The Rebuilding of London After the Great FireJonathan Cape, 1940 - 333 pages |
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Page 25
... added St. Paul's , the Guildhall and Christ Church , Newgate , before the flames swept over the hovels in the Fleet valley to attack Fleet Street and threaten the Temple . On that day , however , the counter - measures began to take ...
... added St. Paul's , the Guildhall and Christ Church , Newgate , before the flames swept over the hovels in the Fleet valley to attack Fleet Street and threaten the Temple . On that day , however , the counter - measures began to take ...
Page 36
... added its share to the problem . Magnates and officials from the city , anxious to reach Whitehall in luxury and state , travelled increasingly often by coach rather than by water . In part this relieved the pressure on the lanes down ...
... added its share to the problem . Magnates and officials from the city , anxious to reach Whitehall in luxury and state , travelled increasingly often by coach rather than by water . In part this relieved the pressure on the lanes down ...
Page 105
... added St. Martin Le Grand , from Aldersgate to Blowbladder Street , and Ave Mary Lane , the latter being widened only to eighteen feet , but gain- ing greater ease by the raising of Fleet Bridge six feet and an abatement of Ludgate Hill ...
... added St. Martin Le Grand , from Aldersgate to Blowbladder Street , and Ave Mary Lane , the latter being widened only to eighteen feet , but gain- ing greater ease by the raising of Fleet Bridge six feet and an abatement of Ludgate Hill ...
Contents
PREFACE | 15 |
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON | 21 |
PLANS FOR A NEW LONDON | 40 |
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