The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, and the archiepiscopal palace .. . sh. A design having beenmade gratuitously by D. Laing, Esq. the architect of the Cus-tom House, and several other public buildings, it was acceptedby the committee, and the foundation stone was laid by HisRoyal Highness the Duke of York on the 19th of July, 1823 •and on the 4th of October, 1824-, the business of the institutionwas removed from its temporary situation on St. AndrewsHill to the present building. On the right, and nearly opposite the last mentioned build-ing, is a new road, made according to
The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, and the archiepiscopal palace .. . sh. A design having beenmade gratuitously by D. Laing, Esq. the architect of the Cus-tom House, and several other public buildings, it was acceptedby the committee, and the foundation stone was laid by HisRoyal Highness the Duke of York on the 19th of July, 1823 •and on the 4th of October, 1824-, the business of the institutionwas removed from its temporary situation on St. AndrewsHill to the present building. On the right, and nearly opposite the last mentioned build-ing, is a new road, made according to the provisions of the Actof Parliament for building Waterloo bridge, which provided thatseveral new roads should be made from the bridge to certainplaces mentioned. All of these have been executed. In thisroad are the Saw Mills of Mr. Smart, worked by steam,which also, employs several turners working the lathes. The 290 ST. JOHNS DISTRICT. saws, which are of a cylindrical form, are numerous, andthe machinery is in the best order. Passing Stamford-street on the left we arrive at the. CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, one of the four new churches built in this parish under theprovisions of the Stat. 58 Geo. III. cap. 45. The architect isFrancis Bedford, Esq. of Camberwell, a gentleman who hasbuilt the church of St. Luke, Norwood, in this parish, andthe neighbouring churches of the Holy TVinit}, Newington,and St. George, Camberwell. The present building was be-gun in December, 1822. The ground, which was selected forthe site, being a swamp, and partly occupied by a horse-pond,it was impracticable to make a secure foundation upon thenative earth ; engines were therefore employed for the space ofabove three months, in driving piles, and forming a completefoundation of timber, previous to commencing the the 30th of June, 1823, the first stone was laid by hisGrace the Archbishop of Canterbury in person; the woiksafter that period proceeded with great rapidity, and on
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