The early history of Piccadilly Leicester Square Soho & their neighbourhood

About this eBook

Author

Kingsford, Charles Lethbridge, 1862-1926

Title

The early history of Piccadilly, Leicester Square, Soho, & their neighbourhood : based on a plan drawn in 1585

Original Publication

Cambridge: University Press, 1925.

Credits

deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

London (England) -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 79777

Release Date

October 13, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE EARLY HISTORY OF PICCADILLY LEICESTER SQUARE SOHO & THEIR NEIGHBOURHOOD
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.PART I THE LAND BEFORE THE HOUSES — § 1. INTRODUCTORY — § 2. THE ABINGDON LANDS — § 3. THE BURTON LAZAR LANDS — § 4. THE MERCERS LANDS — § 5. ST MARTIN’S FIELD — § 6. THE LANDS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE CROWN — § 7. THE LAWSUIT ABOUT GELDING’S CLOSE — § 8. THE PARTIES AND WITNESSES TO THE SUIT — § 9. THE HEIRS OF GOLIGHTLY AND ROBERT BAKER — § 10. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN OF 1585
7. 7.PART II THE BUILDING OF THE STREETS — § 1. ST GILES’S CHURCH AND TOWN — § 2. MARSHLAND CLOSE AND SEVEN DIALS — § 3. LONG ACRE — § 4. COVENT GARDEN — § 5. ST MARTIN’S CHURCH AND TOWN — § 6. ST MARTIN’S LANE — § 7. THE MEWS AND ITS PRECINCTS — § 8. LEICESTER SQUARE AND CASTLE STREET — § 9. THE MILITARY GARDEN AND NEWPORT HOUSE — § 10. ST GILES’S FIELD AND SOHO — § 11. THE ORIGINAL PICCADILLY — § 12. SHAVER’S HALL: THE 17th CENTURY GAMING-HOUSE — § 13. SUFFOLK BUILDINGS AND JAMES STREET — § 14. THE HAYMARKET — § 15. ST JAMES’S SQUARE AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD — § 16. THE LATER PICCADILLY — § 17. COLONEL PANTON’S BUILDINGS IN WINDMILL FIELD — § 18. THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF GOLDEN SQUARE — § 19. WARDOUR STREET TO REGENT STREET — § 20. THE ORIGIN OF REGENT STREET — § 21. THE DISTRICT WEST OF REGENT STREET — § 22. THE OXFORD ROAD — § 23. STREET-PLANNING AND THE PLAN OF 1585
8. 8.APPENDIX — I. THE DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE LAWSUIT ABOUT GELDING’S CLOSE — II. SURVEY OF THE HOUSES AT “PICKADILLEY” IN 1651⁠ [427] — III. THE EARLY MAPS OF LONDON
9. 9.FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.INDEX

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