Identifier: oldnewlondonnarr05thor (find matches)
Title: Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Thornbury, Walter, 1828-1876
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Publisher: London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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so marked a feature in the Victoria Em-bankment, as the line of old trees planted on whatwas formerly the edge of the river, with the back-ground formed by a fine old row of private houses.The trees are now in the garden divided by agravel walk, which fills up the space between thetwo roadways. At the end of Cheyne Walk the Chelsea) THE THAMES EMBANKMENT. 67 Queens Road brandies off to the left, and runsinto the bottom of Lower Sloane Street. At thejunction of two roads, but where was formerly thediverging point of one from the river-side, stoodthe Swan tavern, famous as the goal of manya hotly-contested aquatic race from its namesakenear London Bridsfe. Not far from this time- his diary that he saw at Mr. Gates a sample ofthe satin made at Chelsea of English silkworms forthe Princess of Wales, very rich and beautiful.But it has long disappeared, owing to the steadyprogress of bricks and mortar. As late as 1824, there was to be seen nearChelsea Bridge a sign of The Cricketers, painted
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THOMAS CARLYLE. honoured inn are the Botanical Gardens of theSociety of Apothecaries. The Albert Bridge, opposite Oakley Street, con-structed upon the suspension principle, was openedin 1873 ; it forms a useful communication betweenChelsea and Battersea Park. Cadogan Pier, closeto the bridge, serves as a landing-place for pas-sengers on the river steamboats. Near the river and Cheyne Walk was a largemulberry-garden, one of those established in thesuburbs of London by order of James I., about theyear 1610. Thoresby, writing in 1723, tells us in by George Morland. At the above date, saysMr. Larwood, this painting by Morland had beenremoved inside the house, and a copy of it hung upfor the sign. Unfortunately, however, the landlordused to travel about with the original, and put itup before his booth at Staines and Egham races,cricket matches, and similar occasions—all ofwhich removals, it may be presumed, did no greatgood to it. The Old Swan inn, which was the goal ofDoggetts annual ro

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