An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London, Volume 5, East London

The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England survey, covering 12 London boroughs in the east of the city, ranging from Hackney in the north, Camberwell and Lewisham in the south, to the easternmost borough of Woolwich.

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Table of Contents

Title Page(s)
Frontispiece: The Tower of London
List of illustrations v-x
Preface xi-xiii
Report xiv-xvi
List of boroughs xvii
List of wards xviii
Sectional preface xix-xxiii
Concluding survey of the County of London xxiv-xlviii
Bermondsey 1-8
Bethnal Green 8-9
Camberwell 9-11
Deptford 11-12
Greenwich 12-43
Hackney 43-48
Lewisham 48-52
Poplar 52-57
Shoreditch 57-58
Southwark 58-68
Stepney 69-101
Woolwich 101-113
Addenda et Corrigenda 114-115
Glossary 116-122
Index 123-149
Plate 1: Secular buildings, Woolwich and Lewisham 1
Plate 2: Secular buildings, Woolwich and Greenwich 2
Plate 3: Secular buildings, Woolwich 3
Plate 4: Secular buildings, Hackney, Bethnal Green and Lewisham 4
Plate 5: Secular buildings, Bethnal Green, Stepney and Poplar 5
Plate 6: Secular buildings, Woolwich, Greenwich and Lewisham 6
Plate 7: Ecclesiastical Furnishings 7
Plate 8: Archways 8
Plate 9: Doorways 9
Plate 10: Secular doorways 10
Plate 11: Overmantels and Panelling 11
Plate 12: Details of fireplaces 12
Plate 13: Fonts, Piscina and Sedilia 13
Plate 14: Carved woodwork 14
Plate 15: Carved woodwork 15
Plate 16: Greenwich, St Nicholas Deptford, Funeral monuments 16
Plate 17: Funeral monuments 17
Plate 18: Arms and capitals 18
Plate 19: Church plate 19
Plate 20: Church plate 20
Plate 21: Church plate 21
Plate 22: Bermondsey, Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene 22
Plate 23: Ceilings and Arch-Soffit 23
Plate 24: Staircases 24
Plate 25: Staircases 25
Plate 26: Staircases 26
Plate 27: Staircases 27
Plate 28: Ironwork 28
Plate 29: Stepney, Tower of London, Prisoners' Inscriptions 29
Plate 30: Stepney, Tower of London, Prisoners' Inscriptions 30
Plate 31: Stepney, Tower of London, Prisoners' Inscriptions 31
Plate 32: Stepney, Tower of London, Prisoners' Inscriptions 32
Plate 33: Stepney, Tower of London, Prisoners' Inscriptions 33
Plate 34: Stepney, Tower of London, Prisoners' Inscriptions 34
Plate 35: Stepney, Tower of London, Prisoners' Inscriptions 35
Plate 36: Stepney, Tower of London, Prisoners' Inscriptions 36
Plate 37: Stepney, Tower of London, Prisoners' Inscriptions 37
Plate 38: Stepney, Tower of London, Painted Glass in Chapel of St. John 38
Plate 39: Stepney, Tower of London, Painted Glass in Chapel of St. John 39
Plate 40: Stepney, Tower of London, Painted Glass in Chapel of St. John 40
Plate 41: Bermondsey, St. Mary, Rotherhithe. Poplar, St. Mary Stratford, Bow 41
Plate 42: Bermondsey, Church of St. Thomas and Remains of Hospital 42
Plate 43: Bermondsey, Rotherhithe Parish Church. Greenwich, Charlton Parish Church 43
Plate 44: Reredoses 44
Plate 45: Greenwich, Parish Church of St. Alfege 45
Plate 46: Greenwich, St. Nicholas, Deptford. Bermondsey, St Mary Magdalene 46
Plate 47: Greenwich, St Alfege. Poplar, St Mary, Bromley 47
Plate 48: Greenwich, St Alfege and St. Nicholas Deptford, Pulpits 48
Plate 49: Greenwich, St. Nicholas, Deptford. Stepney, The Tower of London 49
Plate 50: Greenwich, St. Nicholas, Deptford. Shoreditch, St. Leonard, Shoreditch 50
Plate 51: Greenwich, Parish Church of St. Nicholas, Deptford. Reredos. 51
Plate 52: Greenwich, Parish Church of St. Luke, Charlton 52
Plate 53: Greenwich, Trinity Hospital and St. Luke, Charlton. Glass 53
Plate 54: Greenwich, Parish Church of St. Luke, Charlton 54
Plate 55: Greenwich, The Royal Hospital and Queen's House 55
Plate 56: Greenwich, The Royal Hospital 56
Plate 57: Greenwich, The Royal Hospital, King Charles Block, N.W. Pavilion 57
Plate 58: Greenwich, The Royal Hospital, King Charles Block, E. Front 58
Plate 59: Greenwich, The Royal Hospital 59
Plate 60: Greenwich, The Royal Hospital, King William Block, E. Front of W. Range 60
Plate 61: Greenwich, The Royal Hospital, King William Block, Colonnade 61
Plate 62: Greenwich, The Royal Hospital, King William Block, E. Front 62
Plate 63: Greenwich, The Royal Hospital, King William Block, E. Side of Courtyard 63
Plate 64: Greenwich, The Royal Hospital. Dome and Corner of Queen Mary Block 64
Plate 65: Greenwich, The Royal Hospital, The Painted Hall 65
Plate 66: Greenwich, The Royal Hospital, The Painted Hall, Interiors 66
Plate 67: Greenwich, The Royal Hospital, King William Block, Vestibule and Dining Hall 67
Plate 68: Greenwich, The Royal Hospital, Undercroft of Queen Anne's Block 68
Plate 69: Greenwich, The Queen's House, S. Front 69
Plate 70: Greenwich, The Queen's House, Ceiling in Queen's Bed Room 70
Plate 71: Greenwich, The Queen's House, Ceiling of Main Room 71
Plate 72: Greenwich, The Queen's House, Ceiling of the Queen's Drawing Room 72
Plate 73: Greenwich, The Queen's House, Entrance Hall 73
Plate 74: Greenwich, The Queen's House, Ceiling of Main Room 74
Plate 75: Greenwich, The Queen's House 75
Plate 76: Greenwich, The Royal Observatory, Flamsteed House 76
Plate 77: Greenwich, Charlton House, The Long Gallery 77