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London streets names urged amid Lord Mayor’s Day preparations
Historic notices recount a push to post street names at every corner to aid strangers as London readies for royal presence. The column details arrivals of nobility, military movements, crimes, weddings, deaths, and weather events across towns and cities, including Edinburgh and Dublin, with notes on royal processions, public safety, and notable asides about the Douglas family legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation of London
Paris
Westminster-hall
Union Street
King-street
Andrew Archer
Lord Archer
St. James’s
Somertershhire
Guildford
James Stewart M
Blakeney
John Smith
Overton
York
Pearteman
Fister
Gool
Jonathan Stonard
Stambridge Hall
Rochford
Essex
Culle-steet
Leicesterfields
Leicesterfeld
Lord Edgecumbe
Twickenham
Mills Gilbert
Col. Fitzroy
House of Douglas
Familion
Douglas
Europe
Scout
Italy
France
Charles VII
Duke de Turenne
Count de Longueville
Muscovy
Sweden
Dantzick
Douglas-port
Malcolm Canmore
Robert Bruce
Charles I
Anne
Hiamilton
Douglas Castle
George Boswell
Edinburgh
Corke
Cove
Thomas Semkin
Belfast
Earl of Hillsborugh
Donnaghadee
Portpatrick
Hillsborough
Dublin
Ordnance
Great Britain
Kingdom
Pondicherry
Dominica
Germany
Prince Ferdinand
Marquis of
Granby
Abbey Street
Simeon Bradstreet
Atton’s Quay
Richard Murth
Thomas Cut
Elfg
John Curry
Mr. White
Ringsend
Geo. Hannell
Powell
Trim
Gustavus Lambert
Marriges
Comolin Park
Wexford
Robert Phair
Ricardo Annesley
William Johnston
Kilbride
Roscommon
Wiss Catherine Hume
Robert Hume
Linnova
Cavan
Walter Harris
Counellor
Meath
Dublin Society
Belleifle
Thomas Taylor
Cork
Jane Nath
John Nath
Clare
Ballintff
Galway
Thomas Lynch
Eigg
Humphry Sullivan
His Majesty’s Revenue
Poddle
John Tipper
Samuel Forth
Eig