Chapter C (2)

CHESTERFIELD HOUSE, in May fair, a very elegant structure, built by the
Nobleman from whom it derives its name. The stone colonades leading
from the house to the wings on each side are very beautiful. The print
exhibits the body of the house with part of the colonade, but the
wings are hid by the intervening houses. This view was taken from the
end next Hyde Park, of the street which is opposite the great gate
which leads to the house.

CHESTER’S _key_, Thames street.†

CHESWICK. See CHISWICK.

CHEVER’S _court_, Limehouse.†

CHEYNEY, near Flounden in Buckinghamshire, formerly belonged to the
Cheyneys, but has been the manor and seat of the Russels, now Dukes of
Bedford, for about 200 years.

CHICHESTER _rents_, Chancery lane, from the Bishop of Chichester’s house
near it. _Maitland._

CHICK _lane_, West Smithfield.

CHIDLEY’S _court_, Pall mall.†pm od CHIGWELL, a village in Essex,
situated between Waltham Abbey and Rumford. The rectory and parish
church are united to the prebend of St. Pancras in St. Paul’s
cathedral. Here is a charity school; and at a small distance are two
hamlets named Chigwell-Dews and Chigwell-Row.

CHIGWELL _hill_, Ratcliff highway.

CHIGWELL _street_, Ratcliff highway.

CHILE’S _court_, 1. Eagle court, Strand.† 2. In the Strand.†

CHIMNEY _alley_, Coleman street.

CHIMNEY-SWEEPERS _alley_, Barnaby street.

CHINGFORD, a village in Essex, near Woodford, and not far from Epping
Forest, so agreeably situated for privacy and retirement, that the
remotest distance from the metropolis can hardly exceed it. The
church, which was erected in the reign of King Richard II. is a neat
little building dedicated to St. Peter and Paul.

CHIPPING ONGAR, a town in Essex, twenty miles from London, was formerly
the manor of Richard Lacy, who being Protector of England, while Henry
II. was absent in Normandy, he built a church and a castle here with
other fortifications, the remains of which are still to be seen.

CHISLEHURST, a town near Bromley, in Kent, where the family of the
Walsinghams resided for several generations; and are interred in the
church. Here Mr. Camden composed the principal part of his annals of
Queen Elizabeth.

CHISWICK, in Middlesex, situated on the Thames on the south-west side of
Hammersmith. Here are two manors, one belonging to the Prebendary of
Cheswick in St. Paul’s cathedral, and the other call’d the Dean’s
manor, from its belonging to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s. In
this village there is a charity school, and it is adorned with several
elegant seats, as the Earl of Shrewsbury’s, the Earl of Grantham’s now
Col. Elliot’s, the late Lord Wilmington’s, &c. But the most remarkable
of the kind is the late Earl of Burlington’s, which was a plain,
commodious building, with good offices about it; but a part of the old
edifice being some years ago destroyed by fire, his Lordship erected
near it a beautiful villa, which, for elegance of taste, surpasses
every thing of its kind in England. The court in the front, which is
of a proportionable size with the building, is gravelled and
constantly kept very neat. On each side are yew hedges in panels, with
_Termini_ placed at a proper distance; and in the front of these
hedges, are two rows of Cedars of Libanus, which, at a small distance
have a fine effect, the dark shade of these solemn ever-greens
affording a pleasing contrast to the whiteness of the elegant building
that appears between them, the view of which from the road surprizes
you in a most agreeable manner.

The ascent to the house is by a noble flight of steps, on one side of
which is the statue of Palladio, and on the other that of Inigo Jones.
The portico is supported by six fine fluted columns of the Corinthian
order, with a pediment very elegant, and the cornice, frize and
architrave, as rich as possible. This magnificent front strikes all
who behold it with an uncommon pleasure and surprize.

The octagonal saloon finishing at top in a dome, through which it is
enlightened, is also very elegant. The other rooms are extremely
beautiful, and are finely furnished with pictures of the great
masters; an account of which is here annexed. It were to be wished
this house had been built to a larger scale, that the grandeur might
have equalled the elegance.

Though the other front towards the garden is plainer, yet it is in a
very bold, noble and masterly stile, and has at the same time a
pleasing simplicity, as hath also the side front towards the
serpentine river, which is different from the two others. In making
the drawing of this house, it was viewed by the angle, by which means
the print here given of it, shews it more perfectly than if only the
principal front had been given. The inside of this structure is
finished with the utmost elegance; the ceilings are richly gilt and
painted, and the rooms adorned with some of the best pictures in
Europe. In the gardens, which are very beautiful, the vistos are
terminated by a temple, obelisk, or some such ornament, which produce
a most agreeable effect.

The gardens are laid out in the finest taste: on descending from the
back part of the house you enter a verdant lawn planted with clumps of
ever-greens, between which are two rows of large stone vases. At the
ends next the house are two wolves in stone, done by the celebrated
Scheemaker, the statuary; at the farther end are two large lions, and
the view is terminated by three fine antique statues, dug up in
Adrian’s garden at Rome, with stone seats between them, and behind a
close plantation of ever-greens.

On turning to the house on the right hand, an open grove of forest
trees affords a view of the orangery, which is seen as perfectly as if
the trees were planted on the lawn; and when the orange trees are in
flower, their fragrance is diffused over the whole lawn to the house.
These are separated from the lawn by a fossee, to secure them from
being injured by the persons admitted to walk in the garden.

On leaving the house to the left, an easy slope covered with short
grass leads down to the serpentine river, on the side whereof are
clumps of ever-greens, with agreeable breaks, between which the water
is seen; and at the farther end is an opening into an inclosure, where
are a Roman temple, and an obelisk, with grass slopes, and in the
middle a circular piece of water.

From hence you are led to the wilderness, through which are three
strait avenues terminated by three different edifices; and within the
quarters are serpentine walks, through which you may ramble near a
mile in the shade. On each side the serpentine river, are verdant
walks, which accompany the river in all its turnings. On the right
hand of this river is a building that is the exact model of the
portico of the church of Covent garden, on the left is a wilderness
laid out in regular walks, and in the middle is a Palladian wooden
bridge over the river.

With the earth dug from the bed of this river, his Lordship has raised
a terrace, that affords a prospect of the adjacent country; which,
when the tide is up, is greatly enlivened by the view of the boats and
barges passing along the river Thames.

_Chiswick House._
_S. Wale delin._ _B. Green sc. Oxon._
]

Pictures, &c. in the new house at Chiswick.

In the Portico.

Augustus, a busto.

Saloon.

Lord Burlington and three of his sisters, Elizabeth, Juliana, and
Jane, by Sir Godfrey Kneller.

Rape of Proserpine, Sconians.

Anne of Austria, Frederick Elde.

Morocco Ambassador in the reign of Charles II. figure by Sir Godf.
Kneller; the back ground and horse, by Wyke.

King Charles, his Queen, and two children, Vandyke.

Judgment of Paris, Cav. Daniele.

Lewis XIII. Fred. Elde.

Apollo and Daphne, Cav. Daniele.

Bustos.

Antinous. Lucius Antinous.

A Bacchanalian.

Socrates.

Faustina.

Britannicus.

Plautilla.

Antoninus.

Apollo.

Bust unknown.

Domitian.

Adrian.

Red Velvet Room.

Madonna della Rosa, by Domenichino.

Noah sacrificing, Carlo Maratti.

Painting and designing, Guido Rheni.

The holy family, Carlo Maratti.

King Charles I. Cornelius Johnson.

Pope Innocent IX. Diego Velasques.

St. Gregorio, Cavidoni.

Pope Clement IX. Carlo Maratti.

The holy family, Giacinto Brandi.

The holy family, Salviati.

Duchess of Somerset, Vandyke.

Bacchus and Ariadne, Sebastiano Ricci.

A woman, school of Rubens.

Three statues, chiaro oscuro, Nic. Poussin.

A man, school of Rubens.

Venus and Cupid, Seb. Ricci.

St. John in the wilderness, Franc. Mola.

A portrait, Langians.

First Countess of Burlington, Vandyke.

Cardinal Baronius, Frederico Barocci.

A portrait, Rembrandt.

Mr. Killegrew, Vandyke.

First Earl of Burlington, Vandyke.

Salmasis and Hermaphroditus, Francisco Albano.

The holy family, Andrea del Sarto.

Mary Queen of Scotland, Fred. Zucchero.

The holy family, Pietro da Cortona.

The procession of the Dogesse, Paolo Veronese.

Bronzes.

A young Hercules.

Three pictures of incense lamps, Benvenuto Celini.

Blue Velvet Room.

A chymist’s shop, by David Teniers.

A landscape and figures, Franc. Mola.

A landscape and figures, Gaspar Poussin.

A Magdalen’s head, Guido Rheni.

A landscape with figures hawking, Wouwerman.

A landscape and figures, Franc. Mola.

A landscape and figures, Gasp. Poussin.

A march, Bourgognone.

The passage of the Red sea, ditto.

The Jesuits church at Antwerp, Geringh.

A landscape and figures, Bott.

A landscape, Gaspar Poussin.

A landscape, ditto.

A landscape with horsemen, Vander Meulen.

A landscape, Bott.

Lord Sandwich in a round, Sir Pet. Lely.

A woman frying fritters, Schalcken.

The holy family, Carlo Maratti.

A tent, Wouwerman.

A landscape with fishermen, Phill. Laura.

The flight into Egypt, Nicolo Poussin.

A ferry boat and cattle, Berchem.

A woman feeding children, Schalcken.

The holy family, Andrea Sacchi.

Ditto, Camillo Procacini.

Inigo Jones in a round, Dobson.

Red closet next the blue room.

Lot and his two daughters, Rottenhammer.

A landscape and ruins, Viviano, the figures by Mich. Angelo.

Jupiter and Io, Francesco Imperiali.

Spanish lady, D. Velasques.

Fishermen, Rubens.

The Presentation, Giuseppe Chiari.

A man hawking, Inigo Jones.

A sea-port, Marco Ricci.

A landscape, Velvet Brughel.

A Flora, Francesco Albano.

Temptation of St. Antonio, Annibale Carracci.

A landscape, Patel.

Lady Dorothy Boyle, Lady Burlington.

A landscape, Velvet Brughel.

The holy family, Sebastian Bourdon.

The inside of a church, Perino del Vaga.

A sea piece, Vandervelde.

A landscape, Marco Ricci.

Christ in the garden.

The holy family, Schidoni.

A crucifixion of a saint, Seb. Bourdon.

A landscape, Rysdal.

The holy family, Denis Calvert.

The Samaritan woman, Paolo Veronese.

A boy’s head, Holbein.

Cleopatra, Leonardo da Vinci.

A landscape, Swanevelt.

The holy family, Passari.

Earl of Essex.

A portrait, Fran. Hals.

Inside of a church, Vandyke.

A landscape, Gaspar Poussin.

A man and vases, Benedetto Castiglione.

A landscape, Francisque Meli.

Green Velvet room.

Mars and Venus, Albano.

Acis and Galatea, Luca Giordano.

Constantine’s arch, Gio. Paolo Panini.

Romulus and Remus, Pietro da Cortona.

A woman bathing, Rousseau.

Mr. Rogers, Vandyke.

Our Saviour in the garden, Guercino.

A man half length with a dog, Dobson.

Rembrant in his painting room, Gerrard Dow.

Ruins, Viviano.

A view of Florence, Gasparo degli Occhiale.

Diana and Endymion, Sebastiano Ricci.

Flowers by Baptiste the boy, Seb. Ricci.

Ponte Rotto, Gasparo degli Occhiale.

The holy family, Francesco Mola.

A landscape, Mons. Verton.

Buildings, Rousseau.

A Magdalen, Carlo Maratti from Guido.

A man half length, Rembrant.

A Madona and St. Catharine, Pietro da Cortona.

The Jews scourging our Saviour, Giacomo Bassano.

Piazza del Popolo, Gasparo degli Occhiale.

A landscape with fishermen, Salvator Rosa.

Belisarius, Vandyke.

Earl of Pembroke and his sister, Vandyke.

Bed chamber.

Earl of Cumberland in a round.

Mr. Pope in a round, Kent.

Lady Burlington in a round, Aikman.

Gallery.

Susanna and P. Veronese.

* * * * Bassan.

* * * * Ditto.

Landscapes.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Middle of the ceiling, Paolo Veronese.

Two statues, Guelphi.

Two ditto, Scheemaker.

Two little heads, Guelphi.

Two porphyry vases, from Rome.

Closet within the bed chamber.

Lord Clifford and his family, painted in 1444 by John Van Eyk, called
John of Bruges.

A woman in a hat, Blomaert.

Lady Dorothy Boyle, in crayons, Lady Burlington.

Henry IV. of France, Mosaick.

A head, a sketch, Vandyke.

Ditto, ditto.

Flowers upon glass, Baptiste.

A woman selling fish and herbs.

Hagar and the angel.

A boy’s head.

A man’s head.

A woman combing her head.

A satyr whipping a woman.

A head, Holbein.

A Venus sleeping.

Dutch figures.

A man reading.

The ascension, Albano.

The new dining room.

Twelfth night, Jordans.

The finding of Moses, Seb. Ricci.

Jephtha, Seb. Ricci.

Good Samaritan, Giacomo Bassan.

A flower piece, Baptiste.

Ditto, ditto.

Ditto, ditto.

A portrait, Rubens.

Ditto, unknown.

Buildings and cattle, Wenix.

First Lady Halifax, Sir Peter Lely.

The marriage of Cupid, &c. Andrea Schiavone.

A landscape, Gio. Franceso Bolognese.

Mars and Venus, Le Fevre.

A landscape, Gio. Franceso Bolognese.

A Madona, Parmegiano.

Woman taken in adultery, Allesandro Veronese.

Liberality and Modesty, Guido, after

CHISWELL _street_, near the Artillery ground, Moorfields.†

CHITTERLING _alley_, Beer lane, Tower street.

CHIVER’S _court_, Nightingale lane, in Limehouse, Fore street.‡

CHOIRISTER’S _rents_, near the Almonry.

CHOLMONDELEY’S _Almshouse_, in Church entry, Black Friars, was founded
by the Lady Cholmondeley for three poor women, each of whom receives
2_s._ a week.

CHRISTOPHER’S _alley_, 1. in the Borough. 2. Lombard street. 3. St.
Martin’s le Grand. 4. Middle turning, Shadwell. 5. Upper Moorfields.

_St._ CHRISTOPHER’S _alley_, St. Christopher’s court, Threadneedle
street.☐

_St._ CHRISTOPHER’S _Church_, by the Bank of England in Threadneedle
street, is dedicated to a Jewish convert and martyr, named before
his conversion Reprobus, but having, it is pretended, carried our
Saviour over a river, was thence named Christopher. Mention is made
of a church in this place so early as the year 1368. The present
edifice suffered greatly by the fire of London; but not so much as
to occasion its being rebuilt, and therefore being thoroughly
repaired, it continues on the ancient foot. The body is well
enlightened, and the tower is crowned with four handsome pinacles.
It is a very plain edifice, and indeed had it been ever so well
ornamented, it could not, in its present situation, have been seen
to advantage.

This church is a rectory, the patronage of which has been for above
three hundred years in the Bishop of London. The Rector, besides
other considerable advantages, receives 120_l._ a year in lieu of
tithes.

CHRISTOPHER’S _court_, 1. Cartwright street. 2. Rosemary lane.

_St._ CHRISTOPHER’S _court_, Threadneedle street.

CHRISTOPHER’S INN YARD, 1. Barnaby street. 2. St. Margaret’s hill.*

CHRIST’S CHURCH, Church street, Spitalfields. The district in which
this edifice stands was till lately considered as a hamlet in the
parish of Stepney: but the kind reception given to the persecuted
French protestants, greatly increased the number of the inhabitants
of this spot, and these refugees bringing the silk manufacture along
with them, soon brought affluence to the place, and with it a
multitude of new inhabitants. Hence this was constituted a distinct
parish from Stepney in the year 1728, and one of the fifty new
churches was ordered to be built here. The foundation was laid in
1723, and it was finished in four years.

The body of this church is solid and well proportioned; it is
ornamented with a Doric portico, to which there is a handsome ascent
by a flight of steps; and upon these the Doric order arises
supported on pedestals. The tower over these rises with arched
windows and niches, and on its diminishing for the steeple, is
supported by the heads of the under corners, which form a kind of
buttresses: from this part rises the base of the spire, with an
arcade; its corners are in the same manner supported with a kind of
pyramidal buttresses ending in a point, and the spire is terminated
by a vase and fane. This is the character given of this edifice in
the _English Architect_: who asserts that solidity without weight is
its character, and that though this structure is not without faults,
yet it is worthy of great praise; it being singular, and built for
ages. It has however been severely censured by the author of _The
Critical Review of Buildings_, who says that it is one of the most
absurd piles in Europe.

This church is made a rectory, but is not to be held in commendam.
For the maintenance of the Rector and his successors the Parliament
granted the sum of 3000_l._ to be laid out in the purchase of lands
and tenements in fee simple: besides which provision the
Churchwardens are by that act appointed to pay him annually the sum
of 125_l._ to be raised by burial fees. _Maitland._

CHRIST’S CHURCH, in Bennet street, Southwark, is a regular and
well-constructed building, erected with little expence, since the
year 1737, when the foundation of the old church gave way. It
consists of a plain body enlightened by two ranges of windows, and a
square tower with a turret.

This church is a rectory, the patronage is in the heirs and assigns
of John Marshal of the Borough of Southwark, Gent. who caused the
old church to be built, by leaving, in the year 1627, the sum of
700_l._ for that purpose, with an estate of 60_l._ a year towards
the maintenance of a Minister, and the inhabitants applying to
parliament in 1670, it was made a distinct parish independent of
that of St. Saviour’s.

CHRIST’S CHURCH, behind the northern row of houses in Newgate street.
This is a vicarage, or impropriation, and the right of advowson is
in the Governors of St. Bartholomew’s hospital. The old spacious
church being consumed by the fire of London, this edifice was
erected in its room, and by an act of parliament constituted the
place of public worship, both for this parish and that of St.
Leonard’s Foster lane.

This church is a plain edifice, neatly ornamented on the inside; it
has a square tower of a considerable height, crowned with a light
and handsome turret, which is so concealed by the houses, that it
can scarce any where be seen to advantage. The Incumbent receives
200_l._ per annum in lieu of tithes.

CHRIST’S HOSPITAL, for the education and support of the fatherless
children of freemen, is an establishment of considerable antiquity;
for Henry VIII. in the last year of his reign gave the city both the
priory of St. Bartholomew’s, and the convent of Gray Friars, which
anciently belonged to that priory, for the relief of the poor. He
also in the same year founded two churches out of these religious
houses, the one to be called Christ Church, out of the Gray Friars,
and the other Little St. Bartholomew’s, out of the hospital of that
name. By the above grant the city was obliged to establish here a
settled and regular provision for the poor, which was not done till
some years after, when King Edward VI. being extremely moved at a
sermon preached by Bishop Ridley, wherein that good Prelate
expatiated on the obligations of the rich to assist the poor and
miserable, his Majesty expressed his hearty desire to concur in
promoting so laudable a work, and by the Bishop’s advice,
immediately caused a letter to be wrote to the Lord Mayor, to obtain
his assistance; and this letter his Majesty signed with his own
hand, and sealed with his signet. The good Bishop, who, by the young
King’s desire, stayed till the letter was finished, was the
messenger dispatched on this important business. The chief
Magistrate was pleased with the honour done the city, and after
several consultations with the Aldermen and Common Council, several
charitable plans were formed for the carrying on of this and other
charities; and while the diseased were provided for at St. Thomas’s,
and the idle at Bridewell, it was resolved that the young and
helpless should be educated at Christ Church.

This being reported to the King, his Majesty voluntarily
incorporated the Governors of these houses by the title of _The
Mayor, Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, Governors of
the possessions, revenues and goods of the hospitals of Edward VI.,
King of England_, &c. as his Majesty desired to be esteemed their
chief founder and patron. To promote and continue this work, he
granted the city certain lands that had been given to the house of
the Savoy, founded by King Henry VII. for the lodging of pilgrims
and strangers, but which was now only used by vagabonds and
strumpets. These lands amount to the yearly value of 600_l._ He also
commanded, that after reserving a sufficient quantity of the linen,
which had been used in the times of popish superstition, to each
church within the city and suburbs of London, the remaining
superfluous great quantities should be delivered to the Governors of
this hospital, for the use of the poor children under their care.
And one of the last actions of that good Prince’s life, was signing
a licence for this corporation to purchase lands in mortmain.

In 1552 the house of the Gray Friars was prepared for the poor
fatherless children, and the same year 340 were admitted. Soon
after, several considerable private benefactions were left to this
hospital, and at length Charles II. by a well judged liberality,
founded and endowed a mathematical school for the instruction of
forty boys in that study, in order to fit them for the sea, and for
this purpose he ordered 1000_l._ a year to be paid out of the
Exchequer for seven years. This institution is executed in a manner
suitable to the intention of the founder. Every year ten of these
boys are put out apprentices to masters of ships, and ten more are
received in their room. The master is not only expected to be a good
mathematician, but to understand the learned languages. Afterwards
the Governors appointed forty other boys to be taught mathematics in
the same manner. The other schools are a grammar school, a writing
school, and a school for the girls who learn reading and needle
work, and there have been lately added a master to teach the boys
drawing, an art of the greatest use in many mechanical arts.

This charity is so very extensive, that there are sometimes above a
thousand children supported here at a time. The youngest, for whom
there is not room in the house, and who are not of an age to
understand the lessons taught there, are, at the expence of the
charity, sent to Hertford and Ware, where there are schools erected
and masters employed at handsome salaries for that purpose. As the
eldest are put out apprentices, and these grow more fit for the
place, they are brought in.

The boys are cloathed in blue coats, with petticoats of the same
colour, yellow stockings, and bonnets instead of hats. And on their
being put out apprentice, they have 10_l._ given with each.

The edifice is concealed by the contiguous houses, and cannot be
seen entire. It is spacious, and though built in the old manner, is
not ill contrived. The principal buildings form the four sides of a
large area, which have porticoes continued round them. These have
Gothic arches, and the walls are supported by abutments. The front
of the building is, however, more modern than the rest, and has
Doric pilasters supported on pedestals.

Among the ancient buildings that still remain, is an old cloister,
which was a part of the priory. This was repaired by the direction
of Sir Christopher Wren, and serves both for a thoroughfare, and
place of recreation for the boys, especially in rainy weather.

The writing school is, however, a neat modern edifice, built with
brick and stone in the year 1694, at the end of the great hall. It
was founded by Sir John Moore, one of the Aldermen of the city, and
President of the house, whom it is said to have cost 5000_l._ It
contains long writing boards sufficient for 300 boys to sit and
write upon, and at the upper end of the room is Sir John’s statue in
white marble.

The inner distribution of the rooms and wards is very good. There is
a spacious hall built at the expence of Sir John Fenwick after the
fire of London, in which the boys dine and sup. At the upper end of
this room is a large picture representing King James II. sitting
with his Nobles, the Governors, &c. with the half figures of King
Edward VI. and Charles II. hanging as pictures in the same piece.
There is also a piece representing the mathematical school done by
Vario, and reckoned worth 1000_l._ At the other end is a large piece
representing King Edward VI. delivering the charter to the Lord
Mayor, who kneels, with the Aldermen behind him; the young King is
accompanied by Bishop Ridley and several others, who stand about
him. Here also is a fine piece of the pool of Bethesda, which is
very large, and painted in a masterly stile by Mr. Hogarth. In this
hall there is likewise a good organ, which plays on Sundays, when
the boys sing psalms and anthems.

A great room where the Governors meet, is also adorned with the
pictures of the royal founder, and of all the chief benefactors.

_Christ’s-Church Hospital._
_S. Wale delin._ _J. Taylor sc._
]

There are eight wards for the children’s beds; that of the girls is
separated from the rest; and there is also a ward for the sick. Each
of the masters have 100_l._ a year, and the grammar master an
additional salary of 20_l._ for catechising the boys, and his usher
has 50_l._ a year; in short, 12 or 1300_l._ a year is expended in
salaries to the officers, clerks, and servants; and the sum expended
for the support of the hospital, amounts to between 11 and
12,000_l._ a year. To defray this expence, the hospital has a great
annual revenue in houses and lands; the benefit of licensing and
looking after the 420 carts allowed in the city, each of which pays
a certain sum for sealing. The hospital has likewise a duty of about
three farthings upon every piece of cloth brought to Blackwell hall,
where clerks are kept to receive it. The Governors, amount to about
three hundred, and these chuse their officers and servants, both men
and women, and also the President and Treasurer.

The building of this hospital is partly Gothic and partly modern,
being built at various times, and has very little regularity. That
part represented in the print belongs to the mathematical school,
and is in Gray Friars. The niche contains a statue of Charles II. in
the royal robes, which, considering the difficulty the statuary had
to encounter, is a very good one. At a distance is the steeple and
part of the front of the church, which was rebuilt, after being
burnt down by the fire of London, by Sir Christopher Wren.

CHURCHES. These are very numerous; and the reader may see an account
of each under the names of the patrons to whom they are dedicated,
as _St._ ALBAN’S, ALLHALLOWS, _St._ ALPHAGE, _St._ ANDREW’S, &c.

CHURCH _alley_, 1. Basinghall street.☐ 2. Black Friars.☐ 3. Denmark
street, St. Giles’s.☐ 4. Giltspur street.☐ 5. Harp alley, Shoe
lane.☐ 6. St. Mary hill.☐ 7. New Rents, Compter street.☐ 8. Noble
street, Foster lane.☐ 9. Old Jewry.☐ 10. Puddle dock hill.☐ 11. In
the Strand.☐ 12. Thames street.☐ 13. Tooley street.☐ 14. Wapping.☐
15. Watling street.☐ 16. Whitechapel.☐

CHURCH _court_, 1. Church passage, Piccadilly.☐ 2. Clement’s lane,
Canon street.☐ 3. Duke’s place.☐ 4. Little Chapel street.☐ 5. St.
Margaret’s church yard.☐ 6. In the Strand.☐ 7. Church Entry, Austin
Friars.☐ 8. Black Friars.☐

CHURCH _hill_, Black Friars.☐

CHURCH _lane_, 1. Dyot street.☐ 2. Elephant lane, Rotherhith.☐ 3.
Houndsditch.☐ 4. Islington.☐ 5. Ropewalk, Limehouse.☐ 6. St. Mary
Overies.☐ 7. Newington Butts.☐ 8. In the Strand.☐ 9. Near Three
Cranes lane, Thames street.☐ 10. Whitechapel.☐ 11. White street,
Southwark.☐ 12. Wood street, Cheapside.☐

CHURCH _passage_, 1. Cloth Fair.☐ 2. Dorset street.☐ 3. Piccadilly.☐

CHURCH _row_, near Aldgate.☐

CHURCH _stairs_, Rotherhith.☐

CHURCH _street_, 1. Bernbridge street.☐ 2. Coverlead fields.☐ 3. St.
Giles’s street.☐ 4. Hackney.☐ 5. Hoxton.☐ 6. Lambeth.☐ 7. Long
Acre.☐ 8. Millbank.☐ 9. Prescot street.☐ 10. Rotherhith.☐ 11.
Sclater street.☐ 12. Shoreditch fields.☐ 13. Soho.☐ 14.
Spitalfields.☐ 15. Stepney Causeway.☐ 16. Swan fields.☐

CHURCH YARD _alley_, 1. Cartwright street.☐ 2. Chick lane.☐ 3. Fetter
lane.☐ 4. Harp alley.☐ 5. Hole stairs.☐ 6. Rosemary lane.☐ 7.
Rotherhith wall.☐ 8. Shoe lane.☐ 9. Thames street.☐ 10. St. Thomas’s
street, Southwark.☐ 11. Tooley street.☐

CHURCH YARD _court_, 1. Botolph lane.☐ 2. Inner Temple.☐

CHURCH YARD _lane_, St. Thomas’s street, Southwark.☐

CHYMISTERS _alley_, Bedfordbury.

CINNAMON _alley_, Turnmill street.

CINNAMON _street_, 1. Near Old Gravel lane. 2. Near Wapping dock.

CISE _yard_, Whitechapel.

CIVET CAT _alley_, Bunhill row.*

CLANDON. There are two towns of this name, in Surry, lying near each
other, and distinguished by their situation with respect to each
other. West Clandon is twenty-six miles from London, and is the
manor of the Lord Onslow, whose title is Lord of Onslow and Clandon,
and whose seat is near the church. It is a noble edifice, erected
after an Italian model. The gardens are beautiful, and laid out in
the modern taste. It has plenty of good water, and commands a
delightful and extensive prospect as far as Windsor. The house is
seen from the road up a grand avenue, and appears to be, what it
really is, one of the finest seats in that part of the kingdom.

East Clandon lies about two miles to the east of the last mentioned
village, and was anciently the estate of Gerard Lord Aungier, of the
kingdom of Ireland, who had a house and park here. In the
neighbourhood of East Clandon is the seat of Admiral Boscawen.

CLAPHAM, a village three miles from London, in the road to Richmond.

CLAPTON, a village adjoining to Hackney.

_Abbey of St._ CLARE. See MINORIES.

CLARE _court_, Drury lane.†

CLARE _market_, Lincoln’s Inn fields, has a considerable trade for
flesh, greens, &c.

CLARE _street_, Clare market.†

CLARE’S _yard_, Barnaby street.†

_Claremont._
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CLAREMONT, is the seat of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle at Esher.
The house was designed and built by the late Sir John Vanbrugh, in a
whimsical style of architecture, which is better shewn in the print
than described. It was afterwards purchased of Sir John by his
Grace, who has been at great expence in improving the place. The
structure, though singular, does not appear to be irregular. It is
built of brick with a good deal of variety in it, and of
considerable extent, but not much elevated. The Duke has since built
a grand room for the reception of company when numerous, which makes
the ends of the house not appear similar. The house has a lawn in
the front shaded on each side with trees, and the ground behind it
rising gradually shews the trees there also, so that the house
appears to be embowered by them except just in the front; and the
white summer house with four little pinacles, one at each corner,
built on the mount which gives name to the place, when viewed from
before the front of the house, rises up finely from behind the
trees, and all together forms a very pleasing appearance. The park
in which it is situated is distinguished by its noble woods, lawns,
walks, mounts, prospects, &c. The summer house call’d the Belvedere,
at about a mile distance from the house, on that side of the park
next Esher, affords a very beautiful and extensive view of the
country quite round; yet that from the summer house at Esher place,
which is just by, is perhaps no way inferior to it.

CLARGES _street_, Hyde Park road. Thus named from Sir Thomas Clarges.

CLARKE’S _alley_, 1. Bishopsgate street.† 2. Vine street, Hatton
wall.† 3. Whitechapel.†

CLARKE’S _orchard_, Rotherhith wall.†

CLARKE’S _rents_, 1. Grub street. 2. St. Catharine’s lane.†

CLARKE’S _yard_, 1. Cock alley, London wall.† 2. Upper ground.†

CLAYTON’S _rents_, King street.†

CLEAVELAND _court_, Cleaveland row, St. James’s street; formerly a
large house called Berkshire house; which being purchased by the
Duchess of Cleaveland, took her name; on the same ground are now
built several handsome houses.

CLEAVELAND _row_, St. James’s.

CLEAVELAND _street_, by St. James’s palace.

CLEAVELAND _yard_, near St. James’s square.

_St._ CLEMENT’S _Church_ in the Strand, also called _St._ CLEMENT
DANES, is supposed to be dedicated to Pope Clement I. who suffered
martyrdom in the reign of Trajan, and obtained the name of _Danes_
from its being dedicated to their use. A church has been situated in
the same place at least ever since the year 700; but the present
edifice began to be erected in 1680, and was compleated in two
years, but the steeple was not added till several years after.

The body of the church, which is of stone, has two series of
windows, the lower plain and the upper well ornamented, and the
termination is by an attic, whose pilasters are crowned with vases.
On the south side it is entered by a portico to which there is an
ascent of a few steps, this portico is covered with a dome supported
by Ionic columns. Opposite to this there is another, and on each
side the base of the steeple in the west front is a small square
tower with its dome. The steeple is carried to a great height in
several stages: where it begins to diminish the Ionic order takes
place, and upon its entablature supports vases. The next stage is
Corinthian, and above that stands the Composite supporting a dome
which is crowned with a smaller one, from whence rises the ball and
its fane.

The author of the _New Critical Review of the publick Buildings_
justly censures the situation of this church in the midst of the
street, and their having “in compliance with the superstitious
custom of placing it in a due east and west situation, crowded the
backside of the church into the face of the people, though they had
room enough to build it otherwise, and prevent so capital a
nuisance.” This church is a rectory, in the patronage of the Earl of
Exeter.

_St._ CLEMENT’S _Eastcheap_, on the east side of St. Clement’s lane,
Lombard street. The old church was destroyed by the dreadful
conflagration in 1666, and upon its ruin the present edifice arose.
It is a very plain neat structure, with a tower crowned only by a
battlement.

This church is a rectory, with the parish of St. Mary Ongars added
to it; the advowson is in the Bishop of London. The Rector receives
140_l._ _per annum_ in lieu of tithes. _Newc. Repert. Eccles._

_St._ CLEMENT’S _Church yard_, in the Strand.

CLEMENT’S _court_, Milk street.

CLEMENT’S, or _St._ CLEMENT’S INN, on the north side of Wych street,
is thus called from its being near St. Clement’s church. It is one
of the inns of chancery, and has three courts one within another,
which consists of old buildings, except a row in the garden, which
is well built.

CLEMENT’S INN _court_, Clement’s Inn.

CLEMENT’S _lane_, 1. Clare market.☐ 2. Clement’s Inn.☐

_St._ CLEMENT’S _lane_, Lombard street.

_St._ CLEMENT’S WELL, a celebrated fountain, which was many years ago
one of the three principal springs at which the city youths, on
festival days, used to entertain themselves with a variety of
diversions. But it is now covered up, and a pump placed over it, at
the east side of St. Clements Inn, and lower end of St. Clement’s
lane. _Maitland._

CLERGYMEN’S _Widows_, and _Children_. See an account of the
corporation formed for their relief under the article CORPORATION.

CLERK _of the Essoins_, _Juries_, _King’s Silver_, _Supersedeas_,
_&c._ See an account of their several employments and offices, under
the articles ESSOINS, JURIES, KING’S SILVER, &c.

CLERKS. The Parish Clerks were incorporated by Henry III. in the year
1233, by the name of _The fraternity of St. Nicholas_, by which they
were known till they were incorporated by charter in 1611. By a
decree of the court of Star chamber, they obtained the privilege of
keeping a printing press in their hall, for printing the bill of
mortality, they being strictly enjoined by their charter to make a
report of all the christenings and burials in their respective
parishes by six o’clock, on Thursday in the afternoon; but this is
by a by-law changed to two o’clock on the same day, that the King
and the Lord Mayor may have the account the day before its
publication. This list is however extremely defective; for as there
are above an hundred meeting houses in the bills of mortality, the
members of which never have their children christened in the parish
churches, though the far greater number of their dead are interred
in the parochial burying grounds, the burials in these lists are
made greatly to exceed the christenings; and hence very grave
remarks have been made on the unhealthfulness of the city, and the
vices of its inhabitants.

This company consists of a Master, two Wardens, seventeen
Assistants, and the whole body of parish clerks within the bills of
mortality; who have a commodious hall in Wood street.

CLERKS, or CLERKEN WELL, a spring at the lower end of Clerkenwell
green, in Rag street, opposite Mutton lane, was so called from the
parish clerks of the city annually meeting there to exhibit dramatic
representations of certain parts of scripture; for which they were
so famous, that not only the Lord Mayor and citizens, but even the
nobility were their spectators. From this well a neighbouring priory
with the church and parish were denominated Clerkenwell. _Maitland._

CLERKENWELL _Church_. See St. JAMES’S Clerkenwell.

CLERKENWELL _close_, a street on the north side of Clerkenwell green.

CLERKENWELL _green_, on the south side of St. James’s church,
Clerkenwell.

CLERKENWELL _Priory of Nuns_, was founded by Jordan Briset, a wealthy
Baron, about the year 1100, in a field adjoining to Clerks, or
Clerken Well, and dedicated to the honour of God, and the assumption
of the blessed Virgin. This priory continued till it was suppressed
by Henry VIII. in the year 1539, when its revenues were found to
amount to 262_l._ 19_s._ _per annum_. On the north east side of St.
James’s church, which anciently belonged to this priory, is still to
be seen the ambulatory, or south side row of this priory, consisting
of six arches; and tho’ the eastern part of the cloister be
destroyed, yet the nuns hall, which was situated at the north end,
is still remaining, tho’ at present it is converted into a work
shop, and the garden on the east side was formerly the cemetery
belonging to the nunnery. _Maitland._

CLIFFORD’S INN, one of the Inns of Chancery, is situated behind St.
Dunstan’s church in Fleet street, and is much improved by new
buildings. It has three courts, and a garden adorned with rows of
lime trees set round the grass plats, and with gravel walks, which
are kept in good order. This Inn took its name from its being
anciently the house of the Lord Clifford.

CLIFFORD’S INN _lane_, Fleet street.☐

CLIFFORD’S _street_, New Bond street.†

CLINCARD’S _alley_, Westminster market.

CLINK LIBERTY COURT, a court of record kept on the Bank side in
Southwark by the Bishop of Winchester’s steward, before whom are
tried pleas of debt, damage and trespass, for any sum. Here also is
a court leet in which things peculiar to that court are managed.
_Maitland._

CLINK _prison_, in Clink street, belongs to the liberty of the Bishop
of Winchester, called the Clink liberty, but is little used. It is a
very dismal hole, where debtors are sometimes confined.

CLINK _street_, begins at Deadman’s place, and extends to St. Mary
Overy’s dock.

CLINK _yard_, Clink street.

CLOAK _lane_, Dowgate hill.

CLOAK AND WHEATSHEAF _alley_, Houndsditch.*

CLOAK AND WHEATSHEAF _court_, Houndsditch.*

CLOCKMAKERS. Charles I. incorporated this company by letters patent in
the year 1632. They have a Master, three Wardens, and twenty-eight
Assistants; but neither livery nor hall.

CLOISTERS, 1. In the Middle Temple. 2. St. Bartholomew’s hospital.

CLOISTER _court_, 1. Inner Temple.☐ 2. Black Friars.☐

CLOISTERS _court_, Glasshouse yard, Water lane, near White Friars.☐

CLOTH FAIR, Smithfield. King Henry II. granting to the priory of St.
Bartholomew, the privilege of a fair to be kept annually at
Bartholomew tide, the clothiers of England and the London drapers
repaired thither, and had their booths and stalls within the church
yard of that priory; this place being built into a narrow street,
still retains the name of Cloth Fair; and in conformity to its name
several eminent woollen drapers still live there.

CLOTH _yard_, Dunning’s alley.

CLOTHWORKERS, one of the twelve principal companies, was incorporated
by letters patent granted by King Edward IV. in the year 1482, by
the name of _The fraternity of the Assumption of the blessed Virgin
Mary, of the Sheermen of London_: but being reincorporated by Queen
Elizabeth, she changed their first appellation, to that of _The
Master, Wardens, and Commonalty of freemen of the art and mystery of
Clothworkers of the city of London_; which title was confirmed by
Charles I.

This company is governed by a Master, four Wardens, and thirty-two
Assistants, with a livery of 154 members, each of whom, upon his
admission, pays a fine of 20_l._ They have a very large estate, out
of which they annually pay to the poor about 1400_l._

CLOTHWORKERS HALL is situated near the north east end of Mincing lane,
and is a brick building with fluted columns of brick crowned with
Corinthian capitals of stone. The hall is a lofty room wainscoted up
to the ceiling, which is adorned with fretwork. The screen at the
south end is of oak, and ornamented with four pilasters that have
their entablature and compass pediment of the Corinthian order. At
the west end are the figures of King James and King Charles I. in
their robes, carved as big as the life, and on the windows are
painted the King’s arms, those of the city, the clothworkers
company, and several others, belonging to the masters of that
fraternity.

CLUB _row_, Cock lane, Shoreditch.

CLUN’S _yard_, Grub street.†

COACH AND HORSES _yard_, 1. Aldersgate street.* 2. Coleman street.* 3.
Fann’s alley.* 4. Oxford street.* 5. St. John’s street.* 6. Wood
street, Cheapside.*

COACHMAKERS. This company was incorporated by letters patent of
Charles II. in the year 1677, by the title of _The Master, Wardens,
Assistants, and Commonalty of the company of Coach and
Coach-harness-makers of London_. It is governed by a Master, three
Wardens, twenty-three Assistants, and one hundred and four
Liverymen, each of whom upon their admission pay a fine of 10_l._
They have a spacious hall in Noble street.

COACHES. See HACKNEY COACHES.

COAL _alley_, Whitechapel.

COAL _Exchange_, Billingsgate.

COAL HARBOUR, Thames street. See the article COLD HARBOUR.

COAL _stairs_, Lower Shadwell.

COAL _wharf_, near the Strand.

COAL _yard_, 1. Goswell street. 2. High Holborn. 3. Willow street,
Bank side.

COALMAN’S _alley_, Puddle dock.†

COALMETERS, fifteen officers in the port of London, to whom belong the
care and inspection of the just measure and weight of coals; each of
whom is allowed four deputies or under-meters, who must be approved
by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, as upon them the care of weighing
and measuring coals principally depends; their business being to
attend each ship, in order to observe the due weight and
admeasurement, to top the vats, and to return an account of the
coals measured to the coal office, by which return or certificate of
the under-meters, the duties on coals are collected. For this
trouble they receive the fee of a penny _per_ chaldron for all coals
measured, and two pence _per_ ton for all coals weighed: and both
the principal and under-meters take an oath at their admission into
their office, to give just measure to rich and poor without
partiality or favour; to buy no coals except for their own use, nor
ever to sell coals while in that office, or to take any more for
their trouble than was anciently allowed.

COALMETERS _Office_, in Church alley, St. Dunstan’s hill. In this
office, which belongs to the fifteen upper coalmeters, is entered
all the ships that arrive in the port of London with coals, and the
quantity measured or weighed; in order to ascertain the duties to be
paid, as well as to prevent impositions and frauds with respect to
the subject.

Mr. Maitland gives the following septenary account, from the Custom
House entry book, of the coals imported into the port of London.

┌───────┬────────┬────────┬────────┬────────┬────────┐
│Years. │ 1726. │ 1727. │ 1728. │ 1729. │ │
│Chald. │479,336 │417,974 │536,019 │497,167 │ │
├───────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┤
│Years. │ 1730. │ 1731. │ 1732. │ Total. │ Medium │
│Chald. │460,615 │478,411 │453,503 │3,323,025│474,717 │
└───────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴─────────┴────────

But as both London and Westminster have been prodigiously increased
since the last of these years, by a vast number of entire streets
being built, we may conclude that this account falls extremely short
of the quantity now annually imported into the same port.

COAT’S _farm_, Coat’s lane.†

COAT’S _lane_, Bethnal green.†

COBB’S _court_, Black Friars.†

COBB’S _yard_, 1. Blackman’s street.† 2. Petticoat lane.†

COBHAM, a town in Surry, situated on the river Mole, six miles from
Epsom, in the road from London to Guilford.

Near Cobham are several fine seats, particularly one belonging to
the Lord Ligonier, and another, the seat of Mr. Bridges, which is
built in a very singular taste, tho’ very plain on the outside,
somewhat after the manner of an Italian villa. The principal rooms
are richly ornamented; the ceilings are gilt; and the offices below
are not only convenient, but contrived with great judgment, so as to
answer the purposes for which they were designed. As the house is
situated on an eminence, it commands the prospect of the adjacent
fields, which are kept in great order. The river Mole passes along
by the side of the gardens, and being made here four or five times,
broader than it was naturally, it has a happy effect, especially as
the banks are disposed into a slope, with a broad grass walk,
planted on each side with sweet shrubs. At one end of this walk is a
very elegant room, which is a delightful retreat in hot weather, it
being shaded with large elms on the south side, and having the water
on the north and east sides, is extremely cool and pleasant. The
house is situated about half a mile from the public road to
Portsmouth, and is so much hid by the trees near it, as not to be
seen till you rise on the heath beyond Cobham, where you have a fine
view of it in several parts of the road between that town and
Ripley.

COCK _alley_, 1. Deadman’s place.* 2. East Smithfield.* 3. Fleet
lane.* 4. Green bank, Tooley street.* 5. Holiwell street,
Shoreditch.* 6. Ludgate street.* 7. Montague close.* 8. Moorgate.*
9. Near Pepper alley, Southwark.* 10. Norton Falgate.* 11. Portpool
lane.* 12. Shoreditch.* 13. Turnmill street.* 14. Wapping.* 15.
Whitechapel.* 16. Whitecross street, Cripplegate.*

COCK ALLEY _stairs_, near Pepper alley stairs, Southwark.*

COCK _court_, 1. Angel alley, Houndsditch.* 2. Black Boy alley, Chick
lane.* 3. Grub street, near Moorfields.* 4. Ludgate hill.* 5. St.
Martin’s le Grand.* 6. New street, Broad street.* 7. Philip lane,
London Wall.* 8. Poor Jewry lane.* 9. Snow hill.*

COCK AND BOTTLE _court_, near Nightingale lane.*

COCK AND HOOP _court_, Addle hill.*

COCK AND MAGPYE _court_, Hog lane, Norton Falgate.*

COCK AND WHEATSHEAF _court_, Houndsditch.*

COCK _hill_, 1. Anchor street. 2. Ratcliff.

COCK _lane_, 1. By Cock hill. 2. Near Falcon lane.* 3. Snow hill.* 4.
Swan fields, Shoreditch.*

COCK _yard_, 1. Bennet street, Westminster.* 2. East Smithfield.* 3.
Falconer’s alley, Cow Cross.* 4. In the Haymarket.* 5. Jacob’s
street.* 6. Parish street.* 7. Thacket’s court, Bishopsgate street.*
8. Tothill street.*

COCK AND HEART _yard_, in the Borough.*

COCK AND HOOP _yard_, 1. In the Borough.* 2. Castle street, Long
Acre.* 3. Houndsditch.*

COCKET _alley_, Fore street, Lambeth.

_The_ COCKPIT, opposite to the Privy Garden, is esteemed a part of the
ancient palace of Whitehall, and retains its ancient name, though
converted to very different uses from that of a Cockpit. This
edifice, which is built with stone, is very old, and on the outside
next the street has nothing to recommend it; but within it has
several noble rooms and apartments, as the council chamber, &c.

COCKPIT _alley_, 1. Drury lane. 2. Gravel lane.

COCKPIT _buildings_, Upper Chelsea road.

COCKPIT _court_, 1. Dean street, Soho. 2. Gravel lane. 3. Jewin
street. 4. King’s Way, near Bedford row. 5. Poppin’s alley, Shoe
lane.

COCKPIT _street_, Whitehall.☐

COCKPIT _yard_, James street.☐

COCK’S HEAD _court_, Golden lane.*

COCK’S _rents_, St Catharine’s.†

COCKSPUR _street_, Pall Mall.

CODLIN _yard_, Virginia street.‡

CODPIECE _court_, petty France, Westminster.║

CODPIECE _row_, Cold Bath fields.║

COFFEE HOUSE _alley_, Thames street.☐

COFFEE HOUSE _court_, Moorfields.☐

COFFIN _alley_, Cow Cross.*

COFFIN _court_, St. Dunstan’s hill.*

COGDELL _court_, near Pultney street.†

COGGAN’S _rents_, Bett’s street.†

COLCHESTER _street_, 1. Red Lion street, Whitechapel. 2. Woodroffe
lane.

COLD BATH _fields_, Hockley in the hole, took their name from the cold
bath near them. See COLD BATH _square_.

COLD BATH _row_, Cold Bath street.☐

COLD BATH _street_, Cold Bath fields.☐

COLD BATH _square_, Cold Bath fields. On the north side of this small
square, is pleasantly situated fronting the fields, the house in
which is the cold bath. This is a handsome though old building, and
is surrounded by a small, but neat garden, inclosed by a wall.

COLD HARBOUR, Thames street. It took its name from a magnificent
building called _Cold Herbergh_, that is, _Cold Inn_, probably so
denominated from its vicinity to the river. This building, which
extended into the place now called Cold Harbour lane, was given by
King Henry IV. to his son the Prince of Wales. _Rymer’s Fœdera._

COLD HARBOUR _lane_, Thames street. This lane, and the stairs, are now
generally called, and even spelt Coal Harbour.

COLD HARBOUR _row_, Hackney road.

COLD HARBOUR _stairs_, Thames street.

COLEBROOK, or COLNBROOK, a town in Buckinghamshire, situated 18 miles
from London, on four channels of the river Coln, over each of which
it has a bridge. One part of the town is in Middlesex, and the other
in Buckinghamshire. Here is a charity school, and an ancient chapel,
said to have been founded by Edward III. The principal support of
the place are the inns, on account of its being in the Bath road.

COLEMAN _alley_, 1. Brown street.† 2. Bunhill row.†

COLEMAN’S _court_, Castle lane.†

COLEMAN _street_, 1. Farthing fields.† 2. Lothbury.† 3. New Gravel
lane.†

COLEMAN STREET _Ward_, is bounded on the north by Cripplegate ward,
upper Moorfields, and Bishopsgate ward; on the east by Bishopsgate
ward, Broad street ward, and Cheap ward; on the south by Cheap ward;
and on the west by Basinghall street ward. It extends from east to
west, from the grate by Lothbury church, to the south side of
Ironmonger lane; but no farther than the south-west corner of
Basinghall street on the north side; and, in the other direction, it
extends south from Moorgate to the garden belonging to Grocers hall
in the Poultry.

The principal streets in this ward are, Coleman street, the north
part of the Old Jewry; Lothbury, from Coleman street to St.
Margaret’s church, on the north side, and on the south, to about
twenty-seven feet beyond Prince’s street; the north side of Cateaton
street, from Basinghall street to Coleman street, and the south side
from Ironmonger lane. The most remarkable buildings are, the parish
churches of St. Stephen Coleman street, St. Margaret’s Lothbury, and
St. Olave’s Jewry; Founders hall, the Armourers and Brasiers hall,
and the Excise office.

This ward is governed by an Alderman and his Deputy, six Common
Council men, thirteen wardmote inquest men, four scavengers, four
constables, and a beadle. The jurymen returned by the wardmote
inquest serve in the several courts in Guildhall in the month of
August.

COLEMAN’S _yard_, 1. Barnaby street.† 2. Whitecross street,
Cripplegate.†

COLE’S _alley_, Whitechapel.†

COLE’S _rents_, Moorfields.†

COLE _yard_, between Holborn and Drury lane.

COLLEGE _court_, 1. Cow Cross. 2. Dean’s yard, Westminster. 3.
Nightingale lane. 4. Stable yard. 5. Warwick lane.☐

COLLEGE _hill_, Thames street.

COLLEGE _of Heralds_. See HERALDS _Office_.

COLLEGE _of Physicians_. See PHYSICIANS.

COLLEGE _street_, 1. Dirty lane, Westminster. 2. Narrow Wall, Lambeth.

COLLEGE _yard_, 1. Compter lane. 2. Deadman’s place. 3. Near the
Hermitage.

COLLIER’S _court_, Hart street, Cripplegate.†

COLLIER’S _rents_, White street.†

COLLINGBURN’S _rents_, Dick’s shore, Limehouse.†

COLLINGWOOD _street_, Maze Pond, near Snow fields, Southwark.†

COLLIN’S _court_, 1. Bloomsbury market.† 2. Brick street.† 3. Farmer’s
street.†

COLLIN’S _rents_, 1. High Holborn.† 2. Upper Shadwell.† 3. White
street.†

COLNBROOK. See COLEBROOK.

COLNEY, a village in Hertfordshire, three miles from St. Alban’s in
the road to London, is called London Colney, to distinguish it from
Colney street, which lies a little to the west, and Colney green.
These villages receive their names from the river Coln, near which
they are situated.

COLOUR _yard_, Worcester street.

COLSON’S _court_, Drury lane.†

COMB NEVIL, in Surry, is situated in the parish of Kingston upon
Thames, and was formerly the seat of the Earl of Warwick, called the
setter up and puller down of Kings; but was lately in the possession
of William Harvey, Esq; It is situated in the midst of a park; and
near the house are certain springs whose water is conveyed in leaden
pipes for three miles, under the road and lands, and across the
bottom of the Thames to Hampton Court.

CUMBER’S _court_, Blackman street.†