Since then, we have been talking about theĬover of the Guide to the Tower of London, by Hewitt (1868)Įntering the inner enclosure by the door of the Bloody Tower, one is at the foot of the White Tower. Of York, were said to have been smothered by order of their uncle, the Duke of Gloucester. The Bloody Tower, where Edward V and his brother, the Duke Was there that the prisoners of state were brought in before. At a short distance from it, one sees the Traitor's Gate, so named because it It is said that Queen Elizabeth was confined in this tower, which now depends on theĪpartments of the governor of the fortress. The right of the west gate was the Lion Tower, built by Edward IV, formerly occupied by the royal menagerie. It has two doors on the other side of the ditch, which a small stone bridge crosses, and a third door beyond the ditch. One is to the south-west of the buildings. The Tower is separated from the Thames by a part of the ditch and a platform from which one has a beautiful view of the river. The interior of the fortress contains several private houses, a church, shops,Įtc. The great wall carries, from distance to distance,Īlong the entrenchments, the cannon-guns which command all the avenues of the Tower. The fortress covers 12 acres (4.9 hectares) of land and is surrounded by a ditch. Today, it was still in the nineteenth century at the end of the city, and the western This fortress is located on the north bank of the Thames, west of London. We also note the presence of the "very recent" Waterloo barracks, since it was built in 1840. We can still detect some differences between the situation of the time and theĬurrent state of the Tower of London, especially on the presence of the "guns that command all the avenues of the tower". If writing is a little obsolete most of the texts are still current. He describes this monument with the eyes of a visitor This text is that of a certain Hewitt, it was written in 1868 in a book, the "Guide to the Tower of London". With a link for each of them to their description.ĭescription of the Guide to the Tower of London, by I. Here is the list of the main places to know,
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