The house of Harrison; being an account of the family and firm of Harrison and sons, printers to the King (1914) (14590957989)

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Title: The house of Harrison; being an account of the family and firm of Harrison and sons, printers to the King
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Harrison, C. R. (Cecil Reeves), 1856-1940 Harrison, H. G. (Harry George), b. 1866
Subjects: Harrison family Harrison, firm, publishers, London
Publisher: London, Harrison and Sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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ulled down. The District Surveyor condemned some portion of thestructure and the owners were required to strengthen the roof withwooden shores. The inhabitants of the adjoining house saw theiropportunity to economize in firewood and helped themselves to asmall portion of the timber each day until the roof fell upon theirneighbours heads. Some of them continued to occupy the premises inthis condition—of course without paying rent—and they were ultimatelyonly induced to retire when the bricks and mortar were removed fromover them. In 1895, a small house was added on the north side of the mainblock opening on to another court turning out of St. Martins Lane,known as Hop Gardens. The name seems rather an anachronism at thepresent time. Is it possible that it may be a survival from the timewhen the Church of St. Martin actually stood in the fields; and thatthis court may have been the entrance to a garden where hops weregrown ? The suggestion may seem rather improbable to those who are
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HOUSES IN BEDFORDBURY, SHOWING THE NARROWENTRANCE TO CHEMISTER ALLEY. This block was pulled down In 1899 for an extension of■* Harrisons Printing Office. To face p. 54. BRICKS AND MORTAR 55 familiar with the crowded buildings and the teeming traffic whichcharacterize the centre of London and many miles around in the presentday, but is not so impossible when it is considered that even withinthe memory of the writers of the present volume there was a house inSt. Martins Lane with a garden of 100 or 150 feet in length, with amulberry tree in the centre, and a poultry house at the end.* Some premises on the opposite side of St. Martins Lane adjoiningthe Public Library were acquired about the year 1890. They consist ofa two-storied warehouse 120 feet deep which had been formerly occupiedby a printing firm known as Johnson and Delaperelle, and are now usedfor the purpose of a stock warehouse where the numerous sheets ofprinted books, often the property of customers, are kept awaiting theg