The Rebuilding of London After the Great FireJonathan Cape, 1940 - 333 pages |
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Page 27
... Towns whatsoever shall without any contradiction receive the said distressed persons and permit them the free ... town to allow them to live and to exercise their trade there in accordance with the Proclamation : ( P.C. Reg . 2/60 , p ...
... Towns whatsoever shall without any contradiction receive the said distressed persons and permit them the free ... town to allow them to live and to exercise their trade there in accordance with the Proclamation : ( P.C. Reg . 2/60 , p ...
Page 35
... towns expanding under the stimulus of the Industrial Revolu- tion would have been better able to realize it . In London , as in those later towns , the new streets were not accompanied by extensions to an efficient system of main ...
... towns expanding under the stimulus of the Industrial Revolu- tion would have been better able to realize it . In London , as in those later towns , the new streets were not accompanied by extensions to an efficient system of main ...
Page 47
... towns and cities to the ' burnt ' citizens , they could settle freely wherever they would . With them they took their skill and their trade connections . Trade was the foundation of London's greatness and if it migrated , even in part ...
... towns and cities to the ' burnt ' citizens , they could settle freely wherever they would . With them they took their skill and their trade connections . Trade was the foundation of London's greatness and if it migrated , even in part ...
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