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NOTES AND QUERIES.
[9 th S. X. OCT. 4, 1902.
too small. The houses and shops betwee
Nos. 36 and 49 are likely to be demolishe
within the next year or two, as most o
the leases are running out. It is not ye
stated what is to replace them, but th
houses between Nos. 58 and 68 have bee
already removed, and the land, which ha
another frontage to Coburg Row, is still t
let. On the ground between Nos. 14 and 28
the St. Stephen's Mission Hall (known a
Pepys House, named after Lady Emily Pepys]
and the Western Dispensary, some building
for the Army and Navy Auxiliary Co
operative Supply, in connexion with its othe
premises in Coburg Row, are being rapidlj
pushed forward, by which it will gain anothe
frontage in a main street. In Grey Coa
Place, occupying the site of some small shop
property and the insanitary areas of Bonr
Court and Brunswick Place, has been erectec
a huge warehouse for the Army and Navj
Co-operative Society, to replace premise'
long held in Johnson's Place, Lupus Street
It is an exceedingly fine building of grej
granite and red brick with stone dressings
plain, but nobly substantial, and admirabb
adapted for the purpose in view. It was
opened for business on 17 August, 1901
Closely adjacent is the entrance to tht
south block of Artillery Mansions and its
Hotel Pension. There is also some more
vacant land, a portion of which was formerly
covered by Mill's Buildings, the home oi
numerous costermongers, &c., and a very ok
beerhouse having the sign of "Lord Nelson,'
I fear scarcely able to keep up the dignity of
our great naval hero.
The land in Vauxhall Bridge Road at the corner of Blomburg (erroneously Bloomburg) nth r o et -'- stl11 unutll ized" when the note at b. in. 162 was written, is now covered by a pile of flats known as St. Augustine's Mansions but not as yet largely occupied, nor has the St. John's Parish Hall there alluded to come into existence; neither have the Ecclesiastical Commissioners succeeded in letting the land in Francis Street (this, by the way? iffo St. Margaret's parish) of which I spoke at 8>
I^'L 81 % 5 stl11 bein S a depository for the rubbish of the neighbourhood, and in man v respects a public nuisance. In Great Smith Street, a portion of which is also in the sSter parish the offices of Queen Anne's BooSty have been occupied, as has also a build ing denominated Phillimore Chambers, 'lie work at the Church House is still going on, a further portion having lately been opened; this occupies the site of the old library buildings which many years ago were erected for the use of the Westminster
Mechanics' Institute. Close by there are three
blocks of buildings known as Westminster
Mansions : the one at the corner of Great
Peter Street has been inhabited for some little
time, that at the corner of Wood Street is in
part occupied, while that at the corner of
Little Smith Street is still in the hands of
the builders. It is intended that the two
latter blocks shall be joined when the inter-
vening houses Nos. 35, 37, and 39, Great
Smith Street can be obtained. In Great Peter
Street have been built some large engineering
works, and a manufactory for Messrs. Bur-
roughs & Watts, the well-known billiard-table
makers, the latter being on the site of B. J.
Hudson's old-established timber yard. A
clergy house for St. Matthew's Church has
taken the place of some disreputable licensed
premises; but this change is of a rather older
date than the others spoken of. In Moreton
Street, at the corner of Garden Street, a
Home for Females has been built, some
small shop and other property having been
demolished to make way for it. At the corner
of Great Smith Street and Orchard Street,
upon a triangular plot of ground, is now
being erected a building to be occupied by
Messrs. Vacher & Co. as a printing office,
while the equally well-known firm of Messrs.
J. B. Nichols & Co. erected a year or two
back their printing works on the other side
of Orchard Street. Thus some of the print-
ing trade established in Westminster still
remains within its boundaries, which seems
fitting, as only a few yards off was the house
of William Caxton, at the sign of the " Rede
Pale " in the Almonry, where many of his
books first saw the light.
I think that the list here given of the hanges in this part of our city will be found to exhaust the subject. It is only by constant observation and making notes of what is joing on that one is able to keep abreast of
- he ever- varying state of London and obtain
anything like a record of its changing aspect. Vlay I appeal to residents to note what is
- oing on in the highways and byways around
hem 1 They will find an ever-growing fasci- nation in the work as they proceed, and the ultimate result will well repay the labour pent on it. Further, many hands make light svork, as what would be a labour for one can )e done easily where there is willing assist- ance and help. W. E. HARLAND-OXLEY. 02, The Almshouses, Rochester Row, S.W.
THE BACON SHAKESPEARE QUESTION.
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