The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, and the archiepiscopal palace .. . s of which they granted by patent tosome of their officers. They received annually, for many years,only twenty pence, but of late ten pounds. Upon the finishingof Westminster-bridge, in November 1750, the ferry-boat ceasedby Act of Parliament, and an equivalent was given to the See ofCanterbury for the same ; and likewise to Mr. Folkes, the sur-viving patentee, for his interest therein. b In 1673 Archbishop Sheldon gave 50/. for paving the streetin front of the palace. On the side of the river, near the Ar
The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, and the archiepiscopal palace .. . s of which they granted by patent tosome of their officers. They received annually, for many years,only twenty pence, but of late ten pounds. Upon the finishingof Westminster-bridge, in November 1750, the ferry-boat ceasedby Act of Parliament, and an equivalent was given to the See ofCanterbury for the same ; and likewise to Mr. Folkes, the sur-viving patentee, for his interest therein. b In 1673 Archbishop Sheldon gave 50/. for paving the streetin front of the palace. On the side of the river, near the Archbishops palace, andopposite the church, is a house which was formerly his Gracesboat-house. An ancient inn is situated at the beginning of Fore-street, onthe river side, its present sign is the Ship. This house is saidto have been in great business for entertaining travellers whilethe horse-ferry was in use, before the building of Westminster-bridge. Adjoining this house was a slaughter-house belongingto the Archbishop. a Seep. 170of this Work. l> Ducarels Lambeth Palace, p. ? • Etchea byT-&Hen. MGTOI&IIAILi8. Publish-- >nnmat(> st. marys district. 34-3 Proceeding through Ferry-street, we arrive at the left is a burial-ground, which was given to the parish in1705, by Archbishop Tenison. It contains the remains of Ed-ward Moore, author of Fables for the Female Sex, and otherpoetical and dramatic pieces. He was also editor of the col-lection of essays entitled The World, in which he was assistedby Horace Walpole, and other eminent literary died a few days after the appearance of the last number ofthis publication, March 5, 1757. In the same ground is in-terred Thomas Cooke, son of an innkeeper in Essex, who, de-voting his attention to literature, produced various works, ofwhich his translation of Hesiod is considered the best. He at-tacked Pope in a performance, entitled the Battle of thePoets, which procured him a niche in the Du
Size: 1586px × 1575px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., boo, bookauthorallenthomas18031833, bookcentury1800, bookyear1827
