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Unnoticed London U N N O T I C E D L O N D O N E . MO N T I ! A MB E R T W I TH TW ENTY - FOU R IL L U STRATI ONS 1 9 2 2 L O ND O N <3 T O R O NT O c J . M. D E NT a; SO NS L TD N : E UTT N E W P . D O O YORK 55 C . PRE FA CE THE following brief account of a few of the things that have interested me in London is not intended for the use of the inveterate sight seer, for whom so many admirable and complete fingerposts to the study of old London have been written , by such experts as Mr . Bell , Mr . i r i h . O d s W lfred Whitten , Mr . E V . Lucas , Mr . t ' for . mean and Mr . Hare It is the people who do not realise one-eighth of the stories packed into the streets of London , the city which , as Sir Walter Besant , that great London lover , once said , has an unbroken history of one thousand years and has never been sacked by an enemy . For , in talking about the extra b o i ordinary eauty London , I became aware of a vast public who have eyes and see not , who thoroughly dislike the idea of sight -seeing yet acknowledge their pleasure in a chance discovery en route — made to tea at the Ritz , people who are appalled at the very idea of entering a u muse m . Then there are the travellers who say vaguely that when they can find time they really mean to see something of London , but they turn their backs on the greatest city of the world without having seen much more than vi U N N OT I C E D L O N D O N b the Bond Street , because they are obsessed y idea that to see London requires some occult store of knowledge and energy , and their eyes are sealed to the interest and beauty that lie around their path . Finally there are people h like the old lady who , w en she heard I was writing a book about old London , asked with in astonishment , Is there anything old left London ? I hasten to add that I have not tried in the following pages to tell of every interesting place or even of all there is of interest in the places — visited , only enough , I hope , to make people go and see for themselves and have the pleasure of discovering the rest . I am not afraid that if they once go to the Chapter House they will miss any of its beauties : my dread is lest they fail to go there , from the vision of a plethora of things they think they have no time to see . For I want more than anything else to prick the curiosity of the travellers up and down the streets of the city who miss so much pleasure that they might have so easily , because they are not alive to all the interesting and u n expected things that wait for their coming just round the corner . A little further afield there are so many other ’ —H o arth s treasures waiting to be noticed , g pleasant house in Chiswick , that , like many another London Visitor , I am promising myself see to the first time I have a free Monday , W d — its e nesday or Saturday Eltham , with . P RE FA CE sunk garden surrounding the remains of the al i hn old p ace of the Engl sh kings , where Jo of ’ — a I I . s Elth m , Edward son , was born South ai wark , with its cathedral and the rem ns of the Marshalsea Prison that not everyone knows — how to find and Islington , with the Canon bury Tower and the house in Duncan Street , 6 . No . 4 , where Lamb lived for four years But l these I must leave regretfu ly for another day . In conclusion , I should like to express my thanks to the Montreal Gazette and to the Da ily Exp ress for permission to reprint one or two sketches which origin ally appeared in their pages , and to all those friends for whose kindly help and encouragement I am much indebted C O N T E N T S C H AP . I C LS . HE EA The Chelsea o f Sir Thom a s More— Crosby H all -Cheyn e W a lk— S a n dford M an or— Chelsea H ospita l— Bu n s— Chelsea Old Church— The a n — an a Physic G rde R el gh . I I G S G To O O . KNI HT BRID E S H ’ T atters a ll s— E ly House— Lon don Museu m ’ am es s Ch u rch — a m a St . J The H y rket Shoppe n A Ki n g i Soho . I II F LG TO L . TRA A AR S! UARE F EET STREET The Stra n d— Ch a fi n g Cross— Wa ter Gates i — St C m n Dan — a The Adelph . le e t es S voy ’ C a — n H n m— m h pel Pri ce e ry s Roo The Te ple . R O UND AB O U T THE TOWER — — Rom an B a ths Lon don Ston e Grea t Tower ’ — All H a a i n — St Ola ve s Street llows , B rk g . — Roma n Wa ll P o rt of Lon don Authori ty Tri ni ty H ouse The Crooked Billet The Tower . O O D V . R UND AB UT CH EAPS I E — — Bow Church The Old M a n sio n H ouse The Old Wa n a a n — C a —W tli g Rest ur t 37 , he pside ood — The C C m a n — The a Street ity o p ies Guildh ll . I X x C O N T E N T S C H AP . VI ROU O T H OL O . ND AB U B RN ’ Tyburn— St aple I n n — Tooks Court— Gra y s I n n H a n a n— E l a e —St tto G rde y Pl c . Se ’ ulchre s— a n p P ier Alley . VI I DO W C C . N HAN ERY LANE ' Li n coln s I n n Fields— Soa n e Museum— Lin ’ col n s I n n— Record Office— Mora vi an Ch a pel ’ s C — Clifi ord s I n n Nevill ourt . ’ VIII L W S I . C O S ST O O TH E HARTERH U E AND . BARTH ME 37 ’ n — a m a Pye Cor er St . B rtholo ew s the Gre t ’ n — C St . Joh s G a te The h a rterhouse . I X A O LL W H I L W S 1 8 . ST R I N TEHA L AND ESTMIN TER 5 Whiteh a ll U n ited Services Museum The Abbey Cloisters— The Ch apter H ouse— Ash n m — m m — t bur ha H ou se Jeru sa le Ch a ber S . ’ a a M rg ret s . X S U S . MU E M — — British Museu m Foun dli n g H ospita l South Ken s n n — Wa — G fi r i gto ll a ce e ye . X I KS . PAR H yde Pa rk Ken si n gton G a rden s Green ’ ’ P — am P — n P a rk St . J es s a rk Rege t s a rk a a— B tterse Kew . INDEX L IST O F I L LU STRATIO NS PAG E CHEYNE R ow Fron tispiece CRO SBY H ALL THE OL D SNUFF H O U S E f a cing W Y O K H O S ATER GATE , R U E T C D S . LEMENT ANE S ’ D O W T C D R H SO S P E S . L . S J N N , EMENT ANE L C C O THE TEMP E HUR H , THE R UND O DO O C O L N N ST NE , ANN N STREET O F O O W TH E T WER O L O ND N . BYWARD T ER THE T O WER O F L O ND O N ' TRAIT O R S GATE T O WER OF L O ND O N GUILDHAL L STAPLE I NN ’ GRAY S I NN H ALL ’ LI N C O LN S I NN ’ LI N CO LN S I N N GATEWAY ’ ’ RA H RE S O ST O L O M S C C E T MB I N . BARTH EW HUR H O F ST O LO CHUR C H . BARTH MEW THE GREAT ’ S CL K LL ST. O J HN GATE , ER ENWE THE CHARTERH O U S E FR O M THE S! UARE ' U NITED SERV I C ES MU S EU M ’ O S CO S S P ET RNER , WE TMIN TER ABBEY F O UNDLIN G H O S PITAL P ETER P A N STATUE I N KEN SIN G T O N GARDEN S Sir the ha ppi n ess of Lon don is n o t to be con ceived but by tho se who ha ve ! in been it .
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