The Rebuilding of London After the Great FireJonathan Cape, 1940 - 333 pages |
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Page 127
... built over and no record has come down of the report of the committee appointed by the City to view convenient ground for making bricks , chance has left clues to three of the areas used . One of these was in the parish of St. Giles in ...
... built over and no record has come down of the report of the committee appointed by the City to view convenient ground for making bricks , chance has left clues to three of the areas used . One of these was in the parish of St. Giles in ...
Page 202
... built and standing upon and over [ it ] and otherwise not only stopped .. and become unpassable with boats ... but also became [ a ] very ... great prejudice ... not only to the neighbourhood ... but to the City of London and County of ...
... built and standing upon and over [ it ] and otherwise not only stopped .. and become unpassable with boats ... but also became [ a ] very ... great prejudice ... not only to the neighbourhood ... but to the City of London and County of ...
Page 278
... built to sell or let ; rich men like Backwell planned whole estates ; the ordinary citizen improved his own amenities or invested in extra rents . The dispersion inevitably left many settled in their temporary dwellings . It gave others ...
... built to sell or let ; rich men like Backwell planned whole estates ; the ordinary citizen improved his own amenities or invested in extra rents . The dispersion inevitably left many settled in their temporary dwellings . It gave others ...
Contents
PREFACE | 15 |
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON | 21 |
PLANS FOR A NEW LONDON | 40 |
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accounts amount appointed authorities Books brick building burnt Charles Charles II Cheapside churches citizens Citty City Cash City Lands Committee City of London City's coal dues commissioners Common Council Company compensation concerned Corporation of London cost Court of Aldermen debt Diary difficulties disputes feet Fire Court Fleet Canal Fleet River foot funds given granted Gresham College ground Guildhall Lib Guildhall Recs Hall houses Ibid improvements interest King Lane leases London Bridge Ludgate markets matter ment Merchant Taylors Newgate Orphans owners P.C. Reg paid parish Parliament Paul's payments petition possible Privy Council Puddle Dock rack rent reason Rebuilding Act received records regulations rents Repert restoration revenue river Royal scheme second Act Selby staking streets suburbs survey surveyors tenants Thames Quay Thomas timber tion trade trouble walls wharfing wharves whilst whole widening workmen Wren Wren's