PICTURE OF LONDON,

ENLARGED AND IMPROVED:

BEING

A CORRECT GUIDE FOR THE STRANGER,

AS WELL AS FOR THE INHABITANT,

TO THE

METROPOLIS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

TOGETHER WITH

A DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONS.

MONSTROUS, MARVELLOUS, PRODIGIOUS LONDON, -
THOU GIANT CITY, — MIGHTY IN THY SIZE And power,
SURPASSING ALL THAT WAS, OR IS, OR MAY BE,

THE TWENTY-SIXTH EDITION,

REVISED AND CORRECTED TO THE PRESENT TIME.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN,
PATERNOSTER-ROW.

BODLEIAT

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LONDON:

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PREFACE
INTRODUCTION

V TO xii.
xiii. To xlii.

CHAPTER I. - 1 TO 23.

GENERAL Outlines of the Metropolis: Geographical and Relative Locality;

Characteristic Features; Present Dimensions; Extent and Importance

at different Periods, and gradual Augmentation; Population; Climate;

Diseases, &c.

CHAPTER II. - 24 TO 70.

Historical Notices of the Principal Events connected with the Metropolis,

from the earliest Period to the present Time.

CHAPTER III. 71 TO 80.

The Municipal Institutions of the Metropolis: its Civil and Military Es-

blishments.

Public Buildings: including the principal Commercial Edifices; the Pa-
laces with their Parks; the Houses of Legislative Assembly; the Go-
vernment Offices, &c.

Particular Architectural Ornaments: - The Squares, Statues, and most
embellished Streets, Bridges, &c.

CHAPTER VII.- 203 TO 234.

The King and Parliament; Courts of Judicature; Legal Institutions and

Societies; Prisons.

CHAPTER VIII.234 TO 277.

Charitable Institutions: comprehending Hospitals, Miscellaneous Chari-

rities, chartered, endowed, and other Free and Parish Schools, Alms-

houses and Workhouses.

CHAPTER IX.-278 TO 282.

Institutions for the Promotion and Support of Christian Knowledge, Reli-

gion, and Morals.

CHAPTER X.-283 To 350.

Institutions and Establishments connected with Science, Literature, and

the Arts: comprehending those for their furtherance and encourage-

ment; Lectures, Exhibitions, and principal Literary Associations.

CHAPTER XI.-350 TO 363.

The Theatres and other Places of Public Amusement.