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CHAPTER XVIII.
KING WILLIAM-STREET — PRINCES-STREET---- MOORGATE-
STKEET----1'INSBURT — THE ARTILLERY-GROUND — RUN-
HILL-FIELDS—THE CITV-ROAD—THE NEW-ROAD — HAX-
STEAD—MARYLEBONE, ETC.
That portion of the city in which, the most recent alter-
ations have been made will now command our attention,
King William-street being the starting point whence we
shall travel to the western part of the metropolis. King
William-street is the principal approach to London Bridge,
between which and the point where the Poultry and Corn-
hill join, it forms a direct communication, stands upou the
site of part of Lombard-street, and in its course cuts
through Nicholas-lane, Clement's-lane, Abclmrch-lane,
St. Swithin's-lane, and Crooked-lane, upon the original
proportions of which it has much intruded. Eastcheap,
the memorable scene of the frolics of Prince Hal and his
obese friend Falstaff, was also curtailed to make way for
the new approach. Hence King William-street proceeds,
making an acute angle with Gracechurch-street, passing
Cannon-street, and extending to the commencement of
New London Bridge. It is a spauious and handsome
street, constructed, though on a far smaller scale, some-
what after the plan of Regent-street, the houses being
elegant structures with imitation stone fronts. Entering
this magnificent thoroughfare from Lombard-street, Ab-
church-lane deserves brief notice. It contains the parish
church of St. Mary, Abchurch, one of Sir Christopher
Wren's erections. In November, 1683, the Duke of Mon-
mouth, Lord Gray, and Lord Russell assembled at a house
in this lane to debate or advance their insurrectionary
designs. Passing Nicholas-lane, Clemen?s-lane is reached,
in which stands the parish church of St. demerit's, JEast-
cheap. On the spot where a curve is formed by King
William-street and Gracechurch-street, a statue of his
KING WILLIAM-STREET — PRINCES-STREET---- MOORGATE-
STKEET----1'INSBURT — THE ARTILLERY-GROUND — RUN-
HILL-FIELDS—THE CITV-ROAD—THE NEW-ROAD — HAX-
STEAD—MARYLEBONE, ETC.
That portion of the city in which, the most recent alter-
ations have been made will now command our attention,
King William-street being the starting point whence we
shall travel to the western part of the metropolis. King
William-street is the principal approach to London Bridge,
between which and the point where the Poultry and Corn-
hill join, it forms a direct communication, stands upou the
site of part of Lombard-street, and in its course cuts
through Nicholas-lane, Clement's-lane, Abclmrch-lane,
St. Swithin's-lane, and Crooked-lane, upon the original
proportions of which it has much intruded. Eastcheap,
the memorable scene of the frolics of Prince Hal and his
obese friend Falstaff, was also curtailed to make way for
the new approach. Hence King William-street proceeds,
making an acute angle with Gracechurch-street, passing
Cannon-street, and extending to the commencement of
New London Bridge. It is a spauious and handsome
street, constructed, though on a far smaller scale, some-
what after the plan of Regent-street, the houses being
elegant structures with imitation stone fronts. Entering
this magnificent thoroughfare from Lombard-street, Ab-
church-lane deserves brief notice. It contains the parish
church of St. Mary, Abchurch, one of Sir Christopher
Wren's erections. In November, 1683, the Duke of Mon-
mouth, Lord Gray, and Lord Russell assembled at a house
in this lane to debate or advance their insurrectionary
designs. Passing Nicholas-lane, Clemen?s-lane is reached,
in which stands the parish church of St. demerit's, JEast-
cheap. On the spot where a curve is formed by King
William-street and Gracechurch-street, a statue of his