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Since freeholds were few and corporations normally let at beneficial rents , some
of this investing was in the form of purchases of long leases . The capital
available was used to pay the fine , and sub - letting at rack rents provided a
handsome ...
Since freeholds were few and corporations normally let at beneficial rents , some
of this investing was in the form of purchases of long leases . The capital
available was used to pay the fine , and sub - letting at rack rents provided a
handsome ...
Page 95
The terms of the settlements necessarily varied with the terms of the leases . If a
tenant had recently laid out a heavy fine for a long lease at a low rent he was
entitled to more consideration than if he held only the end of a lease at a
beneficial ...
The terms of the settlements necessarily varied with the terms of the leases . If a
tenant had recently laid out a heavy fine for a long lease at a low rent he was
entitled to more consideration than if he held only the end of a lease at a
beneficial ...
Page 273
The widespread use of beneficial leases gave many tenants a strong incentive to
rebuild , and , by chance , the number of such holdings was then unusually high .
The embarrassment of the City and its Companies had been driving them to let ...
The widespread use of beneficial leases gave many tenants a strong incentive to
rebuild , and , by chance , the number of such holdings was then unusually high .
The embarrassment of the City and its Companies had been driving them to let ...
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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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