St. Gabriel’s, a church which stood opposite to Cullum street, the middle of Fenchurch street, in Langbourn ward; but being destroyed by the fire of London and not rebuilt, the parish was annexed to the church of St. Margaret Pattens. Gainsford street, Horselydown lane.† Gallard’s Almshouse, in Golden lane, was founded by Richard Gallard of Islington, Esq; for thirteen poor men and women, who were to receive only two pence a week each, and a load of charcoal yearly amongst them all. By this small allowance, it appears that this house must be of a very ancient foundation. Maitland. Gap yard, Stepney Causeway. Garden row, 1. Inner Temple.? 2. Lower street, Islington.? 3. Unicorn alley, Shoreditch.? Gardeners, a company incorporated by letters patent granted by King James I. in the year 1616. They are governed by a Master, two Wardens, and eighteen Assistants; but have neither hall nor livery. Gardiner’s court, Gardiner’s lane, King street, Westminster.† Gardiner’s ground, Collingwood street. Gardiner’s lane, 1. High Timber street. 2. King street, Westminster. 3. Maiden lane. 4. Neathouse lane. 5. Petty France, Westminster. 6. Willow street. Gardiner’s row, Chelsea. Garland alley, Bishopsgate street. Garland court, 1. Ocean street, Stepney. 2. Trinity lane. Garlic hill, Thames street; so called from the garlick market formerly held thereabout. Stow. Garret’s Almshouse, in Porter’s fields, and in the liberty of Norton Falgate, was founded in the year 1729, by Nicholas Garret, Esq; citizen and weaver, for the accommodation of six poor members of his company, each of whom has also an annual allowance of 8l., a chaldron of coals, and dozen and a half of candles. Maitland. Garret’s rents, Coleman street.† Garter court, Barbican.* Garter yard, Ratcliff Highway. Gasson, a village in the parish of Blechingley, in Surry, at the source of the river Medway. Gatehouse, Tothill street, Westminster, is so called from two gates, erected there in the reign of Edward III. Here is a prison for debtors and criminals. Gate street, Lincoln’s Inn fields. Gatton, a very small borough in Surry, eighteen miles from London, under the side of a hill in the road to Ryegate. This is a very ancient town; and from the Roman coins and other antiquities found there, is supposed to have been well known to the Romans; but though it is a borough by prescription, and has sent members to parliament ever since the 29th of Henry VI. and though it was formerly a large and populous place, it now Gaunt’s key. Thames street.† Geneva row, Tyburn road.† Gentee’s passage, Nibb’s Pound.† George alley, 1. Aldgate street, within.* 2. Bishopsgate street.* 3. In the Borough.* 4. Coleman street.* 5. Field lane, at the bottom of Holborn hill.* 6. George street, York buildings.* 7. Holles street, Clare market.* 8. King Tudor’s street.* 9. Lombard street, Gracechurch street.* 10. Lower Shadwell. 11. St. Margaret’s hill.* 12. New George street, Spitalfields.* 13. Rotherhith.* 14. Saffron hill.* 15. Shoe lane, Fleet street.* 16. Stony street.* 17. In the Strand.* 18. Thames street.* 19. Turnmill street.* 20. York buildings.* George and Vulture alley, Cornhill.* S. Wale delin. Elliot sculp. George court, 1. Bennet’s hill.* 2. Coleman street.* 3. East Smithfield.* 4. George street, Conduit street.* 5. George George Inn yard, in the Borough.* George lane, St. Botolph lane.* George’s buildings, 1. Catharine Wheel alley, Whitechapel.† 2. Near Rosemary lane.† 3. Jermain street.† St. George’s Bloomsbury, is one of the fifty new churches appointed to be built by act of parliament within the bills of mortality. The name of St. George was given to it in honour of his present Majesty; and it received the additional epithet of Bloomsbury, from its situation, to distinguish it from others of the same name. The portico through which you enter the church stands on the south side, as is represented in the print. It is of the Corinthian order, and makes a very good figure in the street, but has no affinity to the church, which is very heavy, and would be better suited with a Tuscan portico. The tower and steeple at the west, is a very extraordinary structure. On the top standing on a round pedestal or altar, is a colossal statue of the late This church was erected at the public expence, and consecrated in January 1731. A district for its parish was by authority of parliament taken out of that of St. Giles’s, and the sum of 3000l. was given towards the support of its Rector, to which being added 1250l. by the inhabitants of St. Giles’s parish, both sums were ordered to be laid out in the purchase of lands, tenements, &c. in fee simple, as a perpetual fund for the maintenance of the Rector and his successors; but the poor of this parish and St. George’s Botolph lane, is like all the other churches of this name, dedicated to St. George of Cappadocia, the martyr and tutelar saint of the English nation, and is situated on the west side of Botolph lane, Thames street. The old church was destroyed by the fire of London in 1666, and the present edifice built in its stead. It is enlightened with a single series of tall windows, and the steeple consists of a plain tower ornamented with vases at the four corners. This is a rectory in the gift of the Crown; and to this parish that of St. Botolph’s Billingsgate is united by act of parliament. St. George’s fields, a large space between Lambeth and Southwark, where have been found many Roman coins, chequered pavements, and bricks, it being the center of three Roman ways. Since the building of Westminster bridge, a new road has been made across these fields, which leading into the Borough forms a communication between the two bridges. St. George’s Hanover square, is situated on the east side of George street, near the This church, considering the extent of the parish, is too small. It has a plain body with an elegant portico: the columns, which are Corinthian, are of a large diameter, and the pediment has its acroteria, but without farther ornament. It has a tower, which, above the clock, is elegantly adorned at the corners with coupled Corinthian columns that are very lofty. These are crowned with their entablature, which at each corner supports two vases, and over these the tower still rises till it is terminated by a dome crowned with a turret which supports a ball, over which rises the weather-cock. This church is a rectory; the parish at first consisted of the two out wards of that of St. Martin’s in the Fields; but St. George’s Middlesex, situated on the north side of Ratcliff Highway, is another of the churches occasioned by the increase of buildings in a part of the town opposite to the former. The Commissioners for erecting fifty new churches caused the foundation to be laid in the year 1715, and the structure was finished in 1729. This is a massy structure, erected in a very singular taste. The floor is raised a considerable height above the level of the ground; and to the principal door, which is in the west front of the tower, is an ascent by a double flight of steps, cut with a sweep, and defended by a low wall of the same form; but what is most singular in this structure, is, there are two turrets over the body of the church, and one on the tower, which last is in the The parish is taken out of that of Stepney; and by act of parliament the hamlet of Wapping Stepney is appropriated to that purpose, and in all respects rendered independent of Stepney parish. Towards the maintenance of the Rector and his successors, the parliament gave the sum of 3000l. to be laid out in the purchase of lands, tenements, &c. in fee simple; and as a farther provision, the churchwardens are annually to pay him the sum of 100l. to be raised by burial fees. The advowson of this rectory, like that of Stepney, is in the Principal and Scholars of King’s hall, and Brazen nose college, Oxford. St. George’s Queen square, also arose from the increase of buildings. Several gentlemen at the extremity of the parish of St. Andrew’s Holborn, having proposed the erecting of a chapel for religious worship, Sir Streynsham Master, and fourteen of the other neighbouring gentlemen, were appointed trustees for the management of this affair. These gentlemen in the year 1705, agreed with Mr. Tooley to give him 3500l. for erecting a chapel and This church is a plain common building void of all elegance; it is however convenient and well enlightened. The rectory, like that of St. Andrew’s, is in the Duke of Montague’s gift. St. George’s Southwark, is situated at the south east corner of St. Margaret’s hill. There was a church in this place before the year 1122, which in 1629, was repaired and beautified within. This edifice was preserved by its situation, from the dreadful conflagration in 1666; but the decays of age rendered it necessary to take To this church there is an ascent by a flight of steps, defended by plain iron rails. The door case, which is Ionic, has a circular pediment, ornamented with the heads of Cherubims in clouds; and on each side of this pediment, which reaches to the height of the roof, the front is adorned with a ballustrade and vases. From this part the tower rises plain, strengthened with rustic quoins, as is the body of the building, and on the corners of the tower are again placed vases. From this part the diminution is too great; and from hence are raised a series of Ionic columns supporting the base of the spire, which has ribs on the angles, and openings in all the faces. The top is crowned with a ball from which rises the vane. This church is a rectory in the gift of the Crown; the profits of which to the Incumbent amount to about 220l. a year. English Architect. Maitland. St. George’s Hospital, near Hyde Park Corner. This undertaking was set on foot soon after Michaelmas 1733, by some gentlemen who were before concerned in a charity of the like kind in the lower Here are admitted the poor, sick, and lame, who are supplied with advice, medicine, diet, washing, lodging, and some of the miserable with cloaths also. The Physicians visit their patients on Mondays and Fridays, and on all intermediate days whenever occasion requires; but the Surgeon attends every day; and on every Friday morning there is a general consultation of all the Physicians and Surgeons. No security for the burial of the patients is required, nor any money, gift, or reward taken of them or their friends, on any account whatsoever. Those who die, if their friends are unable to bury them, are interred at the charge of the society. And the money collected in the poor box at the door, is kept as a separate fund for furnishing those with some little sum of money, whose distance from their habitations, The apothecaries, who are Governors, are appointed to attend by rotation as visitors, to see that the apothecary of the house takes due care of the medicines and patients. Two visitors are chosen weekly out of the subscribers, to attend daily, and take care, by examining the provision and patients, that the orders of the society are punctually observed, that the patients are treated in every respect with order and tenderness, and to make a report in writing of their observations. Prayers are read daily to the patients; a sermon is preached every Sunday, the communion is administered every month, and the chaplain attends at other times to catechize and perform other religious offices, as often as their cases require; and when the patients are discharged, religious tracts are given to each of them, for their farther edification. A board of Governors meet every Wednesday morning, to do the current business of the hospital, to receive and examine the reports of the visitors, to discharge and admit patients, to receive the complaints and proposals of all persons, and to prepare such matters as are proper The Governors are in number upwards of three hundred. No person receiving salary, fee, or reward from the hospital, is capable of being a Governor; but every other gentleman subscribing 5l. a year, or upwards, or giving one benefaction of 50l. although he be not an annual subscriber, is thereupon put in nomination to be a Governor, and at the first general court, which is held one month afterwards, is accordingly ballotted for by the Governors. The subscriptions are received by the Treasurers, at the weekly board, held every Wednesday morning in the hospital. The other rules and regulations of this excellent hospital, are as follow: I. No person is to be admitted a patient, except in cases of accidents, without a note from a Governor or contributor, specifying the name and place of abode of such patient, and that he or she is a proper object of this charity. II. All recommendations are to be delivered every Wednesday morning, by nine of the clock. III. In case any out-patients neglect coming two weeks successively on the day IV. No person discharged for irregularity is to be ever again admitted into the hospital, upon any recommendation whatsoever. V. No patient is to be suffered to go out of the hospital without leave in writing; and to avoid giving offence, no leave is to be given to any patient to go into St. James’s Park, or the Green Park, called Constitution hill, upon any pretence whatsoever. VI. No Governor, officer, or servant, must at any time presume, on pain of expulsion, to take of any tradesman, patient, or other person, any fee, reward, or gratification of any kind, directly, or indirectly, for any service done, or to be done, on account of this hospital. VII. No person subscribing less than two guineas a year, can recommend more than two in-patients in the year. VIII. When there is not room for all the patients recommended at one time to be received into the hospital, those are taken in whose admission the board are of opinion, will most effectually answer the end of the charity; and the rest, if proper By this noble foundation, there have been discharged from the hospital, since its first receiving of patients on the first of January 1733, to the 27th of December 1752, 60,188. Those in the house on the 27th of December 1752, amounted to 273. The out-patients in the books at the same time were 645, which in all made 61,106. From the account published by the General Board. This hospital enjoys a fine situation, and has all the benefit of a clear and pure air: it has the advantage of being a very neat, though not an expensive building; and though it is extremely plain, it is not void of ornament. It has two small wings, and a large front, with only one door, which is in the middle, and to which there is an ascent by a few steps. On the top of this part of the building is a pediment raised above the rest of the edifice, and under this ornament is a stone with an inscription, expressing the noble use to which this structure is applied. St. George’s court, Newington causeway. George street, 1. Cambridge Heath.* 2. Foster lane, Cheapside.* 3. Hanover square. 4. Little Chapel street. 5. In the Mint.* 6. Near Tothill side. 7. Pall Mall. 8. Ratcliff highway. 9. Tyburn road. 10. White row, Spitalfields.* 11. Windsor street. 12. York buildings. See Great George street. Some of the new streets of this name, were thus denominated in honour of King George I. and II. A list of the pictures belonging to General Guise, at his house in George street, Hanover square. On the left hand of the staircase. A piece of architecture, rather large, adorned with many small figures very graceful. The architecture, by Viviani. The figures, in his best manner, by Sebastiano Ricci. Two heads in one picture, a little smaller than life. They exhibit two caricaturas, by Spagnoletto. A portrait of some Spanish nobleman, half length, after the life, nobly painted and well preserved, by Moriglio. A head with part of the shoulders, and it seems to be the portrait of some great man. In his first manner, by Titiano. A representation of our Saviour on his doleful way to Calvary. The figures almost as big as the life, by Andrea Mantegna. Mantegna was Correggio’s master, and this picture was in the collection of King Charles the First. The rape of the Sabines. A picture of great merit both for invention and colouring, the author unknown. A figure as big as the life, of particular beauty, exhibiting St. Jerome fervently praying, by Domenichino. A head with part of the shoulders, as big as the life. It is the portrait, painted by himself, of Francesco Mola. A small sketch representing a sacrifice, with the temple of Diana. The figures are many and wonderfully well disposed, by Pietro da Cortona. It goes about in print. A small sketch in light and shadow, with many figures representing a Saint, ready to suffer martyrdom, drawn with great liveliness and taste, by Ant. Vandyke. A picture containing several figures about three feet high, exhibiting St. Laurence’s martyrdom, by Tintoretto. A landscape with figures one foot high, representing the martyrdom of St. Peter Martir. The figures, by Agostino Caracci. The landscape, by Gobbo de Caracci. A sketch representing a victorious Prince carried in triumph. The figures are many, a foot and a half high, and many of them allegorical, by Giordano d’Anversa. A large piece of architecture with figures. In his first manner, by Nicol. Poussin. A picture, containing some half lengths a little bigger than the life, exhibiting Faith that gives her sword to a General, by Pietro della Vecchia. The portrait of a General, half length, a little bigger than the life. It is believ’d to be a copy from Titian, by Luca Giordano. A figure very artfully foreshorten’d, representing our Saviour dead, as big as the life, by Lodovico Caracci. A picture exhibiting a battle, full of figures about one foot high; and one Apollo and Marsyas. The figures about three feet high, by Sebastiano Ricci. In the first and second rooms of the ground floor. A large picture containing some half lengths as big as the life, and representing the taking our Saviour in the garden, by Giacomo da Bassano. A piece containing many half length figures as big as the life, representing the prodigal son received by his father. A famous performance of Guercino da Cento. Sophonisba dying with grief in the arms of her damsel on receiving doleful news. The figures are half lengths as big as the life. A celebrated piece, by Domenichino. Our Saviour known by the two disciples in the breaking of the bread. The figures bigger than the life, by Lodovico Caracci. The flight into Egypt. The figures as big as the life. A noble work, by Guido Reni. The heads of St. Andrew and St. Paul, bigger than the life. A valuable performance, by Andrea Sacchi. St. Elizabeth with St. John when a babe, Judith holding Holofernes’s head. A half length, very beautiful, by Francesco Salviati. Our Saviour’s nativity. The figures a little more than one foot high, finished with extreme diligence. A rare work, by Baldassare Peruzzi. Our Lady contemplating her babe. The figures about two feet and a half, wonderfully well done after Correggio’s manner, by Francesco Mazzuoli, commonly called Parmigianino. A half length, as big as the life, representing a naked woman, by Titiano. It is thought that this is the portrait of the woman that was Titian’s model, when he drew the famous Venus now existing in the room called La Tribuna, in the Medicean gallery at Florence. Our Saviour taken down from the cross. The figures a little more than one foot high, by Daniele da Volterra. This appears to be the sketch from which Daniel made the large famous picture, that is now in one of the chapels of the church called La TrinitÀ de Monit, at Rome. An oval picture representing Medusa’s A holy family. The figures one foot high, compleatly finished, by Annib. Caracci. Our Saviour crowned with thorns. The figures a foot and a half high. One of the best works in his first manner, by Correggio. Our Lady with the two babes Jesus and John laying hold of a lamb, and two angels devoutly looking on them, by Fran. Mazzuoli, called Parmigianino. It was formerly in Charles the First’s collection. Socrates and Alcibiades. Half lengths of about a foot and a half, by Giorgione da Castelfranco, who was Titiano’s master. A small picture representing our Lady’s assumption, and the apostles, by Francesco Naldini. This was the sketch of a celebrated picture now in Florence. Our Saviour’s circumcision. An original sketch, by Polidoro da Caravaggio. A picture in light and shadow, representing Diana and her nymphs in the bath, changing Acteon into a stag. An original beautiful sketch. The figures one foot high, by Nicolo dell’ Abate. Our Saviour’s supper, a small and most beautiful performance, by Innocenzo da Imola. Innocenzo was one of Raphael’s best disciples. A Venetian history, by Paolo Veronese. This is an original sketch of one of the large pictures painted by Paolo in the Sala del Consiglio, at Venice. A boy’s head, as big as the life, by Annibal Caracci. Diana’s head, as big as the life, by Camillo Procaccini. St. Catharine, a foot and a half high. A celebrated and well preserved performance, by Benvenuto da Garofolo. A landscape exhibiting the hunting of the hare, a beautiful work, by Gobbo de Caracci. Adam and Eve driven out of paradise by the angel. The figures one foot high. A famous and well preserved work, by the Cavaliere Giuseppe d’ Arpino. The head of a woman smiling, smaller than the life, by Leonardo da Vinci. A child’s head, smaller than the life, by Fra. Bartolomeo di San Marco. The pale of an altar with figures bigger than the life, representing St. Lucy, The family of the Caracci’s, represented in a butcher’s shop, and those celebrated painters in butchers dresses. Annibal is weighing some meat to a Swiss of the Cardinal of Bologna’s guard. Agostino is shaking a nail and trying if it holds fast, that he may hang on it a leg of mutton which he holds in his left hand. The Gobbo is lifting up half a calf to hang it on a beam, and Lodovico stoops down killing a sheep. The mother of them is represented as a servant-maid that comes to buy some meat. The likenesses are traditionally said to be wonderful; and the whole of this no less odd than beautiful picture was the most celebrated performance of Annibal Caracci. Three half figures as big as the life, representing three ladies diverting themselves with music, and a gentleman listening to them. In all probability they were portraits, by Titiano. A sketch of one of the most capital pictures in Venice, and preserved there in A landscape with figures. It represents part of the country near Bologna, by Domenichino. A woman representing Simplicity, with a dove in her hand. A half length as big as the life, by Francesco Furino. The good Samaritan. The figures are two feet high. A valuable picture, by Sisto Badalocchi. Our Lady with her babe, about two feet high, painted much after Correggio’s manner, by Sebastian Ricci. The head of a youth, a little smaller than the life, by Raphael. Two small pictures, exhibiting two different martyrdoms of two saints, by Giacomo del Po. A small sketch, by Ciro Ferri, a disciple of Pietro da Cortona. A picture exhibiting our Saviour’s nativity. The devotion and maternal affection It was one of King Charles the First’s collection; and there are two prints of it, an ancient one in wood, the other in copper-plate. Another nativity, painted likewise with his usual delicacy and noble expression, by the same Titiano. Our Lady with her babe in her arms, near as big as the life, standing on the clouds, supported and attended by cherubs and angels. Under it there is a sight of the town of Bologna, and adjacent villages, all painted in his best manner, by Annibal Caracci. Susan tempted by the two old men, boldly and vigorously painted as big as the life, by Agostino Caracci. Two children bigger than the life, representing holy Love the conqueror of profane Love; one of the best performances in his first manner, by Guido Reni. A lively figure of an Italian buffoon, drinking merrily, an half figure, as big as the life, by Annibal Caracci. The portrait of some Nobleman, a little more than a half length, by Francesco Torbido, commonly called, il Moro Veronese. This painter was much admired by Titian himself. A nativity of our Saviour. The figures about one foot high. The effect of the light that shines out of the babe, and irradiates the whole picture, is astonishing. This is a celebrated piece, by Cavalier Cavedone. A head as big as the life, representing our Saviour, painted in a bold manner, by Agostino Caracci. Apollo in the attitude of slaying Marsyas. The figures about two feet high, by Andrea Sacchi. Two small pictures, the one representing a mountebank drawing a tooth to a A small picture, containing our Lady and her babe, St. Joseph, and St. Catharine, half figures, finely painted, by Bartolomeo Schidone. A small picture, representing an angel that contemplates with a most afflicted look one of the nails with which our Saviour was crucified, holding it up in his hand, by Correggio. A most beautiful sketch, representing our Saviour laid in the sepulchre, with the Virgin who has swooned and is supported by the three Marys, by Giacomo da Bassano. Four small pictures, containing some figures two feet high, most masterly painted, by Francesco Mazzuoli, called il Parmigianino. A small picture with many figures, representing our Saviour shewn to the people by Pilate. A noble performance, by Federigo Barocci. A small picture, representing our Saviour appearing to Mary Magdalen in the The infant Jesus and St. John embracing. An excellent performance and well preserved, by Raphael. Three heads in water colours, bigger than the life, by Raphael. A head of Joseph of Arimathea, as big as the life, by Federigo Barocci. Pictures in the rooms of the first floor. A half length, a little smaller than the life, representing St. Catharine. A rare ancient picture, by Vettori Carpacio. Our Lady with her babe and St. John. The proportion of the figures two feet high. An incomparable performance of Andrea del Sarto. A small picture representing a father with his two children praying, by Giovanni Holbens. A Nativity of our Saviour, containing eighteen figures two feet high. The posture of our Lady that offers her breast to her babe, and that of the babe itself, are most graceful; St. Joseph with them completes one of the best groups that the art of painting ever produced; and equally graceful is another group of three angels playing upon musical instruments. Two other angels descend from heaven in an attitude of There are two fine prints of this picture. Our Lady with her babe, St. Catharine and St. Francis. The proportion of the figures two feet. An excellent and well preserved performance of Paolo Veronese. The view of a noble temple, our Saviour coming out of it, meets with Magdalen, who is by him converted in the presence of some other women. An excellent and well preserved performance, done in his first manner, by Andrea del Sarto. Two half lengths as big as the life of two women, one the mistress, the other her maid. The mistress was probably a portrait. She holds the looking glass with one hand, and with the other adjusts her head, listening to the maid that speaks to her. This is one of the best works of Domenichino. Our Lady with her babe, the Magdalen, St. John, and St. Jerome. The figures are about three feet high, painted with the greatest gracefulness, by Francesco Mauzzoli, called il Parmigianino. A copy of the famous nativity known under the name of Correggio’s night; the figures two feet high, by Carlo Cignani. Diana in the bath converting Acteon into a stag, with her nymphs about her. An elegant composition nobly coloured, the figures a foot and a half, by Tintoretto. The communion of the Apostles, the figures a little above two feet. There is a kindled lamp in this picture, which has a striking effect, and the whole is painted with great vigour, by Tintoretto. St. John preaching in the desart, beautified with many well-disposed figures, by Gobbo de Caracci. The fable of Erictonius delivered to the nymphs to be educated. Their fear and wonder in spying the boy’s serpentine feet, and their different attitudes, are most beautifully expressed. Each figure is about half the bigness of nature, A landscape, exhibiting Moses delivering from the snares of the shepherds, the daughters of Reuel the Priest of Midian, that came, to give drink to their cattle, by Domenichino. Another small landscape, exhibiting some fishermen, and women washing linen, by the same Domenichino. A youth little less than the life, that plays upon the guitar, with a boy behind that listens with pleasure to him. By the celebrated Spanish disciple of Titian, Fernandos. A half length, representing our Lord tempted in the desart, by Titiano. Two most beautiful Cherubs heads as big as the life, by Domenichino. A St. John’s head with a lamb, as big as the life, in his best manner, by Guercino da Cento. Marsyas and Apollo, with Mydas that sits as their judge. The figures about a foot high. A fine performance both for invention and colouring, by Andrea Schiavone. A copy of the famous Correggio’s Cupid as big as the life, by Annibal Caracci. An Ecce Homo, as big as the life, Our Lord laid in the sepulchre, the figures a little more than a foot, another noble work of Lodovico Caracci. St. Francis in a vision supported by Angels. The proportion of the figures about two feet high, admirably well painted, by Annibal Caracci. A little landscape, adorned with some pretty little figures, and it looks as if painted after nature, by Gobbo de’ Caracci. A Venus and Cupid as big as the life. An astonishing performance, by Titiano. A copy of one of the celebrated pictures of Raphael in the Roman Vatican. This represents an achievement of the Emperor Constantine. This copy appears to be the work of some great painter of the Florentine school, being done in the most masterly manner. A choir of Angels playing on several musical instruments, their proportion about a foot and a half. God the Father supported by three Cherubs, by Guido Reni. This is thought to be the original sketch of a picture done in fresco by Guido, in St. Gregory’s church at Rome. Two pictures adorned with many beautiful figures, whose proportion is about two feet. One represents the age of iron, the other the age of copper; and they are the original models of the two pictures in fresco, that are in the palace of Pitti at Florence, by Pietro da Cortona. The original sketch of one of the ceilings painted in the Barberini’s palace at Rome, by Pietro da Cortona. It represents many allegorical figures. A half length portrait as big as nature. The figure has a letter in one hand, by Lodovico Caracci. The portrait of Maria Robusti; a half length as big as nature, by Paris Bourdon. The picture of a woman as big as life, half length, by Giorgione da Castelfranco. A head with part of the shoulders, representing a Greek merchant, as big as the life, by Michael Angelo da Caravaggio. Our Lady with her babe, and St. John; A half length with the hands, representing Diogenes the Cynic; masterly done by Spagnoletto. A half length portrait of himself, by Tintoretto. A portrait down to the knee, of the celebrated Naugerius, as big as the life, by Tintoretto. The nativity of our Saviour, enriched with many beautiful figures about one foot high, by Francesco Zuccarelli. A carton in water colours representing the holy family. The figures near as big as the life, by Andrea del Sarto. An Emperor on horseback, the horse white, the proportion about two feet; a bold and noble work of Giulio Romano. It was once in King Charles the First’s collection. A finished sketch of King Charles the First’s white horse, its proportion about two feet, by Vandyke. The slaughter of the Innocents, and Herod on a throne commanding it, by Bourgognone. Ariadne abandoned by Theseus, a naked figure as big as the life, by Francesco Furino. Georgia Office, lately under the government of the Trustees for settling the colony of Georgia, is now united to the Office of Trade and Plantations, and kept in the Treasury. Gerrard’s Hall, on the south side of Basing lane, a large and very old house built upon stone arches, supported by sixteen pillars, called Gerard’s Hall from a giant of that name, which it is ridiculously supposed lived there. In the high roofed hall stood for some time a large fir pole, which it is pretended Gerard the giant used to run with in the wars, and a ladder of the same length, said to be made in order to German’s yard, Stepney rents, Shoreditch. Gerrard’s court, Little Bell alley.† Gerrard street, Prince’s street, Soho.† Gerrard’s Cross, a village in Buckinghamshire, situated about 28 miles from London, between Uxbridge and Beconsfield. Here is a charity school built and endowed by the late Duke of Portland, for 20 boys and 15 girls, who are taught and cloathed, and two of the children put out apprentices every year. Near this place is also a fine seat of the Duke of Portland. Gibralter, Shoreditch. Gibson’s Almshouse and School, at Ratcliff, were founded by Nicholas Gibson, Esq; in the year 1537, for fourteen poor widows, seven of whom to be of Stepney parish, and the other seven of the Coopers company. The pensioners to have 1l. 6s. 8d. a year each; the school-master a salary of 10l. and an usher 6l. 13s. 4d. a year. But the estate with Gibson’s court, 1. Marybon street.† 2. Narrow wall.† Giddy Hall, at the farther end of Rumford in Essex, a very fine mansion house erected by the late Sir John Eyles, Lord Mayor of London. Gilbert’s court, Monkwell street.† Gilbert’s passage, Clare market.† Gilbert’s street, Bloomsbury.† St. Giles’s Cripplegate, at the east end of Redcross street, without the walls of London, is so denominated from its dedication to St. Giles, a Grecian and citizen of Athens, in the year 700, and from the neighbouring gate. A church was built in this place in the year 1030, which was destroyed by the fire of London in the year 1545; but the edifice erected in its room escaping the dreadful conflagration in 1666, is still standing, and is likely to continue so a long time. This Gothic structure is 114 feet in length, 63 in breadth, 32 in height, and This church is a vicarage, the patronage of which is in the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s, and it is constituted a prebend of that cathedral by the name of Mora. The Vicar receives about 360l. a year by tithes. In this church are many tombs, and here lies the body of the incomparable John Milton, the author of Paradise Lost. St. Giles’s in the Fields, on the south side of St. Giles’s street, is so named to distinguish it from St. Giles’s Cripplegate. The place in which it stands was formerly a village of the same name as the church, which was standing so early as the year 1222, tho’ it was not made parochial till 1547. The little edifice for divine worship being taken down in the year 1623, a church of brick was erected in its room; but the ground in its neighbourhood being gradually raised to the height of eight feet higher than the floor, it became very damp and unwholesome. Upon this the inhabitants, by consent of parliament, had it rebuilt, the sum of 8000l. being granted for that purpose. The present structure is built in a very substantial The church and steeple are built with Portland stone. The area of the church within the walls is sixty feet wide, and seventy-five feet in length, exclusive of the recess for the altar. The roof is supported with Ionic pillars of Portland stone, on stone piers, and is vaulted underneath. The outside of the church has a rustic basement, and the windows of the galleries have semicircular heads, over which is a modillion cornice. The steeple is 165 feet high, and consists of a rustic pedestal, supporting a Doric order of pilasters, and over the clock is an octangular tower with three quarter Ionic columns supporting a balustrade with vases, on which stands the spire, which is also octangular and belted. In 1758 the organ was repaired; and in 1759, two magnificent chandeliers were hung up, each containing thirty-six lights. “The new church of St. Giles’s, says the author of The Review of the Public Buildings, is one of the most simple and elegant of the modern structures: it is There is a marble monument on the When, by inclemency of air, These golden letters disappear, And Time’s old cankered teeth have shown Their malice on this marble stone, Virtue and Art shall write his name In annals, and consign his fame To monuments more lasting far, Than marble stones, or golden letters are. The expence of erecting this church amounted to 10,026l. 15s. 9d. It is a rectory in the gift of the Crown. Gilham’s court, Rotherhith Wall.† Gilham’s rents, the Folly, Dock head.† Giltspur street, without Newgate.* Gingerbread alley, 1. Holiwell lane. 2. Old Change, Cheapside. Gingerbread court, 1. Lamb alley, Bishopsgate street. 2. Old Change. Girdlers, a company incorporated by letters patent granted by Henry VI. in the year 1449, and confirmed by Queen Elizabeth in 1568, when the Pinners and Wiredrawers were incorporated with them. This fraternity consists of a Master, three Wardens, twenty-four Assistants, and seventy-seven Liverymen, who upon their Glassenbury court, Rose street, Covent Garden. Glasshouse alley, White Friars.? Glasshouse fields, Cock hill, Ratcliff.? Glasshouse hill, Well street.? Glasshouse Liberty, a part of the parish of St. Botolph Aldersgate street, situated in Goswell and Pickax streets, thus named from a glasshouse which anciently stood there. There was formerly but one government in the parish; but the poor of this liberty increasing considerably, the city liberty ungenerously separated from them, and obliged those in this district to maintain their own poor. Glasshouse street, Swallow street.? Glasshouse yard, 1. Black Friars.† 2. Goodman’s fields.? 3. Old Barge stairs.? 4. Old Bethlem.? 5. Pickax street.? 6. Red Maid lane.? 7. Upper Ground.? 8. Well street.? 9. White Friars.? 10. White’s yard.? 11. Willow street.? Glass Sellers, a company that were incorporated with the Looking-glass makers by letters patent granted by King Charles II. in the year 1664, by the title of The Master, Wardens, Assistants and Commonalty of Glass sellers of the city of London. Glass yard, Cut-throat lane. Glaziers, a company incorporated with that of the glass painters, by a charter granted by Charles I. in the year 1637. They consist of a Master, two Wardens, twenty-one Assistants, and ninety-one Liverymen, whose fine is 3l. Their hall being consumed in the fire of London, has never yet been rebuilt. Maitland. Glazier’s rents, Fore street, Limehouse. Glean alley, Tooley street. Globe alley, 1. Deadman’s Place.* 2. Fish street hill.* 3. Narrow street, Limehouse.* 4. Quaker street.* 5. In the Strand.* 6. Wapping.* Globe court, 1. Seven Stars alley.* 2. Sheer lane.* 3. Shoe lane.* Globe island, Rotherhith. Globe lane, Mile-end road.* Globe stairs, Rotherhith.* Globe stairs alley, 1. Jamaica street.* 2. Rotherhith.* Globe yard, 1. New Fish street hill.* 2. Old Bethlem.* 3. Schoolhouse lane, Ratcliff.* 4. Wapping.* Gloucester court, 1. Beer lane. 2. Black Gloucester street, 1. Liquorpond street. 2. Queen’s square, Bloomsbury. Glovers, a company incorporated by letters patent granted by King Charles I. in the year 1638. This company is governed by a Master, four Wardens, thirty Assistants, and a livery of 130 members, who upon their admission pay a fine of 5l. 13s. 4d. They have a hall in Beech lane. Glovers court, Beech lane.? Glovers yard, Beech lane.? Goat alley, 1. St. Catharine’s lane.* 2. Ludgate hill.* 3. Upper Ground, Southwark.* 4. Whitecross str. Cripplegate.* Goat Inn yard, St. Margaret’s hill.* Goat’s Head alley, Skinners street.* Goat stairs, Bank side.* Goat yard, 1. Free school street, Horselydown.* 2. In the Maze, Tooley street.* 3. Whitecross street, by Old street.* Goat yard passage, Horselydown.* Goatham alley, Shoreditch.? Gobb’s alley, Grey Eagle street.† Gobions. See Gubbins. Goddard’s rents, 1. Holiwell street.† 2. Wheeler street.† Godliman’s street, 1. Little Carter lane.† St. Paul’s Chain.† Godwel stairs, near Limehouse.† Gold and Silver Wiredrawers, a company incorporated by letters patent granted by K. James I. in the year 1623. This fraternity is governed by a Master, two Wardens, and eighteen Assistants, but has neither livery nor hall. Goldby’s rents, Golden lane.† Golden Anchor alley, Old street.* Golden Ball court, Great Wild street.* Golden Cross court, Cateaton street.* Golden Fleece yard, Tothill street.* Golden Key court, 1. Basinghall Postern.* 2. Fore street.* Golden lane, Barbican. Golden Leg court, Cheapside.* Golden Lion alley, Long ditch, Westminster.* Golden Lion court, 1. Aldersgate street.* 2. By St. George’s church, Southwark.* Golden square, near Great Windmill street, a very neat but small square, containing about two acres. A large space on the inside adorned with grass plats and gravel walks, was till lately surrounded with wooden rails; but these have been removed, and handsome iron ones placed in their room. Gold’s hill, Dean street. This fraternity is governed by a Prime, three other Wardens, and ninety-eight Assistants; with a livery of 198 members, who upon their admission pay a fine of 20l. In this hall are, among others, the pictures of Sir Martin Bowers, and Sir Hugh Middleton, both of this company, and great benefactors to it. They both enjoyed the office of Lord Mayor of London. The latter is worthy of immortal honour, for bringing the New River water to the city: out of the rents of which he gave 30l. a year to this company, which is now worth near the annual revenue of 300l. They have also a very great estate, and apply above 1000l. a year to charitable uses. By an act passed in the 12th year of the reign of his present Majesty George II. it is ordered that no goldsmith, silversmith, or other person dealing in gold or silver Goldsmith’s alley, 1. Jewin street.† 2. Lukener’s lane, Drury lane.† Goldsmith’s rents, East Smithfield.† Goldsmith’s street, 1. Crucifix lane, Barnaby street, Southwark.† 2. Wood street, Cheapside. Gold’s square, Golston street, Whitechapel.† See Gould’s square. Gold street, 1. Near New Gravel lane. 2. Wood street, Cheapside. Golston’s court, Drury lane.† Gonson’s rents, Bluegate fields, Upper Shadwell.† Goodchild’s alley, Market street, Westminster. Goodman’s fields, a considerable piece of ground lying behind the houses on the south side of Whitechapel, the east side of the Minories, and the north side of Rosemary lane. Mr. Stow observes, that in his time, this was a large field and farm kept by one Goodman, whose son afterwards let it out, and lived like a gentleman upon the rent it produced: and it still retains the same name, though it has now no appearance of a field. It principally consists of four handsome streets, inhabited by merchants, and other persons in affluent circumstances: these streets are on the four sides, and in the center is a tenter ground, which Goodman’s wharf, St. Catharine’s.† Goodman’s yard, In the Minories, leading into Goodman’s fields.† Good’s rents, In the Minories.† Goodwin’s court, 1. Oxford street.† 2. St. Martin’s lane, Chancery lane.† 3. Noble street.† Goodyear’s rents, Wapping.† Goose alley, 1. Bow Church yard, Cheapside.* 2. Fleet Ditch.* Goosetree’s yard, Peter street, Westminster.† Gorhambury, a little to the west of St. Alban’s, was formerly the paternal estate of the great Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, and Viscount of St. Alban’s, and is now the seat of the Lord Viscount Grimston. Gosling’s rents, Swordbearer’s alley, Chiswell street.† Gossips rents, Tooley street.? Gossips row, Glean alley, Tooley street.? Goswell street, extends in a line from the corner of Barbican, where Aldersgate street ends, to Mount Mill. Gough’s yard, Back street, Lambeth.† Gould’s court, Woodrofe lane.† Gould’s square, Woodrofe lane.† Goulston’s square, Whitechapel.† Gracechurch street, Cornhill, was originally called Grass church street, from a grass or herb market, near Allhallows Lombard street, which from that market was called Grass church. Stow. Grace court, Fenchurch street. Grace’s alley, Well street, Wellclose square. Grafton buildings, Long lane. Grafton street, Soho. Graham’s Almshouse, in Hog lane, Soho, was founded in the year 1686, by Mrs. Graham, for four decayed Clergymen’s widows, their maiden daughters, or other gentlewomen, each of whom has a handsome apartment, and 10l. per annum; and for fuel and a servant to attend them all, the additional sum of 10l. a year. Grange, Near the King’s road. Grange court, Carey street, Lincoln’s Inn fields. Grange lane, Bermondsey. Grange road, Bermondsey. Grange street, Chapel street, in Red Lion street, Holborn. Grange yard, Bermondsey fields. Granger’s rents, Near Barbican.† Grape street, By Little Moorfields. Grasschurch street, Cornhill; now generally called and spelt Gracechurch street. Grasshopper alley, 1. Fore street.* 2. Whitecross street.* Grasshopper court, Charterhouse street.* Gravel court, Old Gravel lane.* Gravel lane, 1. Near the Falcon stairs. 2. Houndsditch. Gravel street, Brook street, Holborn. Gravel walk, 1. Blue Anchor alley. 2. Collingwood street. Grave’s dock, Fore street, Limehouse.† Grave’s wharf, near Fishmongers hall, Thames street.† Gravesend, a town in Kent, twenty-two miles from London, situated on the Thames, opposite to Tilbury Fort, about six miles east from Dartford, and about the same distance from Rochester. In the reign of Richard II. the French and Spaniards sailed up the Thames to this town, and having plundered and burnt it, carried away most of the inhabitants. To enable the town to recover this loss, the Abbot of St. Mary le Grace on Tower hill, to whom King Richard II. had Within a few years past, great improvements have been made in the lands near this town, by turning them into kitchen gardens, with the produce of which Gravesend not only supplies the neighbouring places for several miles round, but also sends great quantities to the London markets, particularly of asparagus, that of Gravesend being preferred to that of Battersea. As all outward bound ships are obliged to anchor in this road till they have been visited by the custom house officers, and as they generally stay here to take in provisions, the town is full of seamen, and in a constant hurry. Gray Friars. See Grey Friars. Gray’s court, Duke street, Piccadilly.† Gray’s Inn. Gray’s Inn, on the north side of Holborn, near the Bars, is so called from its being formerly the residence of the ancient and noble family of Gray of Wilton, who in the reign of Edward III. demised it to several students of the law. It is one of the four Inns of Court, and is inhabited by Barristers and Students of the law, and also by such gentlemen of independent fortune, as chuse this place, for the sake of The members of the house are to be in commons a fortnight every term, for which they pay 16s. The officers and servants belonging to the Inn, are, a Treasurer, a Steward, a chief and three under butlers, an upper and under cook, a pannier man, a gardener, the steward, the chief butler’s men, and two porters. This Inn has its chief entrance out of Holborn through a large gate, though it is seated far backwards, and though with its gardens it takes up almost all the west side of Gray’s Inn lane. It consists of several well-built courts, particularly Holborn court, Coney court, and another at the entrance into the garden. The hall where the gentlemen of the society dine and sup is large and commodious; but the chapel is too small; it is a Gothic structure, and has marks of much greater antiquity than any other part of the building. The chief ornament belonging to this Inn, is its spacious garden, the benefit of which is enjoyed by the public, every body decently dressed being allowed the recreation of walking in it every day. This garden consists of gravel walks, Gray’s Inn lane, Holborn Bars. Gray’s Inn Library, which is kept in Coney court, Gray’s Inn, consists of a considerable number of books in several languages, and on different branches of learning; but more particularly on law, for the use of the gentlemen of the Inn. Gray’s Inn passage, 1. Field court, Gray’s Inn. 2. Red Lion street, Holborn. Great Almonry, Tothill street, Westminster. See Almonry. Great Arthur street, Goswell street.† Great Ashentree court, White Friars.‡ Great Bacon yard, Goswell street. Great Bear key, Thames street. See Bear Key. Great Black Horse court, Aldersgate street.* Great Carter lane, St. Paul’s church yard.† Great Chapel street, Oxford street. Great Cock alley, 1. Fore street, Cripplegate.* 2. Redcross street.* Great Cow alley, Whitecross street, Old street.* Great Dean’s yard, Westminster. Great Dice key, Thames street. Great Distaff lane, Old Change.* Great Earl street, Seven Dials.† Great Eastcheap, Canon street, Fish street hill. See Eastcheap. Great Elbow lane, College hill. Great Friars Gate, Fleet street: so called from its leading into White Friars. Great Garden, St. Catharine’s lane. The other streets of this name, are, 3. By Great New George street, Spitalfields: and 4. by King street, Westminster. These streets were thus named in honour of his present Majesty and his royal father. Great Hart street, James’s street, Long Acre. Great Hermitage street, in the Hermitage. Great Jermain street, Near Piccadilly.† Great Kirby street, Hatton Garden.† Great Knightrider’s street, by Addle hill. Great Lamb alley, Blackman street. Great Maddox street, Hanover square. Great Montague court, Little Britain. Great Montague street, near Brick lane, Spitalfields. Great Moor yard, St. Martin’s lane, Charing Cross. Great New street, Fetter lane. Great Newport street, near Long Acre. Great Nottingham street, Plumtree street. Great Old Bailey, Ludgate hill. Great Ormond street, Red Lion street, Holborn. Great Ormond yard, Ormond street. Great Pearl street, Grey Eagle street, Spitalfields. Great Peter street, by Great Poulteney street. Great Poulteney street, near Brewer’s street, Soho. Great Queen street, 1. Lincoln’s Inn fields. 2. Westminster. Great Rider street, St. James’s street. Great Russel street, 1. Bloomsbury, from the Duke of Bedford’s house near it. 2. Covent garden, from its being built upon the same Duke’s estate. Great St. Andrew’s street, Seven Dials. Great St. Ann’s lane, by Orchard street, Westminster. Great St. Thomas Apostle’s lane, by Queen street, Cheapside. See St. Thomas Apostles. Great Stone stairs, Ratcliff. Great Suffolk street, Cockspur street. Great Swallow street, Piccadilly. Great Swordbearers alley, Chiswell street. Great Tower hill, by Great Tower street. Great Tower street, the broad part on the east end. Great Trinity lane, Bow lane. Great Turnstile, Holborn. Great Turnstile alley, High Holborn. Great Wardour street, Oxford street. Great Warner street, Cold Bath street. Great White Lion street, Seven Dials. Great Wild street, Great Queen street, Lincoln’s Inn fields. Great Winchester street, Broad street, London Wall. Great Windmill street, Piccadilly. Great yard, Parish street, Horselydown. Great York street, Cock lane, Shoreditch. Greave’s court, George yard, Whitechapel.† Green alley, 1. Broad Sanctuary. 2. Coleman street, Wapping. 3. St. Saviour’s Dock. 4. Tooley street. Green Bank, 1. Horselydown. 2. Coleman street, Wapping. 3. St. Olave street. 4. Wapping. Board of Green Cloth, a court of justice continually sitting in the King’s house. This court is under the Lord Steward of the King’s houshold, and is composed of the Treasurer of the houshold, the Comptroller, Cofferer, Master of the houshold, two clerks of the Green Cloth, and two clerks comptrollers; and receives its name from a green cloth spread over the table, at which they sit. In the absence of the Lord Steward, the Treasurer of the King’s house, in conjunction with the Comptroller, and other officers of the board, together with the Steward of the Marshalsea, have power to determine treasons, felonies and other crimes committed within the verge. By the direction and allowance of this board, the Cofferer pays the wages of the King’s servants above and below stairs, and the bills for provisions. Also before this board the Averner to the Master of the horse lays the accompts of the stables for horse meat, livery wages, and board wages, in order to be passed and allowed. See the article Green Coat Hospital, Tothill fields. Several of the inhabitants of Westminster having resolved to settle an hospital like that of Christ Church in the city of London, where poor orphans might not only be furnished with all the necessaries of life, but instructed in manual arts, in the year 1633 obtained a charter from King Charles I. by which they were constituted a body politic and corporate, by the appellation of The Governors of the hospital of St. Margaret’s Westminster, of the foundation of King Charles; to consist of twenty Governors, inhabitants of Westminster, with the right of purchasing lands, tenements, &c. in mortmain, to the value of 500l. per annum. But the civil war soon after breaking out, in a manner quashed this noble design. However, by the charitable benefactions of King Charles II. and others, the estate amounts to above 300l. a year, and there are at present twenty boys maintained upon this foundation. Maitland. Green court, 1. Green Bank, Wapping. 2. Knaves Acre. 3. Little Minories. 4. Marshal street, Shoreditch. Mr. Spencer’s. Green Dragon alley, 1. Narrow street, Green Dragon court, 1. Broadway, Westminster.* 2. Cow lane.* 3. Foul lane.* 4. New Crane, Wapping.* 5. Old Change.* Green Dragon yard, 1. Long lane, West Smithfield.* 2. Whitechapel.* Green Elm court, in the Savoy. Greenford, in the vale, a village two miles south of Harrow on the Hill. Greenhill’s rents, Smithfield bars.† Greenland stairs. Deptford. Green lane, 1. Lambeth. 2. Tottenham Court fields. Green Lettice court, Fore street, Cripplegate.* Green Lettice lane, Canon street.* Green market, Leadenhall street. Green Park, between St. James’s Park and Hyde Park. This Park adds greatly to the pleasantness of the houses which are situated so as to overlook it, among which the most conspicuous by far is that lately built by Mr. Spencer. Altogether it appears very noble, but considering it as a front, we are disappointed in not seeing any entrance, which surely should have been made conspicuous. The pediment being extended over so many columns is too large and heavy, and the Green’s court, Lothbury.† Green’s rents, Bride lane, Fleet street.† Green School court, London Wall. Green street, 1. Near Grosvenor square. 2. Leicester fields. 3. Theobald’s row. Green walk, 1. Broad Wall. 2. Gravel lane. Greenwich, a very pleasant town in Kent, situated six miles from London, has been the birth place of several of our Monarchs, particularly Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth: and here King Edward VI. died. Their palace was first erected by Humphry Duke of Gloucester, who named it Placentia. This palace was enlarged by Henry VII. and completed by Henry VIII. but being afterwards suffered to run to ruin, was pulled down by King Charles II. who began another, a most magnificent King Charles II. also enlarged the park, walled it round, planted it, and caused a royal observatory to be erected on the top of the steep of the hill. This edifice his Majesty erected for the use of the celebrated Mr. Flamstead, and it still retains the name of that great astronomer: his Majesty likewise furnished it with mathematical instruments for astronomical observations, and a deep dry well for observing the stars in the day time. That which is properly the palace here, is an edifice of no great extent, and it is now converted into apartments for the Governor of the Royal Hospital, and the Ranger of the park. This park is well stocked with deer, and affords a noble and delightful view of the fine hospital, the river Thames, and the city of London. Greenwich is said to contain 1350 houses. Its parish church, which has been lately rebuilt by the Commissioners for erecting the fifty new churches, is a very handsome structure, dedicated to St. Alphage, Archbishop of Canterbury, who is said to have been slain by the Danes in the year 1012, on the spot where the church now stands. There is a college at the end of the town, fronting In the year 1560 Mr. Lambard, author of the Perambulation of Kent, also built and founded an hospital called Queen Elizabeth’s College, said to be the first erected by an English protestant. There are likewise two charity schools in this parish, one founded by Sir William Boreman, Knt. for twenty boys, who are cloathed, boarded, and taught; they wear green coats and caps: and the other by Mr. John Roan, who left his estate for teaching also twenty boys reading, writing, and arithmetic, and allowing 2l. per annum The river Thames is here very broad, and the channel deep; and at some very high tides the water is salt, though it is usually sweet and fresh. S. Wale del. B. Green sculp. Greenwich Hospital, stands on the spot, where stood the palace of several of our Kings. The first wing of this noble and superb edifice, erected by K. Charles II. was designed to be applied to the same use. Indeed from the magnificence of the structure, it can scarcely be taken for any thing less than the palace of a great monarch. However King William III. being very desirous of promoting the trade, navigation, and naval strength of this kingdom, by inviting great numbers of his subjects to betake themselves to the sea, gave this noble palace, and several other edifices, with a considerable spot of ground, for the use of those English seamen and their children, who by age, wounds, or other accidents, should be disabled from farther service at sea, and for the widows and children of such as were slain in fighting at sea, against the enemies of their country. King William also by his letters patent, in 1694, appointed commissioners for the better carrying on his pious intentions, and therein The front to the Thames consists of these two ranges of stone buildings, with the Governor’s house at the back part in the center, behind which the park, well planted with trees, rises with a noble ascent. These buildings, between which is a large area, perfectly correspond with each other, and each range is terminated by a very noble dome. In each front to the Thames, two ranges of coupled Corinthian columns finely wrought, support their pediments, The buildings, which are continued from these, and face the area, correspond with them, though in a finer, and more elegant manner. In the center of both is a range of columns supporting a pediment, and at each corner a range of Corinthian pilasters. The front is rusticated, and there are two series of windows. The domes at the end, which are 120 feet high, On the sides of the gate which opens to these buildings from the park, are placed a large celestial and terrestrial globe, in which the stars are gilt; and in the center of the area, is fixed on a pedestal, a statue of his Majesty King George II. The hall of this hospital is finely painted by Sir James Thornhill, particularly the ceiling and upper end; on the latter are represented in an alcove, the late Princess Sophia, King George I. King George II. Queen Caroline, the Queen Dowager of Prussia, Frederic Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cumberland, and the five Princesses, the daughters of his present Majesty. On the ceiling over the alcove are her late Majesty Queen Anne and Prince George of Denmark: and on the ceiling of the hall are King William and Queen Mary, with several fine emblematical figures. All strangers who see this hall pay two pence each, and this income is applied to the support of the mathematical school, for the sons of sailors. For the better support of this hospital every seaman in the royal navy and in the service of the merchants pays 6d. a month. This is stopped out of the pay of all sailors, There are at present near 2000 old or disabled seamen, and an hundred boys, the sons of seamen, instructed in navigation, and bred up for the service of the royal navy: but there are no out-pensioners, as at Chelsea. Each of the mariners has a weekly allowance of seven loaves, weighing sixteen ounces each; three pounds of beef; two of mutton; a pint of pease; a pound and a quarter of cheese; two ounces of butter; fourteen quarts of beer, and 1s. a week tobacco money: the tobacco money of the boatswains is 2s. 6d. a week each; that of their mates 1s. 6d. and that of the other officers in proportion to their rank. Besides which, each common pensioner receives once in two years, a suit of blue cloaths, a hat, three pair of stockings, two pair of shoes, five neck cloths, three shirts, and two night caps. This hospital has about 100 Governors,
Greenwich alley, Brickhill lane. Greenwich street, Dowgate wharf. Greenwood’s court, Nightingale lane.† Green yard, 1. Basinghall Postern. 2. East Smithfield. 3. Fore street, Cripplegate. 4. Goswell street. 5. Green Bank, Wapping. 6. Horselydown. 7. Milk yard, New Gravel lane. 8. Pepper alley. 9. Tooley street. 10. Upper Ground street. 11. White’s yard, Rosemary lane. Gregory’s court, High Holborn. St. Gregory’s, so called from its being dedicated to Pope Gregory the Great, who sent Austin the Monk to convert the English, stood at the south west corner of St. Paul’s cathedral; but being burnt by the fire of London in 1666, and not rebuilt, the parish was by act of parliament annexed Greg’s court, Goodman’s yard.† Grenadier’s mews, Portland street.† Gresham’s Almshouse in Broad street, on the west side of Gresham College, was founded by Sir Thomas Gresham in the year 1575, for eight poor men; the trust of which he committed to the Lord Mayor and Commonalty of London, who annually pay these Almsmen 6l. 13s. 4d. each, and a gown every other year. S. Wale delin. J. Taylor sc. Gresham College, situated within the walls between Bishopsgate street and Broad street, and was formerly the dwelling of the founder Sir Thomas Gresham, Knt. a merchant of London, and one of the company of Mercers, who after he had built the Royal Exchange, bequeathed half the revenue thereof to the Mayor and Commonalty of London, and their successors, and the other moiety to the company of Mercers, in trust that the Mayor and Commonalty should find in all times to come four able persons to read in his dwelling house in Bishopsgate street, lectures on divinity, astronomy, geometry, and Music, and allow each of them besides handsome lodgings in that house, the sum of 50l. a year: and that the company of Mercers should find three other able men to read lectures in the civil law, rhetoric, The order of reading every term time is, Monday, divinity; Tuesday, civil law; Wednesday, astronomy; Thursday, geometry; Friday, rhetoric; Saturday, anatomy in the morning, and music in the afternoon. Stow, last edit. But since the institution of the Royal Society, these lectures are in a manner deserted, the professors having seldom above three or four auditors, and those of the most ordinary people. The print represents the inside of the quadrangle in its present state. Gresham College court, Bishopsgate street.† Grevil street, Leather lane.† Grey-coat Hospital, Tothill fields, This hospital, in the year 1727, was in so flourishing a condition that it contained eighty boys, and fifty girls, in which year the charge of all its disbursements amounted to 1457l. 7s. 6d. At Michaelmas 1739, a mathematical school The expence of each child is about 8l. a year, besides the salaries of the masters and mistresses, the wages of servants, and other charges attending the hospital. Grey Eagle street, Brick lane, Spitalfields.* Grey Friars, a court in Newgate street, near the gate, adjoining on one side to Christ’s hospital. Here, in the reign of King Henry III. was erected a convent of Franciscans or Grey Friars, and some time after a spacious church, which was not compleatly finished till the year 1380, tho’ it was consecrated in 1325. This church, which was 300 feet in length, eighty-nine in breadth, and sixty-four feet two inches in height from the ground to the roof, was built at different times, at the expence of different persons, and among its benefactors were several Queens of England. In the year 1429, Richard Whittington here founded a library, 129 feet in length and thirty-one in breadth, which was finished the following year, and within three years after furnished with books. However, at the general suppression of monasteries, the friery, Greyhound alley, 1. St. Mary Ax.* 2. Newgate street.* Greyhound court, 1. Aldersgate street.* 2. St. Catharine’s lane.* 3. Chick lane.* 4. Lamb street.* 5. Milford lane.* 6. Moor’s street, Soho.* Greyhound Inn yard, St. Margaret’s hill.* Greyhound lane, Three Colts street.* Greyhound yard, 1. Portpool lane.* 2. Upper Ground street.* Grey Pea alley, Red Maid lane. Grey’s yard, Duke street, Piccadilly.† Gridiron alley, Whitechapel.* Gridiron court, High Holborn.* Griffin alley, Blackman street.* Griffin street, Shadwell Dock.* Griffin yard, Long lane, West Smithfield.* Griffis’s rents, Barnaby street.† Grigg’s court, Goodman’s yard.† Gripey alley, Artichoke lane. Grocers, the second of the twelve principal companies, was anciently denominated Pepperers; but having changed their name to that of Grocers, were under that denomination incorporated by letters patent granted by King Edward III. in the year 1345, which were confirmed by Henry VI. in 1429. These grants were afterwards confirmed by a new charter of Charles I. in the year 1640, with an additional power of searching and inspecting the goods and weights of all Grocers within the city and suburbs of London, and three miles round. They had anciently the management of the King’s beam in this city, with the right of appointing a master-weigher, and four porters to attend it. Grocers alley, 1. In the Poultry.? 2. Shoreditch. Grocers Hall, on the north side of the Poultry, and at the farther end of Grocers alley, is situated on a spot of ground purchased by the Grocers company in the year 1411, of Robert Lord Fitzwalter, for three hundred and twenty marks. The building is well designed for the purpose of a common hall; and is not only a stately edifice, but is so capacious, that for many years it served for the uses of the Bank of England, which was kept in this hall, till the edifice in Thread-needle street was erected for that purpose. The ancient stone and brick building at the north west corner of the garden, inhabited by the beadle of the company, is probably part of the ancient city mansion of the noble family of Fitzwalter, and consequently the oldest building within the city walls. Maitland. Grocers Hall yard, Grocers alley. Grocers rents, East Smithfield. Groom of the Stole, the first Lord of the Bedchamber, who is groom of the long robe or vestment worn by the King on solemn occasions, and called the stole. It is his office to present or put on his Majesty’s shirt every morning, and to order the things of the bedchamber. His salary is 2000l. a year. Grosvenor’s gate, Grosvenor street.† Grosvenor’s mews, a street of stables near Grosvenor square.† Grosvenor’s passage, Grosvenor street.† Grosvenor square, is bounded on the north by Oxford road; on the east by Hanover buildings; on the south by Mayfair; and on the west by Hyde Park, It is however entirely surrounded with buildings, which are very magnificent, though the fronts are far from being uniform, some of them being entirely of stone, others of brick and stone, and others of rubbed brick, with only their quoins, facios, windows and door cases of stone. Some of them are adorned with stone columns of the several orders, while others have only This square and the adjacent places are thus named from Sir Thomas Grosvenor. Grosvenor street, 1. Horse ferry, Westminster.† 2. New Bond street.† A list of Pictures that are at present hung up in the two first floors of the house of Paul Methuen, Esq; in Grosvenor street. N. B. In this list, after the description of the pictures, the names of those by whom they are thought to be painted are added, for the information of such as may be great admirers of the art of painting, and lovers of pictures, and yet may not have knowledge or experience enough in that art to distinguish the several hands by which they are done. But as it is very possible, and even probable, On the FIRST FLOOR. In the hall and stair case. Over the chimney. A naked boy blowing bubbles and treading on a death’s head, representing Vanity, by Elizabetha Sirani. Near the street door. A large picture of dogs and foxes, by Peter Sneyders. Over the door that goes into the first parlour. A man’s head, by Giuseppe de Ribera, commonly call’d Il Spagnoletto. On the landing place. A large picture of David and Abigail, by Sir Peter Paul Rubens. The adventure of Don Quixote and the barber, by a Spanish painter. Fronting the landing place at the top. The portrait of the Duchess of Mantua, grand daughter to the Emperor Charles the Fifth, with her son in her lap, who was the last Duke of Mantua, with some allegorical figures, armour, &c. by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Under it. A landscape, and a musical conversation, painted by Sir Peter Lely; being the portraits of himself and his whole family, drawn by the life. Fronting the windows. The judgment of Paris, by Gerard Lairest. Under it. The judgment of Midas, by the same hand. Over the looking glass. A young lad blowing bubbles, said to be painted by Hannibal Caracci. In the first parlour. Over the chimney. A Dutch kermis or country fair, painted by Old Pieter Bruegel. On each side of the chimney. Next the window, the portrait of a Turk, by Rembrandt van Rijn. David with the head of Goliath and his sling, by Leonello Spada. A man’s head, said to be that of Massaniello the fisherman who caused the great revolution of Naples, by Salvator Rosa. The portrait of Francisco de Taxis, the first inventor of the posts in Europe, for which reason the direction of them has always remained in one of his family in all the dominions that belongs to the house of Austria, by a hand not certainly known. Over the doors out of the hall, The folly of spending our lives in the pursuit of love, wine, music and play, an emblematical picture, by Johannes Schorel. The Virgin, our Saviour, St. Mary Magdalen, St. Peter, St. John the Baptist, and St. Jerome; by Jacobo Palma, senior, commonly called Old Palma. Over the marble table. The birth of our Saviour, and the adoration of the shepherds, by Giac. Bassan. Under it, in the middle. St. John the Baptist asleep in the desert, by Andrea del Sarto. On both sides of it. Two small sea pieces, a port in the Mediterranean, and a fight with the Turks, by William Vanderveld, junior. An emblematical picture, representing a guardian angel pointing out the way to heaven to a soul, under the figure of a young girl, by Carlino Dolce. On both sides of it. Two very highly finished landscapes on copper, by Salvator Rosa. Between the two doors. The portrait of the Duke of Richmond and Lenox, of the Stuart family, at whole length, with a dog, by Sir Anthony Vandyck. Over the door to the back parlour. Vulcan at his forge, with the Cyclops, by Jacob Jordaans of Antwerp. Over against the windows. In the middle. The head of our Saviour crown’d with thorns, by Ludovico Caracci. On both sides of that. Two fruit pieces, by Michael Angelo Pase, called Michael Angelo del Campidoglio. Under them, in the middle. A Bacchanal in two colours, by Rubens. On both sides of it. A landscape with a robbery, and a battle, both painted by Giacomo Cortese, commonly called Il Bourgognone. A pretty large landscape and figures of Dutch boors, by Adrian Van Ostade. On both sides of it. A stag hunting, and another of hern hawking, by Philip Woverman. Under them. Two conversations of boors within doors, by Adrian Van Ostade. In the second parlour. Over the chimney. Lot and his two daughters, with the city of Sodom on fire, by Lorenzo Lotti, a great imitator of Giorgione and Titian. Over the closet doors. Next the window. The great amphitheatre at Rome, and other buildings, by Viviano Cadahorra. A sea port with buildings and ruins, by Salviouch, and the figures by John Miele. Over the door to the first parlour. Omphale the mistress of Hercules, with the lion’s skin and his club by her, by Augustin Caracci. Over the two other doors. Two battles in the stile of Bourgognone, but the hands not certainly known. In the passage room. Over the doors. A philosopher with a book in his hand, by Pier Francesco Mola. Our Saviour meditating on the sins of the world, by Giovanni Antonio Regillio, a competitor of Titian’s, and commonly called Il Pordenone. In the great room. Over the door at which you go in. The portrait of a young man on wood, by Andrea del Sarto. Between that door and the window. The head of St. James the apostle. The head of St. John the evangelist. N. B. These two last pictures are by a hand that is not certainly known. Under them. A Bacchanal painted on copper, by Cornelius Polembergh. Between the door and the wall. In the middle. A pretty large picture of our Saviour and the Samaritan woman, by Giovanni Francesco Barbiori da Cento, commonly called Il Guercino. On the side towards the door. The Virgin and Child, by Il Cavalier Giovanni Lanfranchio. On the side towards the wall. Venus dressing, and Cupid holding her looking-glass, by Paolo Veronese. Under them, in the middle. The Virgin and Child, by Raphael de Urbino. The Virgin and Child in the clouds, and several angels, by Bartolomeo Murillo. On the side towards the wall. The Virgin and our Saviour, by Carlo Cignani. Next to the door. The annunciation of the Virgin Mary, by Paolo Veronese. Next to the wall. The birth of our Saviour, &c. by Jacapo Robusti, commonly called Tintoretto. Over the chimney. Tobit and the angel, by Michael Angelo Amerighi, commonly called Michael Angelo Caravaggio. Between the wall and the chimney. In the middle. The portrait of a man, by Antonio Allegri, commonly called Il Correggio. Towards the wall. The head of some Spanish general, by Giovanni Giachinette, commonly called Il Bourgognone delle Teste. Towards the chimney. The portrait of the famous Hernando Cortes, conqueror of Mexico, by Titiano Vecelli, called Il Titiano. Under them. A large battle in an oval, painted by Luca Jordano. In the middle. St. Sebastian, by Guido Reni. Next the chimney. The portrait of Sir Anthony Vandyck, painted by himself. Next to the wall. The portrait of a young girl, with a little dog asleep in her hands, by Rembrandt van Rijn. Under them. A large oval battle, painted by Luca Jordano. Over the closet door. The portrait of a man with a book in his hand, said to be the famous satirist Berni, by Giorgio Barbarelli, called Il Giorgione. Between the door and the wall. A she saint, with angels, by Pietro Berettini, called Pietro Cortona. Under it, in the middle. A small battle, by Bourgognone. Two small pictures, done from the gallery of Archduke Leopold, the one from Paris Bourdon, and the other from young Palma, by David Teniers. Between the door and the window. A large picture, representing our Saviour at the Pharisee’s house, and Mary Magdalen N.B. This picture is out of the stile of Carlo Dolce’s paintings, who never before attempted so great a subject and composition; and was done by him, after the drawing of Ludovico Cigoli. Under it, in the middle. The portraits of three of Henry the Seventh’s children, viz. Prince Arthur, Henry the VIII. and Princess Mary, who was afterwards Queen of France, and Duchess of Brandon, by a hand not certainly known. On both sides of it. Two pieces of the history of Judith, the one where she is presented to Holofernes, and the other where she is entertained by him at a feast, by Paolo Veronese. On the SECOND FLOOR. In the dining room. Over the door as you go into it. A fortune teller, with several figures consulting him, by Giorgio Barbarelli, called Il Giorgione. Over the door. The history of Tancred and Erminia, out Between the doors. A large picture, representing the baptism of our Saviour by St. John in the river Jordan, with angels, by Guido Reni. Between the wall and middle door. A Bacchanal, with Silenus and satyrs, by Jacob Jordaans of Antwerp. Under it. A large landscape, by Claude Gille, commonly called Claude de Lorraine. Between that door and the wall. The Virgin and our Saviour, St. John the Baptist and his lamb, St. Peter, and the three cardinal virtues, Faith, Charity, and Hope, by Titiano Vecelli, called Il Titiano. N.B. This is an emblematical picture, by which the painter meant to represent the several virtues that are necessary to form the character of a good Christian. Under it, in the middle. The holy family, by Paolo Veronese; the saint which is represented in armour, being the portrait of Paolo himself. Next to the door. A landscape and naked figures, by Cornelius Polembergh. The flight into Egypt, by Filippo Lauri. Between the wall and chimney. Scipio and the fair captive at Carthagena, by Pietro de Cortona. Under that. A battle, by Giacomo Cortese, called Il Bourgognone. Between the chimney and the window. The dead body of our Saviour, with the Virgin Mary, and St. John, by Hannibal Caracci. Under it. A landscape, representing a temple of Bacchus, and the sun setting, by Claude Gille, commonly called Claude de Lorraine. Dressing room. Over the chimney. The ordination of St. Dennis, patron of France, by Eustache le Sueur. Between the chimney and the window. Women at work by candle light, by Giacomo Bassan. Under it, in the middle. The annunciation of the blessed Virgin, with God the Father, and several angels in the clouds, by Francesco Albani. N.B. This picture belonged to Pope Innocent X. as may be seen by his Under that. St. Augustine in an ecstasy, contemplating the mystery of the holy Trinity, and the incarnation of our Saviour; a very high finished sketch by Vandyck, of the finest picture he ever painted, which is in the church of St. Augustine at Antwerp. On both sides, at the top. A man and a woman smoaking, and a man and woman drinking, by David Teniers. Underneath, on each side. Next the window. Cephalus and Procris, by Adam Elsheimer. Next to the chimney. The will of Eudadimus the Corinthian, a sketch, by Nicholas Poussin. Between the chimney and the wall. The flight into Egypt, by Il Cavalier Giovanni Lanfrancho. Under it, in the middle. The portrait of Antonio Caracci, son of Augustino, by Annibal Caracci. Under that. A garland of flowers, painted on looking glass, by Old Baptiste. Next the chimney. A satyr squeezing grapes, with a tyger and leopard, by Rubens. Next the wall. Cupid shaving his bow, and two other little Cupids, by Parmegiano. Under them. Dutch boors in a fury against the Spaniards, by Pieter Bruegel, and a barber surgeon’s shop, with a cat and monkies, by David Teniers. Over against the windows. In the middle. St. Francis Xavier dying in an island on the coast of China, by Carlo Maratti. On both sides of it. Two sea pieces, by William Vanderveld, jun. Under them, in the middle. The Virgin and Child, St. Joseph, St. Anne, and St. Catherine, by John Abeyk, commonly called John of Bruges. On both sides of it. Four pieces of the history of Judith and Holofernes, by Paolo Veronese. Under them, in the middle. The martyrdom of the Innocents on copper, by Alessandro Turchi. A small battle piece, by Bourgognone. A march of soldiers, by the same. Over the door to the dining room. The portrait of Cosmus the 3d. Duke of Florence, when a child, by Giustus Subtermans. Over the two other doors. Our Saviour breaking the bread, and blessing the cup, and St. Bruno founder of the order of Carthusians, both of them by Carlo Dolce. Between the two doors. The marriage of Jacob, by Ciro Ferri. Under it. The Virgin and our Saviour in the clouds, and the several saints, patrons of the city of Bologna, by Guido Reni. Under that. The nativity of our Saviour, by young Palma. Over against the chimney. A large landscape, with the baptism of Queen Candace’s eunuch by St. Philip, by John Both. Under it, in the middle. The inside of a church, by Henry Stenwix, and the figures by Velvet Brughell. Under each corner of it. Two little round pictures, one of them Under them. The shipwreck of St. Paul on the island of Malta, by Adam Elsheimer. On each side of it. Two small landscapes on copper, by John Brughell, commonly call’d the Velvet Brughell. On both sides of them. The martyrdom of St. Laurence, by Titiano Vecelli, commonly called Il Titiano; and St. Sebastian, and other saints, by Filippo Lauri. Between the door and the window. The education of Bacchus, by Simon Vouet. Under it. The Virgin and our Saviour, and several saints, by Ludovico Caracci. Under that. The judgment of Paris, by Giovanni Rottenhammer, the landscape by Paul Brill. Between the windows over the glass. A portrait of a Dominican friar, by Giovanni Lanfrancho. In the passage room, over the doors. The portrait of Don Antonio de Leyva, General to Charles the Fifth, who The portrait of Charles Lewis, the eldest Prince Palatine, by Vandyke. The portrait of the Lady Anne Carre, Countess of Bedford, by the same. Over the chimney. Our Saviour carried before Pontius Pilate, in water colours, by Lucas of Leyden. In the bedchamber, over the door. The portrait of a man in a ruff, by Rubens. Over the chimney. A large picture of a curtain, carpet, fruit, &c. by the Maltese, and Mich. Angelo del Campidoglio. In the closet. Over the chimney. A copy of Raphael’s picture of the Madonna della Seggiola in the palace of Pitti, at Florence. Under it. A small flower piece on copper, by Velvet Brughell. Over the little closet door. The portrait of Sir Paul Methuen when a boy. Over the door next the window. The picture of a woman, &c. by Albert Durer. A man’s head, by Tintoretto, said to be that of the famous Andrea Vesalio. Grove street, Hackney. Grub street, 1. Fore street, Cripplegate. 2. Market street, Westminster. Grub’s rents, Whitechapel.† Gubbins, or Gobions, near North Mims in Hertfordshire, had its name from its ancient Lord Sir Richard Gobion. In the reign of Henry VII. it belonged to the family of the Mores, when it was called More Hall; but on the attainder of the great Sir Thomas More, Lord High Chancellor of England, it was forfeited to the Crown, and settled on the Princess, afterwards Queen Elizabeth, who held it till her death. It afterwards came into the possession of several families, and was at length purchased by the late Sir Jeremy Sambroke. The manor house and gardens are very beautiful. Guild Hall. Guildhall, at the north end of King street, Cheapside, is the hall for holding the courts, and transacting the business of the city. The old hall in Aldermanbury being fallen to decay, the present structure was begun in the year 1411, upon a larger and more noble plan, and ten years were employed in compleating it. The executors of the famous Richard The hall being however much damaged by the fire of London in 1666, was repaired and beautified two years after, at the expence of 2500l. in so effectual a manner, that it has stood till this time. The entrance has a stately Gothic frontispiece, with the King’s arms under a cornice, pediment and vase; under which are niches; and in the middle of the front are the following words done in gold: Reparata & ornate Thoma Rawlinson, Milit. Majore, An. Dom. MDCCVI. That is, Repaired and adorned in the year 1706, during the Mayoralty of Thomas Rawlinson. Over the gate is a balcony, above which are placed in niches on each side, the figures of Moses and Aaron; and in niches on each side of the gate below, the four cardinal virtues; also under the balcony are depicted the arms of twenty-four companies. On entering this Gothic arch, you Nearly fronting the gate, are nine or ten steps, leading to the Lord Mayor’s court, over which is a balcony supported at each end by four iron pillars in the form of palm trees; by these is a small enclosure on each side on the top of the steps, used on some occasions as offices for clerks to write in, each being just sufficient to hold one person. Under these are two prisons called Little Ease, from the lowness of the ceiling, by which prisoners were obliged to sit on the floor; these prisons are intended for city apprentices, who upon complaint and a strict examination into the offence, were sometimes committed thither by the Chamberlain, whose office is at the right hand at the head of the steps. In the front of this balcony is a clock, on the frame of which is carved the four cardinal virtues, with the figure of Time, on the top, and a cock on each side of him. But the most extraordinary Round the hall are hung up, the standards and colours taken from the French, at the battle of Ramilies. At the east end are the King’s arms between the pictures of his present Majesty King George II. and Queen Caroline; close by the first is Queen Anne, and by the last his late Majesty King George I. and at the same end of the hall, but on the north and south sides, are the pictures of King William III. and Queen Mary fronting each other. The hall is likewise adorned with the portraits of eighteen Judges, put up by the city as a testimony of public gratitude for their signal services, in determining the differences which arose between landlords and tenants, without the expence of law suits, on rebuilding On the east end of the hall is held the court of Hustings weekly, and occasionally that of the Exchequer; and before the Hustings is held the court of Conscience. At the west end is held alternately the Sheriff’s court for the Poultry and Wood street counters. Opposite to the Chamberlain’s office, already mentioned, as situated up the steps underneath the giants, is the office of Auditors of the city accounts, within which is the Lord Mayor’s court office, where the Lord Chief Justice occasionally sits in trials by nisi prius. On the west side of the Mayor’s court office is the court of Orphans, where the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas occasionally sits. Adjoining to this court on the north, is the old council chamber, now used by the Commissioners of bankrupts. Contiguous to it is the new council chamber. Beneath the Mayor’s court is the Town Clerk’s office, where are deposited the city archives. To the east and north are the residences of the Chamberlain and Town Guildhall is at the end of a tolerable vista, which shews the building to some advantage, though the Gothic front has nothing very extraordinary in it. The hall within is a fine one, but the entrance would have been better at the lower end than in the middle, for by this means all the beauty of the perspective is lost. The ascent of steps across the hall not being opposite the gate, as it ought to have been, is another material defect. A noble front in the situation of Guildhall, would have had an advantage hardly to be met with elsewhere, and give an architect a fine opportunity of displaying his genius. But the present front is full of little parts which have no effect at a distance. Guildhall alley, Basinghall street, leading to Guildhall. Guildhall Chapel, situated between This edifice is perfectly in the Gothic taste. In several niches are set the figures in stone of King Edward VI. of Queen Elizabeth, with a phoenix under her; and of King Charles I. treading on a globe. The windows are extremely large, and on the inside the walls are hung with tapestry. Over the Aldermen’s seats there is a wainscot covering, and a particular seat for the Lord Mayor, adorned with cartouches. There is a gallery at the west end, a handsome wainscot pulpit and desk, and a neat altar piece inclosed with rails and banisters. On the south side of this chapel was Guildhall yard, 1. King street, Cheapside.? 2. King street, Westminster. Guilford, or Guildford, a considerable borough in Surry, situated on the river Wey, thirty miles from London, and governed by a Mayor, Recorder, and Aldermen. Here the assizes are sometimes held, and always elections for members of parliament, the town itself returning two. Not far from the town are the ruinous wails of an old castle, this having been in the Saxon times a royal villa, where many of our Kings long after kept their festivals. Here were formerly two or three convents, one of which was not long ago the seat of Daniel Coswall, Esq; and had a delightful park adjoining to it. There were also three churches in the town; but one of them fell down in the year 1740. Here is a charity school founded by King Edward VI. and an almshouse The road from hence to Farnham is very remarkable, for it runs along the Guillam’s wharf, St. Catharine’s.† Gullyhole alley, Wheeler street. Gulston’s square, Gulston’s street.† Gulston’s street, Whitechapel.† Gum alley, Barnaby street. Gummery’s alley, Dorset street.† Gun alley, 1. Barnaby street.* 2. Little Moorfields.* 3. St. John’s street, West Smithfield.* 4. Wapping.* 5. Well street.* Gun dock, Wapping. Gun-house stairs, near Vauxhall. Gun lane, Three Colts street.* Gunpowder alley, 1. Poor Jury lane. 2. Shoe lane. Gunnersbury. Gunnersbury House, near Ealing, a noble and elegant structure, built by Inigo Jones, or, as some say, by Mr. Web, who was son-in-law to Inigo Jones. Indeed the architecture shews that if the plan was not drawn by that celebrated architect himself, it was designed by some of his scholars, for the building has that majestic boldness and simplicity which grace all the works of that excellent artist. It is situated on a rising ground; the approach to it from the garden is remarkably fine. The loggia has a beautiful appearance at a distance, and commands a fine prospect of the county of Surry, the river of Thames, and of all the meadows on its banks for some miles, and in clear weather of even the city of London. The apartments are extremely convenient and well contrived. The hall, which is large and spacious, is on each side supported by rows of columns, and from thence you ascend by a noble flight of stairs to a saloon, which is a double cube of twenty-five feet high, and most elegantly furnished. This fine room has an entrance into the portico on the back front, which is supported by columns, and from the finest of the prospect over the Thames, is a delightful place to sit in, during the Gunsmiths, a company incorporated by letters patent, granted by King Charles I. in the year 1638. This fraternity consists of a Master, two Wardens, and eighteen Assistants; but has neither livery nor hall. Maitland. Gun street, Artillery lane, Spitalfields.* Gun wharf, 1. Near Battle bridge.* 2. Wapping Dock.* Gun yard, 1. Bishopsgate street without.* 2. Houndsditch.* 3. Maiden lane, Southwark.* 4. Pepper alley.* 5. Petticoat lane.* 6. Rosemary lane.* 7. Sugar Loaf alley, Moor lane.* 8. Tower ditch.* Guttige’s rents, Whitechapel.† Guy of Warwick’s court, 1. Duke street.* 2. Upper Ground.* Guy’s court, Playhouse passage, Drury lane.† Guy’s Hospital. Guy’s Hospital, in Southwark, for the cure of sick and lame persons, was founded by Mr. Thomas Guy, a citizen and bookseller of London, who from a small beginning amassed an immense fortune, by his industry and frugality; and more particularly by purchasing seamen’s tickets in the reign of Queen Anne; and by his success in buying and selling South Sea stock in the year 1720. He was never married, and had no near relations; and therefore towards the close of his life, considering how he should dispose of his wealth, after many ruminations, resolved to be the founder of the most extensive charity ever established by one man. He was seventy-six years of age when he took this resolution, and having no time to lose, immediately took of the President and Governors of St. Thomas’s hospital in Southwark, a lease of a piece of ground opposite to that hospital, for the term of nine hundred and ninety-nine years, for a ground rent of 30l. a year; The only motive that induced Mr. Guy to erect this hospital in so low and close a situation, was his design of putting it under the management and direction of the Governors of that of St. Thomas. But by the advice of his friends he altered his resolution; it was then however too late to think of chusing another situation, for the building was raised to the second story, but he rendered the place as agreeable as possible by its elevation above the neighbouring streets. The expence of erecting and furnishing this hospital amounted to the sum of 18,793l. 16s. great part of which he expended in his life time; and the sum he left to endow it, amounted to 219,499l. both together amounting to 238,292l. 16s. The edifice is situated at a small distance from the foot of London bridge, and consists of two quadrangles, besides what the print exhibits, which is intended when the old buildings are removed to be made regular. At your approach, which is a very narrow street, you first see the side of the square, which is very elegant, and a noble iron gate, with very handsome piers, but are much disappointed when you come nearer, to find the most contemptible front you can imagine. The whole side could not be represented in the print, as there was not distance in the street to bring it into the visual angle. The iron gates open into a square, in the middle of which is a brazen statue of the founder, by Mr. Scheemakers, dress’d in his livery gown, very well executed. In the front of the pedestal is this inscription: Thomas Guy sole founder of this hospital in his life time. A.D. MDCCXXI. On the west side of the pedestal is represented in basso relievo, the parable of the good Samaritan; on the south side is The superstructure of this hospital has three floors besides the garrets, and the same construction runs through the whole building, which is so extensive as to contain twelve wards, in which are four hundred and thirty-five beds; and in short the whole has a plainness that becomes the nature of the institution, and at the same time a regularity that does some honour to the builder, the whole being disposed for the mutual accommodation of the sick, and of those who attend them. Soon after Mr. Guy’s decease, his executors, pursuant to his last will, applied to parliament to get themselves, and fifty-one other gentlemen nominated by the founder, to be incorporated Governors of the intended hospital; upon which all these gentlemen were constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of the President and Governors of this hospital: they were to have perpetual succession and a common seal, with the power of possessing the real and personal estates of the late Thomas Guy, Esq; for the purposes of the will, and to purchase in perpetuity, or for any term of years, any other This corporation was no sooner established by parliament, than the President and Governors set heartily about the work, by finishing and furnishing the hospital, chusing their officers and servants, and taking in patients, whose number at first amounted to 402. For the more effectual preventing inferior servants preying upon poor patients, or their friends, they resolved to give them handsome salaries, and the following were appointed and are still given.
These officers and servants are chosen by the sixty Governors, who have carried on this noble charity in such a manner as to restore ease and health to many thousands of their fellow subjects. Besides which the out-patients who receive medicines gratis, frequently amount to about 1600 in a year. Before we conclude this article, it may be proper to mention some other particulars relating to Mr. Guy, in order to do justice to the character of that great benefactor to the public, by which the reader will see the little foundation there is for the general opinion of his being remarkable for nothing more than his parsimony and avarice. He was a patron of liberty and of the rights of his fellow subjects, which, to his great honour, he strenuously asserted in several parliaments, whereof he was a member for the borough of Tamworth in Staffordshire, the place of his birth. To this town he was a general benefactor; and early in his life he In the year 1701 Mr. Guy built and furnished at his own expence, three wards on the north side of the outer court of St. Thomas’s hospital, and gave to those wards 100l. a year, for eleven years immediately preceding the foundation of his hospital. Some time before his death, he removed the frontispiece of St. Thomas’s hospital, which stood over the gateway in the Borough, and erected it in the place where it now stands, fronting the street: he also enlarged the gateway; rebuilt the two large houses on its sides, and erected the fine iron gate between them, all at the expence of 3000l. To many of his relations he gave while living, a settled allowance of 10 or 20l. a year; and to others money to advance them in the world. At his death, he left to his poor aged relations the sum of 870l. a year during their life; and among his Guy’s yard. Vinegar yard, Drury lane.† |