The Rebuilding of London After the Great FireJonathan Cape, 1940 - 333 pages |
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... turn from other matters in order to give consideration to it , and only Charles's know- ledge of the urgency of the situation had caused him to defer prorogation until it had been passed . In its final form it bore all the marks of a ...
... turn from other matters in order to give consideration to it , and only Charles's know- ledge of the urgency of the situation had caused him to defer prorogation until it had been passed . In its final form it bore all the marks of a ...
Page 36
... turn , had made essential a new lay - out . The traffic , indeed , made itself felt in every aspect of the 1 One curious reason for this was noted by a foreign traveller . He commended the swiftness and ease of water travel in London ...
... turn , had made essential a new lay - out . The traffic , indeed , made itself felt in every aspect of the 1 One curious reason for this was noted by a foreign traveller . He commended the swiftness and ease of water travel in London ...
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... turn for the better . To - day , of course , the liability would automatically be spread over a long period . Either a municipal or a national loan would be raised , and expenditure on capital improvements would be made as required and ...
... turn for the better . To - day , of course , the liability would automatically be spread over a long period . Either a municipal or a national loan would be raised , and expenditure on capital improvements would be made as required and ...
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