The private palaces of London past and present (1908)
Chancellor, E. Beresford (Edwin Beresford), 1868-1937 · London : K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd. · leaf 220
f thetown. Appropriately, too, was this position the residence of the greatcaptain, for Hyde Park Corner is connected with at least two militaryengagements—one, when Sir Thomas Wyatt placed his ordnance here in1554 ; and the other, when the citizens of London threw up a fort with fourbastions, in… … UJIS)3O I > HI _JCO Q.< of LlJCQ < I o oo _1trLlI h-< u II- APSLEY HOUSE 171 dwellings, were all that met the eye where now vast streets and myriadsof houses form what we are accustomed to term the West-End. Indeed,in 1787, with slight exceptions, the south of Knightsbridge was as…
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