| 174 | L O N | |
from thence it extends along the back of
the houses in Bull and Mouth street; but
from thence little of it is to be seen till we
come to Newgate; after which it in some
places rises to a considerable height, and
extends in a pretty regular line on the
back of the houses in the Old Bailey al-
most to Ludgate.
LONDON WALL, a long street, so called
from its fronting the city wall; it having
a range of houses on the south, and the
ruins of the wall on the north. This
street, which extends from Wormwood
street to Cripplegate, is the only place
where the wall is not concealed by
buildings: but here the wall may be just-
ly considered as a nuisance, it being little
better than a disagreeable heap of rubbish,
in which hardly any of the Roman struc-
ture is now to be seen.
LONDON WORKHOUSE, a large and com-
modious brick building, at the south east
corner of Half Moon alley in Bishopsgate
street, was founded by act of Parliament
in the year 1649, for the relief and em-
ployment of the poor, and the punishing
of vagrants and other disorderly persons,
within the city and liberties of London.
However, in the year 1662, the continual
increase of the poor, and the defects in the
laws relating to the settlement of them,
|
| | occasioned |
|
| L O N | 175 |
occasioned another act, by which the
Governors were constituted a body corpo-
rate with a common seal; the Lord
Mayor for the time being was appointed
President, and the President and Gover-
nors were allowed to purchase lands or
tenements to the annual value of 300l.
The Common Council were allowed to
rate the several parishes of the city for the
support of this workhouse, and on this
account a considerable sum is paid by each
parish, raised on the inhabitants by a re-
gular assessment. Besides which, this
charity has received many considerable
benefactions.
However, it was agreed by the Gover-
nors, that no child should be received
from any benefactor who gave a less sum
than 50l. but whoever gave 70l. might
put in a child from any place he thought
fit. Account of this Corporation published
in 1713.
The several parishes, besides their as-
sessments, formerly paid 1s. a week for
parish children; but in 1751 the Gover-
nors came to a resolution, that no more
children paid for by the parishes to which
they belong, should be taken into the
house; and since that time it has been
resolved, that only such children should
be taken in, as were committed by the
|
| | Magistrates |
|
HomeVolume IVPage Group 160 - 179
