Walks through Islington; comprising an historical and descriptive account of that extensive and important district, both in its ancient and present state: together with some particulars of the most remarkable objects immediately adjacent . . \tarsr del 7u£ fy V. MMMIBIFBY BAIRW WALK THE THIRD. 247 through whom he was brought to a tragical end. Hehad left Islington, and taken another public-house inHog Lane, Shoreditch, when the infidelity of his wifehad such an effect upon him, that, in a fit of frenzy,after beating her most unmercifully, and stabbing herin the breast, he inflicted several wou
Walks through Islington; comprising an historical and descriptive account of that extensive and important district, both in its ancient and present state: together with some particulars of the most remarkable objects immediately adjacent . . \tarsr del 7u£ fy V. MMMIBIFBY BAIRW WALK THE THIRD. 247 through whom he was brought to a tragical end. Hehad left Islington, and taken another public-house inHog Lane, Shoreditch, when the infidelity of his wifehad such an effect upon him, that, in a fit of frenzy,after beating her most unmercifully, and stabbing herin the breast, he inflicted several wounds upon him-self with the same weapon, and, having lingeredseveral days, died in the flower of his age, on the 10thof August, 1749. His wife afterwards recovered. A little beyond the entrance to the ci-devantCadds Row, on the same side of the Upper Street,stands a square brick and plaster building, for manyyears the Vicarage House, and said to have beenbuilt by a former incumbent, Dr. William Cave, whoheld the living from 1662 to 1691. His initials werediscovered on the front, when the structure was un-dergoing some repairs. Two shops having of latearisen upon the fore-court belonging to this house, itwould escape the observation
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