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Title: Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Thornbury, Walter, 1828-1876
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Publisher: London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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al family. The late Duke of Sussex was alsoBaron of Arklow, Sir Augustus DEste, son ofthe Duke of Sussex, lived here for some timesubsequently. It is now the town residence ofMr. A. Beresford-Hope. At No. 13 in Hyde Park Square, lived thatspecimen of a fine old English gentleman, Mr. T.Assheton-Smith, whose name is so well knownamong Masters of Hounds. A glass apartmenton the roof of this house, after his death, wasmagnified, by the fears of the servant-girls in theneighbourhood, into the abode of a ghost; andthe ghost—or, at all events, the alarm—was onlysuppressed by editors writing it down in theLondon newspapers. In concluding this chapter, we may remark thatthe whole neighbourhood is of too recent a growthto have many historical reminiscences. Haydon,the painter, it is true, lived for some time inBurwood Place, close by Connaught Square, andthere he died by his own hand in 1846, We shallhave more to say about him when we come toPaddington. 2o4 OLD AND NEW LONDON. (Paddington.
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Paddington Canal in 1820 CHAPTER XVIL TADDINGTON. And the Bishops lands, too, what of them? Ill warrant youll not find better acres anywhere than those which once belonged to his lordship.—Boz. Riiitic Appearance of Paddington at the Commencement of this Century—Intellectual Condition of the Inhabitants—Gradual Increase of the !Population—The Manor of Paddington—The Feast of Abbot Walter, of Westminster—The Prior of St. Bartholomews and his Brethren— Dr. Sheldons Claim of the Manor—The Old Parish Church—Hogarths Marriage—Building of the New Parish Church—A Curious Custom :—Poorness of the Living—The Burial-ground—Noted Persons buried here—Life of Haydon, the Painter—Dr. Geddes—The New Church ofSt. James—Hely Trinity Church—All Saints Church—The House of the Notorious Richard Brothers—Old Public-houses—Old PaddingtonGreen—The Vestry Hall—The Residences of Thomas Uwins, R.A., and Wyatt, the Sculptor—Eminent Residents—The Princess Char

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