Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
Description
A large village on the southern bank of the River Thames opposite Westminster.
The map of Lambeth Parish comes from this map from John Strype’s 1720 Survey.
Annotations
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Map and the surrounds , built up since Sams coaching his way to Gilford:
http://www.motco.com/map/81001/SeriesSearchPlatesFulla.asp?mode=query&title=Lambeth+&artist=383&other=229&x=11&y=11 -
2 maps may be of interest:
the Palace
http://www.motco.com/Map/81002/SeriesSearchPlatesFullb.asp?mode=query&artist=384&other=386&x=11&y=11
the Stairs;
http://www.motco.com/Map/81002/SeriesSearchPlatesFulla.asp?mode=query&artist=384&other=454&x=11&y=11 -
Beyond the fig trees is the Great Hall, ravaged under Cromwell and rebuilt by Archbishop Juxon after 1660 {?error 1663?] in a gothic survival style (“a new old-fashioned hall”, Pepys called it).
http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Lambeth:Palace.htm
From their botanical garden in Lambeth, on the south bank of the Thames, he and his son, John, introduced many plants into English gardens that have become part of the modern gardener’s repertory
http://www.economicexpert.com/a/John:Tradescant.htm
http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/carey/lambeth/Lambeth.htm
During the Civil War, damage was so serious that when Archbishop Juxon was reinstated in 1660 he found ’ a heap of ruins’ and spent £10,000 on rebuilding it
http://www.vauxhallsociety.org.uk/LambethPal.html -
Map of Lambeth parish: http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810015-001.jpg
From John Strype’s ‘Survey of London’ of 1720: http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/figures.shtml