THE

Memorials of Westminster:

THE CITY, ROYAL PALACES, HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT,

WHITEHALL, ST. PETER'S COLLEGE, THE PARISH CHURCHES,

WORTHIES, STREETS,

MODERN BUILDINGS, AND ANCIENT INSTITUTIONS.

BY THE

REV. MACKENZIE E. C. WALCOTT, M.A.

OF EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD;

CURATE OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER.

A NEW EDITION, WITH AN APPENDIX AND NOTES.

"Rise up, thou monstrous ant-hill in the plain

Of a too busy world! before me flow,
Thou endless stream of men and moving things!
Thy every-day appearance, as it strikes-
With wonder, heightened and sublimed by awe-
On strangers of all ages."

WORDSWORTH'S PRELUDE.

London:

FRANCIS & JOHN RIVINGTON,

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE.

TO

JOHN PETER NELLEY, A.M.

OF SLIEMA, MALTA;

AN ELECTOR OF TRINITY COLLEGE,

DUBLIN,

LATE MAJOR IN H. M. 77TH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY,