. Walks in London . church is demolished, and the churchyardruined by gravel and silly rockwork, but the fine old tower,which escaped the Fire, is retained. All Hallows Stainingclaims to be the earliest stone church in the City. To this churchyard has been removed a fragment of thebeautiful Crypt of the Hermitage of St. James in tJie Wall^which was pulled down in 1874, when the chapel builtabove it by William Lambe the Clothworker (1495—1580)was removed from Cripplegate to Islington. It has lowzig-zag Roman arches. Returning to Fenchurch Street, on the left is the ElephantTavern, rebuilt in 18
. Walks in London . church is demolished, and the churchyardruined by gravel and silly rockwork, but the fine old tower,which escaped the Fire, is retained. All Hallows Stainingclaims to be the earliest stone church in the City. To this churchyard has been removed a fragment of thebeautiful Crypt of the Hermitage of St. James in tJie Wall^which was pulled down in 1874, when the chapel builtabove it by William Lambe the Clothworker (1495—1580)was removed from Cripplegate to Islington. It has lowzig-zag Roman arches. Returning to Fenchurch Street, on the left is the ElephantTavern, rebuilt in 1826, on the site of a tavern whicn was VOL. I. Z 338 WALKS IN LONDON, of great interest, because, being a massive house built ofsolid stone, it alone resisted the Great Fire, and the flames,which toie swiftly through the timber buildings of this partof London, left it standing j-moke-begrimed and flame-blackened, but sufficiently uninjured to give a shelter tonumbers of the homeless inhabitants of the 13,200 houses. All Hallows Staining. which were swept away. William Hogart. who afterwardschanged his name to Hogarth, came to lodge in this house,in 1697. soon after the death of his father, who kept a smallsch ol in die Old Bailev, and here for a lonjr time heearned a hand-to-mouth subsistence by selling his engrav-ings on copper. I remember the time, he says, when Ihave gone moping into the City with scarce a shilling, but THE IRONMONGERS HALL, 33*; as soon as I have obtained two g:uineas for a plate, I havereturned home, put on my sword, and sallied forth againwith all the confidence of a man with thousands in hispockets. Sometimes, however, the plates accumulated un-sold till the artist was glad to sell them at half-a-crown thepound to Mr. Bowles of the Black Horse at Cornhill. Itwas in 1727, while he was living here, that Hogarth made atapebtry design for Morris the upholsterer, for which he wasrefused payment, and vainly sued for it in the Courts. It isbelieved that this l
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