arlington Street. - Park Place. - St.
James's Place. Cleveland Row.-King Street.-Almack's.—
Little Ryder Street.-Bury Street..
ST. JAMES'S SQUARE.
St. James's Square.—Duke of Hamilton.-Frederick Prince
of Wales.-Johnson and Savage.-Jermyn Street.- Lord
St. Albans.-Sir Walter Scott.
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PALL MALL.
Former State of Pall Mall.-Sir Thomas Wyatt.-Murder
of Thynne. Charles the Second's Mistresses.-Beau Field-
ing's Strange Adventure. Schomberg House.-Star and
Garter-Duke of Buckingham's Residence.-Carlton House. 121
ST. JAMES'S PALACE.
Site of St. James's Palace.-Erected by Henry the Eighth.
-The Residence of Queen Mary, Henry Prince of Wales,
Charles the First, Mary de Medicis, Charles the Second,
James the Second, William the Third, George the First,
and George the Second and daughter.
ST. JAMES'S PARK.
Crom-
Original Enclosure. Charles led to Execution..
well. Skating.-Game of Pall Mall.-Charles the Second.-
Queen Anne.-Marlborough House.-The Mall. - Spring
Gardens. Buckingham House.
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