handsome pair of iron gates. It is a neat edifice, with two series of
windows, and a handsome balustrade round the top. The tower, which
rises square, consists only of two stages, and round the top is a
balustrade with a pinacle at each corner; on the crown of each is
placed a pine apple, from which rises the fanes. On the inside, the
church is extremely neat and well finished.
The living is a rectory, said to be worth 600_l._ a year, in the
patronage of the Duke of Montague. _Stow, Maitland, English
architecture._
_St._ ANDREW’S _court_, Holborn hill, so called from the above church.
_St._ ANDREW _Hubbard_, a church which stood between St. Botolph’s lane,
and Love lane, in Little Eastcheap, where the King’s weigh-house now
stands; but being destroyed by the fire of London, and not rebuilt,
the parish was united to that of St. Mary at Hill.
_St._ ANDREW _Undershaft_, at the corner of St. Mary Ax in Leadenhall
street, and in Aldgate ward. There stood in this place a church
dedicated to the same Saint so early as in 1362, which was pulled down
in the year 1532, and the present structure erected in its room. It
obtained the name of _Undershaft_ from a may-pole, which was anciently
called a shaft, being annually raised in the street near it on
May-day, and was taller than the steeple.
This church is a plain gothic structure, with a well enlightened body,
and a square tower terminated by battlements, with pinacles at the
corners, within which rises a turret that contains the bell. It is a
rectory, in the patronage of the Bishop of London. The Incumbent
receives 120_l._ a year by tithes.
_St._ ANDREW _Wardrobe_, on the east side of Puddledock hill, in Castle
Baynard ward, took its name from a great royal wardrobe erected there
in the reign of King Edward III. There was a church on the same spot
dedicated to St. Andrew in the year 1322: but the present structure
was not built till the year 1670, when it was erected in the place of
one burnt by the fire of London. The body is enlightened by two rows
of windows, and the tower has neither turret, pinacles nor spire.
This church is a rectory, in the gift of the Crown, and to this parish
that of St. Ann’s Black Friars is annexed. The Rector receives by act
of parliament 140_l._ a year in lieu of tithes. _Newc. Repert.
Eccles._
ANGEL _alley_. 1. Fore street, Lambeth.* 2. King’s street, St. James’s
square.* 3. Shoe lane.* 4. Gray’s Inn lane.* 5. Long acre.* 6.
Aldersgate street.* 7. Redcross street.* 8. Whitecross street,
Cripplegate.* 9. Charterhouse lane.* 10. Coleman street.* 11.
Fenchurch street.* 12. Leadenhall street.* 13. Houndsditch.* 14.
Little Moorfields.* 15. Bishopsgate street.* 16. Golden lane, Old
street.* 17. Stony lane, Petticoat lane. 18. Whitechapel.* 19. Brick
lane, Spitalfields.* 20. Ratcliff highway.* 21. Nightingale lane, East
Smithfield.* 22. Pepper Alley, Southwark.* 23. Coal Harbour, Thames
street.*
ANGEL _court_. 1. King’s street, St. James’s square.* 2. Drury lane.* 3.
Charing Cross.* 4. Charterhouse lane alley.* 5. Aldersgate street.* 6.
Friday street.* 7. Grub street.* 8. Camomile street.* 9. Bishopsgate
street without.* 10. Lamb alley, Bishopsgate street.* 11. Angel alley,
Aldersgate street.* 12. Foul lane, in the Borough.* 13. Great Windmill
street.* 14. King’s Bench alley, Southwark.* 15. Redcross street in
the Park, Southwark.* 16. Leadenhall street.* 17. Little Elbow lane.*
18. New Gravel lane.* 19. Redcross street, Cripplegate.* 20. Little
Old Bailey.* 21. Snowhill.* 22. Long acre.* 23. Long ditch,
Westminster.* 24. Near St. James’s square.* 25. St. Martin’s lane,
Charing cross.* 26. Near Surrey street in the Strand.* 27. Throgmorton
street.* 28. White’s alley, Rosemary lane.* 29. Stony lane, Petticoat
lane.* 30. Shoe lane.*
ANGEL _hill_, Oxford street.*
ANGEL _street_. 1. St. Martin’s le grand.* 2. Little Moorfields.* 3. St.
George’s fields, Southwark.*
ANGEL AND SUGARLOAF _yard_, in the Minories.*
_St._ ANN’S _alley_, Noble street, Foster lane.
ANN’S _alley_, East Smithfield.
_St._ ANN’S _Aldersgate_, on the north side of St. Ann’s lane, in the
ward of Aldersgate within, is dedicated to St. Ann the mother of the
Virgin Mary. The old church in this place perished in the fire 1666,
and the present was raised in its place about three years after. It is
a very plain edifice: the body is enlightened by a few large windows,
cased with rustic. The tower, which is very plain, is also
strengthened at the corners with rustic, and from its top rises a
turret and spire.
The church is a rectory in the patronage of the Bishop of London, and
the parish of St. John Zachary is annexed to it. The Rector receives
140_l._ _per annum_, in lieu of tithes.
_St._ ANN’S _Black Friars_, stood on the east side of Churchyard alley,
in the precinct of Black Friars, and the ward of Faringdon without;
but having suffered in the fatal calamity of 1666, and not being
rebuilt, the parish was annexed to that St. Andrew Wardrobe.
_St._ ANN’S _Limehouse_, arose from the great increase of houses and
inhabitants, by which the village of Limehouse, a hamlet of Stepney,
became joined to the metropolis, and it was resolved that here should
be one of the fifty new churches appointed by act of parliament to be
built within the bills of mortality. The foundation was laid in the
year 1712, and the present structure finished in 1729; but the
inhabitants of this hamlet not applying to parliament to have it
erected into a parish till the year 1729, it was not consecrated till
1730. This hamlet and part of that of Ratcliff, having been
constituted a distinct parish from that of Stepney, the sum of
3500_l._ was given by parliament to be laid out in fee simple towards
the support of the Rector; besides which the church wardens were to
pay him annually the sum of 60_l._ to be raised by burial fees.
This church is of a very singular construction, the body is not one
plain building, but is continued under separate portions. The door
under the tower has a portico, covered with a dome supported by
pilasters, and to this door there is an ascent by a flight of plain
steps. Its square tower has a large Corinthian window adorned with
columns and pilasters. The corners of the tower are also strengthened
by pilasters, which on their tops support vases. The upper stage of
the tower is plain, and extremely heavy, and from this part rises a
turret at each corner, and a more lofty one in the middle.
The advowson of this rectory, which is not to be held in commendam, is
in the Principal and Scholars of King’s hall, and Brazen-nose College,
Oxford. _Maitland._
_St._ ANN’S _Soho_, owes its foundation to the same cause as the former,
the increase of public buildings; the inhabitants of the parish of St.
Martin’s in the Fields became much too numerous to be contained in the
church, and therefore applying to parliament, this was erected in the
year 1686, in a spot of ground then called Kemp’s Field, and the
parish to which it belongs was separated from St. Martin’s in 1678.
The walls of this church are of brick with rustic quoins. The tower,
which is square, is strengthened with a kind of buttresses, and at the
springing of the dome, which supports the lanthorn, there are urns on
the corners with flames. The lanthorn, which is formed of arches, is
surrounded with a balustrade at the bottom, and a turret over it is
well shaped, and crowned with a globe and fane.
The advowson of this church is settled upon the Bishop of London, and
the Rector; instead of tithes, receives from the parishioners 100_l._
a year, which, together with the glebe, surplice fees, and Easter
book, amount to about 300_l._ _per annum_. _Maitland._
_St._ ANN’S _court_, Dean street, Soho.☐
ANN’S _court_, East Smithfield.
ANONYMOUS _New street_, Coverlead’s fields.
ANSON’S _alley_, Broad St. Giles’s.†
_St._ ANTHOLIN’S _Church yard_, Budge row.
_St._ ANTHONY, vulgarly called _St._ ANTHOLIN’S, Budge row, a plain but
well-proportioned church, with a neat spire. The former church in this
place was destroyed by fire in 1666, and the present edifice finished
in 1682. It is built of stone, and is of the Tuscan order, firm and
massy. The length of the church is 66 feet, and the breadth 54. The
roof is a cupola of an elliptic form, enlightened by four port hole
windows, and supported by composite columns. The steeple consists of a
tower, and a neat spire.
The living is a rectory, with the parish of St. John Baptist annexed
to it, and the advowson is in the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s. The
Rector receives 120_l._ a year in lieu of tithes.
_St._ ANTHONY’S HOSPITAL and SCHOOL, an ancient foundation in
Threadneedle street. See the FRENCH EPISCOPAL CHURCH _in Threadneedle
street_.
ANTILOPE _alley_, King’s street Westminster.*
ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. A society of Antiquaries was formed in this city
about the year 1580, by some of the most learned men in the kingdom:
but having been frequently interrupted and discontinued, very little
can be said concerning the same till the year 1717, when it was again
revived by a number of gentlemen studious of antiquity in general, but
more particularly desirous to obtain all possible knowledge of the
antiquities of their own country. With this view they agreed to meet
one evening in every week under certain regulations; they encouraged
correspondencies with all parts of the kingdom; they subscribed an
annual sum to defray the expence of engraving on copper-plates, what
should be thought deserving to be so preserved, and limited their
number to 100. And in this manner they continued their weekly meeting
with great reputation, till his Majesty King George II. was graciously
pleased to grant them a royal charter of incorporation, dated Nov. 2,
1751; and to declare himself their founder and patron.
Under this charter they became a body corporate, by the name of the
Society of Antiquaries of London, with a power to have and use a
common seal, to sue and be sued, and to take, hold, and enjoy by
purchase, gift, or otherwise, any lands, tenements or hereditaments,
not exceeding in the whole 1000_l._ _per annum_. And it is therein
directed, that the Council of the said Society shall at all times
consist of 21 persons, the President for the time being always to be
one; and the said charter appoints Martin Folkes, Esq; to be the first
President, and also 20 other persons therein named to be the first
Council, empowering them within two months from the date thereof, to
nominate, chuse and admit, as Fellows of the said Society, such
persons as shall excel in the knowledge of the antiquities and history
of this and other nations, and be eminent for piety, virtue, integrity
and loyalty. This first President and Council are to continue till the
23d day of April next ensuing, on which day, in every year thereafter,
the Council and Fellows are to assemble to nominate and elect a
President, and Council for the ensuing year; and it is particularly
directed that eleven of the former Council shall be continued, and ten
other persons chosen out of the members of the Society: ten and no
more of the Council being to be changed annually. The President is
empowered to nominate four persons of the Council to be his Deputies,
and supply his place in case of sickness or absence, and the
President, Council, Fellows, or any twenty-one or more, are empowered
to make statutes, rules, orders and by-laws, for the government and
direction of the said Society, their estates, goods, &c. and for the
admission and amoval of all and every the members and officers
thereof. And the President, Council and Fellows, may appoint
treasurers, secretaries and clerks, may have and employ one serjeant
at mace, and such other servants as they think necessary. And lastly,
if any abuses or differences shall arise, the Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor or Keeper of the Great Seal, the Lord
Privy Seal, and the two Secretaries of State for the time being, are
appointed Visitors, with full power for any three of them to compose
and redress such differences and abuses: provision is also made to
fill up any vacancies that may happen by the death of the President or
any of the Council.
On the receipt of this charter, the first President and Council
nominated and admitted, by a writing dated the 14th of November 1751,
all the former members, together with some others, in the whole 121,
to be Fellows of the said Society of Antiquaries of London, and soon
after drew up a body of statutes for the good government thereof,
which, was unanimously agreed to and confirmed in the month of July
1752.
It was herein enacted, that the number of members should not exceed
150, but that number being very soon filled up, and several men of
quality and fortune, as well as persons of great learning and
eminence, being continually applying to become members, which they
could not be till vacancies should happen by death, the Society
thought proper in the year 1755, to enlarge their number to 180, (to
which they are limited at present) exclusive of Peers, Privy
Councillors and Judges, that should be chosen after that time. A
little before this the Society gave up the management of their estate
and revenues, the payment of monies, and the publication of their
papers and drawings, (which before were in the body in general, and
thereby attended with many inconveniences,) entirely to the care of
their Council, which are now a standing committee for that purpose;
and thereby the government of this Society is become nearly the same
as that of the Royal Society, which was doubtless a proper pattern to
copy after.
On the 23d of April, being St. George’s day, the Society annually
elect their Council and officers, _viz._ a President, a Treasurer, two
Secretaries, and a Director, who has the care of all their
publications. Then the President appoints four of the Council to be
his Deputies or Vice-presidents: and after the election is over, the
Society dine together at their own expence. Martin Folkes, Esq; was
annually elected President till his death in 1754, since which time
the Rt. Hon. Lord Willoughby of Parham has been every year chosen.
Every person desirous to be elected a Fellow of this Society, except
Peers, Privy Counsellors, or Judges of Great Britain or Ireland, must
be recommended by three or more of the members, in a paper signed by
themselves, specifying the name, addition, profession, and chief
qualification of the candidate, and also the place of his abode. When
this has been read at one of the Society’s meetings, and then hung up
in their public room during the time of four other meetings, the
election is determined by ballot. Peers, Privy Counsellors, and judges
of Great Britain or Ireland, if proposed by any single member, must be
balloted for immediately. Every new member must pay an admission fee
of five guineas, and sign the obligation, whereby he promises, that he
will to the utmost of his power promote the honour and interest of the
Society, and observe the statutes and orders thereof. Which being done
he is led up to the chair, when the President or Vice-President
rising, takes him by the hand and says these words, _viz._ I do, by
the authority and in the name of the Society of Antiquaries of London,
admit you a Fellow thereof.
Every member must further pay one guinea annually for the use of the
Society, or ten guineas at once in lieu of all contributions.
The meetings of this Society are on Thursday evenings weekly, from
about six till nine o’clock, at their house in Chancery lane: their
business is to receive, read and consider all informations from their
own members, or others, concerning the Antiquities of all nations,
(for which purpose they admit eminent foreigners to be correspondent
members) but they more particularly attend to the study of the ancient
history, customs, manners, grants, charters, coins, medals, camps,
churches, cities, and all monuments whatever, ecclesiastical,
military, or civil, which are found in or relate to Great Britain and
Ireland. And the communications they have received concerning these
matters must be very valuable, as may be judged by the many curious
remains of antiquity they have caused to be engraven on copper-plates,
and permitted lately to be sold; tho’ as yet they have not thought fit
to publish any of their dissertations. They have a small but choice
library, which is increasing daily, also a fine collection of prints
and drawings.
_A_ TABLE _of the_ ANTIQUITIES _engraved and published by the_ SOCIETY
_of_ ANTIQUARIES _of_ LONDON.
Num. VOLUME _the_ FIRST. │ Price.
│ _l. s.
│ d._
The general title and catalogue in │ 0 1 0
Latin. │
1. A brass lamp, found at St. │ 0 1 0
Leonard’s hill near Windsor, │
presented by Sir Hans Sloane, │
Bart. │
2. Ulphus’s horn, a piece of great │ 0 1 0
antiquity, preserved in the │
cathedral at York. │
3. The font in St. James’s church at │ 0 1 0
Westminster. │
4. The portrait of King Richard II. │ 0 2 0
from an ancient picture in the │
choir of Westminster abbey. │
5. Three ancient seals, with their │ 0 1 0
reverses; the first of Cottingham│
abbey in Yorkshire, the second │
of Clare-hall in Cambridge, and │
the third the chapter seal of │
the church of St. Etheldred at │
Ely. │
6. The ruins of Walsingham priory in │ 0 0 9
Norfolk. │
7. Waltham cross in Middlesex. │ 0 1 0
8. A plan of the remaining walls and │ 0 1 0
city of Verulam. │
9–12. Four views of the ruins of Fountain│ 0 3 0
abbey in Yorkshire. │
13, 14. Three views of the gate of St. │ 0 2 6
Bennet’s abbey in Norfolk. │
15. The tomb of Robart Colles and │ 0 0 6
Cecili his wife at Foulsham in │
Norfolk. │
16. The shrine of King Edward the │ 0 2 0
Confessor in Westminster abbey. │
17. The north front of the gate at │ 0 1 0
Whitehall. │
18. The north front of King’s street │ 0 1 0
gate in Westminster. │
19. Plans of the two preceding gates. │ 0 0 6
20. Coins of King Henry VIII, Edward │ 0 1 0
VI, Q. Elizabeth, and K. James │
I. Also a portrait of Q. Eliz. │
from a painting in enamel. │
21–26. The tournament of K. Henry VIII, │ 0 6 0
Feb. 12, 1510; from an ancient │
roll in the Heralds office. │
27. The ruins of Furness abbey in │ 0 1 6
Lancashire. │
28–33. The Barons letter in the reign of │ 0 6 0
King Edward I, Feb. 12, 1300, to│
Pope Boniface VIII; with the │
seals appendent thereto. │
34. An antique brass head, dug up at │ 0 1 0
Bath in 1727. │
35, 36. Three views of Colchester castle in│ 0 2 0
Essex, with a ground plot │
thereof. │
37, 38. Tables of English gold and silver │ 0 3 0
coins, shewing the several │
species coined in each reign. │
39. Tutbury castle in Staffordshire. │ 0 1 0
40. Melbourn castle in Derbyshire. │ 0 1 0
41. Lancaster castle. │ 0 1 0
42. Pontefract castle in Yorkshire. │ 0 1 0
43. A gold seal of Pope Alexander IV; │ 0 1 0
with gold and silver coins, │
struck in France and Flanders, │
relating to the history of │
England. │
44. Knaresborough castle in Yorkshire. │ 0 1 0
45. A portrait of Dr. Tanner, Bishop │ 0 1 0
of St. Asaph. │
46. Tickhill castle in Yorkshire. │ 0 1 0
47. A plan of the Roman roads in │ 0 1 0
Yorkshire. │
48. A Roman tessellated pavement, found│ 0 1 6
near Cotterstock in │
Northamptonshire in 1736. │
49. A ancient chapel, adjoining to the │ 0 1 0
Bishop’s palace at Hereford. │
50–52. Three Roman tessellated pavements, │ 0 5 0
found at Wellow near Bath in │
1737. │
53, 54. Ancient seals and their reverses, │ 0 2 6
from the Dutchy office of │
Lancaster. │
55. Gold and silver medals of Mary │ 0 1 3
Queen of Scots, and Lord Darnley;│
with others of Queen Anne, Prince│
Henry, and K. Charles I. │
56. Gold and silver coins of several │ 0 1 3
English Kings, Prince Edward, and│
Q. Elizabeth. │
57. A Roman sudatory, lately found at │ 0 1 0
Lincoln. │
58–60. Ancient seals, from the Dutchy │ 0 4 6
office at Lancaster. │
61. Winchester cross. │ 0 1 0
62. The decree of the university of │ 0 2 6
Oxford in 1534, against the │
jurisdiction of the Pope in │
England. │
63. A plan of the Tower liberties, from│ 0 2 0
a survey in 1597. │
64. Chichester cross. │ 0 1 0
65. Three views of the Roman │ 0 1 0
_Retiarii_. │
66–68. The portrait of Sir Robert Cotton, │ 0 5 0
Bart. with two plates of │
fragments of an ancient copy of │
the book of Genesis, illuminated│
with elegant figures; and an │
historical dissertation on the │
said book. │
69. The standard of ancient weights and│ 0 2 6
measures, from a table in the│
Exchequer. │
70. A view of the court of wards and │ 0 5 0
liveries, as fitting; with a │
brief historical account of that │
court. │
│ ——
Total│ 4 7 9
N. B. This FIRST VOLUME may be had together for _four pounds_.
Num. VOLUME _the_ SECOND. │ Price.
│ _l. s.
│ d._
1, 2. Plans for rebuilding the city of │ 0 2 0
London after the great fire. │
3. A portrait of Mr. Holmes, keeper of│ 0 1 0
the records in the Tower. │
4. Ancient deeds and seals. │ 0 1 0
5. A view of the Savoy from the river │ 0 1 0
Thames. │
6. The warrant for beheading K. │ 0 1 6
Charles. │
7. An ancient wooden church at │ 0 1 0
Greensted in Essex, the shrine of│
St. Edmund the King and Martyr, │
and the seal of the abbot of St. │
Edmund’s Bury in Suffolk. │
8. Gloucester cross. │ 0 1 0
9. Three tessellated Roman pavements, │ 0 2 0
found at Winterton in │
Lincolnshire, in 1747; with one │
at Roxby, a town in that │
neighbourhood. │
10. Doncaster cross. │ 0 1 0
11. Sandal castle in Yorkshire. │ 0 1 0
12. The Savoy hospital in the Strand, │ 0 1 0
with the chapel. │
13. Clithero castle in Lancashire. │ 0 1 0
14. A plan of the ground and buildings │ 0 1 0
of the Savoy. │
15, 16. A view of the cathedral church and │ 0 3 0
priory of Benedictines at │
Canterbury, with the effigies of │
Eadwin a monk of that convent, │
between the years 1130 and 1174, │
both drawn by himself; with a │
printed account of the said │
drawings. │
17. An ancient lamp in two views, a │ 0 1 0
vase, and two bells, all of │
brass. │
│ ———
Total│ 0 19 6
N. B. All these numbers of the SECOND VOLUME may be had together for
_seventeen shillings_.
Complete sets, or any single numbers, of these prints may be had at Mr.
_Tovey’s_ in _Westminster-hall_, and Mr. _Boydell’s_ the corner of
_Queen street, Cheapside_; and at the Society’s house in _Chancery
lane_.
APOLLO _court_, Fleet street.
APOTHECARIES COMPANY. This company was incorporated with that of the
Grocers by King James I. in the year 1606; but they were soon
separated, and in 1617 incorporated by the name of the Master, Wardens
and Society of the art and mystery of Apothecaries of the city of
London, at which time there were only 104 Apothecaries shops within
the city and suburbs.
This company is governed by a Master, two Wardens, and twenty-one
Assistants, to whom belong a livery of 144 members, whose fine is
16_l._ The Apothecaries have the privilege of being exempt from parish
and ward offices.
APOTHECARIES HALL. This edifice is situated in Blackfriars, and has a
pair of gates leading into an open court handsomely paved with broad
stones, at the upper end of which is the hall built with brick and
stone, and adorned with columns of the Tuscan order. The ceiling of
the court room and hall is ornamented with fret work, and the latter
wainscotted fourteen feet high. In the hall room is the portraiture of
King James I. and also the bust of Dr. Gideon Delaun, that King’s
apothecary, who was a considerable benefactor to the company. In this
building are two large laboratories, one chemical, and the other for
galenical preparations, where vast quantities of the best medicines
are prepared, for the use of apothecaries and others, and particularly
of the Surgeons of the royal navy, who here make up their chests.
The Apothecaries company have a spacious and beautiful physic garden
at Chelsea, which contains almost four acres, and is enriched with a
vast variety of plants both domestic and exotic. This was given by Sir
Hans Sloane, Bart. on condition of their paying a quit rent of 5_l._
_per annum_, and annually delivering to the President and Fellows of
the Royal Society, at one of their public meetings, fifty specimens of
different sorts of plants, well cured, and of the growth of this
garden, till the number of specimens amounts to 2000.
APPLEBY’S _court_, Barnaby street.†
APPLEBEE’S SCHOOL is kept in St. Saviour’s churchyard in Southwark, and
was founded in 1681 by Mrs. Dorothy Applebee, who endowed it with
20_l._ _per annum_, for instructing thirty poor boys in reading,
writing and arithmetic.