tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post6262162639582576604..comments2023-10-29T09:52:15.316+00:00Comments on DEPTFORD MISC: 1672 - State Funeral of the Earl of SandwichThe Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-4888250697860798022012-05-31T16:59:53.402+01:002012-05-31T16:59:53.402+01:00Alan,
No it is not a transcription error - the or...Alan,<br /><br />No it is not a transcription error - the original London Gazette article copied is linked to above.<br /><br />The answer to the conundrum is to be found in Peter Cunningham's 'Handbook of London: past and present' (1850):<br /><br />"When we read in our old writers - and the allusions are common enough - of Ivy-bridge, Strand-bridge, Whitehall-bridge, The Grim Reaperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-85860272883110620692012-05-30T12:53:42.456+01:002012-05-30T12:53:42.456+01:00Don't understand the reference to Westminster ...Don't understand the reference to Westminster Bridge, which wasn't built until about 80 years later. Is this a transcription error?Alan Burkitt-Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344807923068268667noreply@blogger.com