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212 TALUS'S ILLUSTRATED LONDON;
forced flight of bis parents. The Earls of Bridgewatcr
had also a house in the Barbican called after their title.
The mansion was burnt down in 1675, and Lord Brackly,
eldest son of the earl, and a younger brother, with their
tutor, were destroyed by the fire. Bridgeivater-square, a
gloomy and dismal-looking area, indicates the ancient
locality of the ducal palace. Barbican is now converted
into houses of business and shops. From the Barbican
Redcross-sireet, an ancient street, points down towards
Cripplegate. This gate received its name from the num-
ber of cripples and beggars with which it was infested.
At the south end of Redcross-street stands the church of
St. Giles, one of the best Gothic buildings in London,
erected in 1546^ on the site of the ancient church built by
Alfune, the first master of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in
1090, and burnt down in 1545. It is a light, airy, and
well-proportioned structure, which will always be attrac-
tive to the antiquary and the poet, on account of its being
the last resting-place of Speed, the historian, Foxe, the
martyrologist, and Milton, " who in loftiness of thought
surpassed." This illustrious poet was buried under the
clerk's desk on the 12th November, 1674, from his house
in Bunhill-nelds. His father was also buried in this
church in 1647. A tablet in memory of the father and
his gifted son was placed in the church many years after-
wards by Mr. Whitbread, the eminent brewer and mem-
ber of Parliament.
In Chiswdl-street is one of the largest breweries in the
world, that of the Messrs. Whitbrcad. The net-work of
streets in this vicinity are too numerous to be categorically
named within our limits; we can only refer to a few of
the most interesting. In Whitecross-street is a prison for
debtors, the first stone of which was laid by the late
Mr. Alderman Wood in 1813, and when completed, all
the prisoners for debt previously incarcerated in New-
gate and the Compter, were removed here. The freemen
of the city have a separate wing assigned to them, with
other peculiar advantages. Near Whitecross-street, so
forced flight of bis parents. The Earls of Bridgewatcr
had also a house in the Barbican called after their title.
The mansion was burnt down in 1675, and Lord Brackly,
eldest son of the earl, and a younger brother, with their
tutor, were destroyed by the fire. Bridgeivater-square, a
gloomy and dismal-looking area, indicates the ancient
locality of the ducal palace. Barbican is now converted
into houses of business and shops. From the Barbican
Redcross-sireet, an ancient street, points down towards
Cripplegate. This gate received its name from the num-
ber of cripples and beggars with which it was infested.
At the south end of Redcross-street stands the church of
St. Giles, one of the best Gothic buildings in London,
erected in 1546^ on the site of the ancient church built by
Alfune, the first master of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in
1090, and burnt down in 1545. It is a light, airy, and
well-proportioned structure, which will always be attrac-
tive to the antiquary and the poet, on account of its being
the last resting-place of Speed, the historian, Foxe, the
martyrologist, and Milton, " who in loftiness of thought
surpassed." This illustrious poet was buried under the
clerk's desk on the 12th November, 1674, from his house
in Bunhill-nelds. His father was also buried in this
church in 1647. A tablet in memory of the father and
his gifted son was placed in the church many years after-
wards by Mr. Whitbread, the eminent brewer and mem-
ber of Parliament.
In Chiswdl-street is one of the largest breweries in the
world, that of the Messrs. Whitbrcad. The net-work of
streets in this vicinity are too numerous to be categorically
named within our limits; we can only refer to a few of
the most interesting. In Whitecross-street is a prison for
debtors, the first stone of which was laid by the late
Mr. Alderman Wood in 1813, and when completed, all
the prisoners for debt previously incarcerated in New-
gate and the Compter, were removed here. The freemen
of the city have a separate wing assigned to them, with
other peculiar advantages. Near Whitecross-street, so