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3 S . 33 provided that no building except cranes ' for present use should be built
within seventy feet of the middle of Bridewell Dock , Fleet Ditch , and Turnmill
Brook from the Thames to Clerkenwell . Nothing was said about canalization , or
...
3 S . 33 provided that no building except cranes ' for present use should be built
within seventy feet of the middle of Bridewell Dock , Fleet Ditch , and Turnmill
Brook from the Thames to Clerkenwell . Nothing was said about canalization , or
...
Page 278
Speculators like Barbon bought cheaply and built to sell or let ; rich men like
Backwell planned whole estates ; 1 the ordinary citizen improved his own
amenities or invested in extra rents . : The dispersion inevitably left many settled
in their ...
Speculators like Barbon bought cheaply and built to sell or let ; rich men like
Backwell planned whole estates ; 1 the ordinary citizen improved his own
amenities or invested in extra rents . : The dispersion inevitably left many settled
in their ...
Page 284
In the old city there had been many substantially built houses , and whole streets
had been famous for the wealth of their inhabitants , but order and uniformity
were entirely lacking , and the standard of construction was low . With the
exception ...
In the old city there had been many substantially built houses , and whole streets
had been famous for the wealth of their inhabitants , but order and uniformity
were entirely lacking , and the standard of construction was low . With the
exception ...
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Contents
PREFACE | 15 |
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON | 21 |
PLANS FOR A NEW LONDON | 40 |
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| Title | The Rebuilding of London After the Great Fire |
| Author | Thomas Fiddian Reddaway |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape, 1940 |
| Length | 333 pages |
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