Beazley, Mr. the architect of the English Opera House,
Bentham, Jeremy, his plan of a prison adopted for the Peni- tentiary, 189 Bethlem Hospital, original site of, 211; described, 212; re- gulations for the admission of patients, Bird-cage Walk, St. James's park, origin of its name, 89 Bolton, William, prior of St. Bartholomew's, supposed to have been the architect of Henry Seventh's chapel, 23 Boulter, Dr. his bust in West- minster Abbey, Bridges, Westminster, 57; Wa- terloo, 122; Vauxhall, 191 British Museum, foundation of,
Campbell, Thomas, plan of the London University suggested
by, Carlton House, demolished, 91 Caroline, Queen of George II. died at St. James's, 81; en- larged Kensington Gardens, 100; turning chair contrived for her there, Chair, ancient, used for Coro- nations, 16-17 Chambers, Sir William, the architect of Somerset House, 131
Champion, the King's, cere- mony performed by him at coronations, 37; origin of the practice, 38 Chantrey, Mr. his statue of Mr. Horner, in Westminster Ab- bey, 20 Charles I. his collections of works of art sold or destroy- ed by the parliament, 67; cir- cumstances attending his exe- cution, 67.80 Charles II. makes Whitehall his residence, 68; his death there, 70; enlarges and im- proves St. James's Park, 89;
Foundling Hospital, 184; his portrait there, 188 Cornwallis, Archbishop, oblig- ed to leave Lambeth Palace during the riots of 1780, 210 Coronation Chair, description of, Coronation Feasts, held in Westminster Hall, Covent Garden Market, de- scribed, 152-154 Covent Garden Theatre, de- scribed, Cromwell, Oliver, his efforts to preserve Charles the First's collection of works of art, 68
Dodd, George, furnishes the original plan of Waterloo Bridge, Dole, distribution of at Lambeth palace, Drury Lane Theatre, described,
land, resides in Durham Place,
EnglishOpera House, described,
Durham Place, historical parti- culars concerning, 114-116
E. Edward the Confessor, rebuilds Westminster Abbey church, 13; chapel and shrine of, 15; sepulchral monuments in the chapel of, ib. Edward I. his monument in Westminster Abbey, 15; state of his body on his coffin be- ing opened, 16 Edward III. his monument in Westminster Abbey, 15; re- builds St.Stephen's Chapel,45 Edward V. and his brother, monument of, in Westminster Abbey, Eleanor, Queen of Edward I. her monument in Westmin- ster Abbey, Elizabeth, Queen, founded the present establishment of West- minster Abbey, 14; her monu- ment there, 27; anecdotes of, 62, 65; occasionally resided at Somerset House, 127; made Lambeth Palace a place of confinement, 203; a fre- quent visiter to that place, 205
Fawkes, Guy, his participation in the Gunpowder plot, Flaxman, Mr. his monument of the Earl of Mansfield in Westminster Abbey, 20 Foundling Hospital, founda- tion of, 184; what children are admitted into it, 185; description of the building, 186; the chapel, 187; pic- tures presented to it, 188 Fowler, Mr. the architect of the new Covent Garden Market, 154 Fox, Mr. his monument in Westminster Abbey, Fox, Sir Stephen, the projector and a liberal benefactor to Chelsea Hospital,
Henry V. his monument in Westminster Abbey, 15; re- lics of, Henry VII. founds the chapel called after him, 22; his tomb, Henry VIII. privileges con- ferred by him on Westmin- ster, 5; made it his residence, 6; dissolved the monastery of, 14; obtained possession of Durham Place, 114; found- ed the College of Physicians,
Henry the Seventh's Chapel, reasons for its foundation, 22; expense of building, 24; sepulchral monuments in, 24 -27; repairs of, Hogarth, a benefactor of the Foundling Hospital, 187; pic- tures given to it by him, 188 Horner, Francis, statue of, in Westminster Abbey, Hornor, Mr. his contrivance for taking views from the top of St. Paul's, 165; his dangerous situation there, 167, 168
Horse Guards, the, described,
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