Greenwich Park: its history and associations (1902)
Webster, Angus Duncan · Greenwich H. Richardson · leaf 53
Hills telescopes wereerected, by which for a few pence distant objects ofinterest could be viewed—particularly the severalgibbets, with skeletons attached, which as late as1840 were still to be seen on the banks of the river.Beneath the old trees, in secluded parts of the Park,fortune-tellers did a… … ROYAL SPORTS AND PASTIMES. 23 were in raptures of joy, and in their eagerness to getnear the Queen, thronged her Majesty almost tosuffocation. It is said that on one occasion Leicesterwas obliged to use his whip in order to keep thepeople in bounds. The Horn Fair, which originated near the Park,was…
Greenwich Park, Greenwich · Numismatics, Roman
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