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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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robably covers, as nearly as possible,the grave of Harold Harefoot, the mound overwhich was levelled by order of his vindictive andbesotted brother. The church has always kept amarked position among those of the metropolis;and as it stands at once close to the City bounda-ries and on the high road to Westminster, all publicprocessions, from the days of the Plantagenets to St. Clements Church.) ARCHITECTURE OF ST. CLEMENTS. those of Victoria, have passed the building. Whenthe Princess Alexandra of Denmark passed by it,on the loth of ^March, 1S63, the address presentedto her by the parishioners on that occasion musthave suggested to her mind a pleasing contrast tothe traditionary feuds of eight hundred years ago ing the Strand was formerly a spacious circularportico, supported by Ionic pillars. The interiorof the edifice is commodious and handsome ofits kind, and the roof inside is camerated, andhighly ornamented. The pulpit and altar arerichly carved in the Tuscan style, and the top of
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OLD HOUSES FORMERLY STANDING IN BUTCHERS ROW (ABOUT iSoo). between the country she had left and that to whichshe had come. The present structure, like its predecessor, isdedicated to St. Clement, the patron saint of felt-workers, and also of sailors; and the symbolicanchor of St. Clement is still to be seen on nearlyall the public buildings in the parish. The churchis built of a white stone, both beautiful and durable;the architecture is of the Corinthian order. Front-98—Vol. III. the communion-table is of ancient and valuablemarble, supposed to have belonged to the old church.The organ is one of Father Smiths. The loftytower and steeple, 116 feet high, which were addedto the church in 1719, exhibit in succession Ionic,Corinthian, and Composite tiers of architecture. In the north gallery of this church there is apew which is more revered and respected than the squires pew in many a country parish church. 14 OLD AND NEW LONDON. I St. Clements Church. Men of all parties and creeds cor

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