The Rebuilding of London After the Great FireArnold, 1951 - 333 pages |
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Page 31
... effective . They continued in a steady stream as difficulty after difficulty was tackled , but those of the first few days were appropriately rounded off by the appointment of a special committee to attend the Lord Chancellor with ...
... effective . They continued in a steady stream as difficulty after difficulty was tackled , but those of the first few days were appropriately rounded off by the appointment of a special committee to attend the Lord Chancellor with ...
Page 70
... effective , and those were novelties indeed . The new city was to be of brick or stone . Wood was banned from the exteriors of the houses , and , by a really drastic step , jerry - building was also banned . Greatly though the City ...
... effective , and those were novelties indeed . The new city was to be of brick or stone . Wood was banned from the exteriors of the houses , and , by a really drastic step , jerry - building was also banned . Greatly though the City ...
Page 89
... effective . From thenceforward the Commons gave full atten- tion to the rebuilding . Agreement seems to have been difficult , but urgency was a valuable solvent . The general Bill was dis- cussed at session after session and , on ...
... effective . From thenceforward the Commons gave full atten- tion to the rebuilding . Agreement seems to have been difficult , but urgency was a valuable solvent . The general Bill was dis- cussed at session after session and , on ...
Contents
PREFACE | 15 |
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON | 21 |
PLANS FOR A NEW LONDON | 40 |
Copyright | |
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