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Round About London, by a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries [w.j. Loftie].
Round About London by a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries - w.j. Loftie Author:William John Loftie General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1877 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: Stratford Langthorn Abbey was founded for Cistercians in 1134. There are now no remains, except perhaps the Abbey Mills. The chnrch (St. John's) is modern; the parish, formerly a hamlet of West Ham (see), was separated in 1868, when the living was made a vicarage. It is in the gift of the vicar of West Ham, and is worth 300£. a year Two district churches have already sprung up in the densely crowded parish. The Town Hall is a handsome building, with a tower 100ft. high, designed by Messrs. Giles and Angell. There are many manufactories in the Lea marshes, each surrounded by a colony of labourers, but a few green spaces may still be found towards West Ham. Streatham, Surrey, S. W. 5| m. from Victoria Stn. Pop. 14,460. Probably called from its situation on the " street," or ancient road, elsewhere the Stane Street. There were several manors here in the time of D. S.: one of them, Tooting, is said to have belonged to the Abbey of Bee, in Normandy, and so got its name of Tooting Beck. The church (St. Leonard's) was rebuilt in 1831, and is scarcely worth a visit, though it contains an ancient knightly effigy and two brasses. The most interesting monuments, however, are two tablets to Henry Thrale, d. 1782, and Mrs. Salusbury, his mother-in-law, d. 1773, the friends of Dr. Johnson, who wrote the Latin inscriptions. There is also a monument to Rebecca, wife of E. Lynne, d. 1653, on which he says -- " Should I ten thousand years enjoy my life, I could not praise enough so good a wife." Near this another conjugal paragon is commemorated, Elizabeth Hamilton, d. 1746, " Who was married near 47 years and n...« less