The Rebuilding of London After the Great FireJonathan Cape, 1940 - 333 pages |
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... City's design for an encroachment on the river - Charles's approval given and embodied in Letters Patent - Wren's description of the City's motives - work on the scheme in 1672 and the years following its failure as a whole - partial ...
... City's design for an encroachment on the river - Charles's approval given and embodied in Letters Patent - Wren's description of the City's motives - work on the scheme in 1672 and the years following its failure as a whole - partial ...
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... CITY'S FINANCES THE City's attitude to plans for improvements during the rebuilding was dominated by a reluctance to spend money which , at first sight , seems inexplicable . The smallest and most necessary expenditure was evaded where ...
... CITY'S FINANCES THE City's attitude to plans for improvements during the rebuilding was dominated by a reluctance to spend money which , at first sight , seems inexplicable . The smallest and most necessary expenditure was evaded where ...
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... city . Charles I , in his first charter , had been induced to confirm this in still more comprehensive terms , but Covent Garden Market was in existence by 1656 , and , though Charles II had confirmed the city's charters , the Earl of ...
... city . Charles I , in his first charter , had been induced to confirm this in still more comprehensive terms , but Covent Garden Market was in existence by 1656 , and , though Charles II had confirmed the city's charters , the Earl of ...
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