Memorials of Temple Bar; with some account of Fleet street, and the parishes of st. Dunstan and st. Bride, London |
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... October , it was publicly announced that Dr. Wren and Mr. Hooke would at once undertake the surveying . A month previous a Royal Warrant , dated September 10th , appointed " Wenceslaus Hollar , ¶ and Francis Sandford , " to draw a plan ...
... October , it was publicly announced that Dr. Wren and Mr. Hooke would at once undertake the surveying . A month previous a Royal Warrant , dated September 10th , appointed " Wenceslaus Hollar , ¶ and Francis Sandford , " to draw a plan ...
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... October , this year , and November 1672 , according to an account book at Guildhall , the cost of paving it , as well as Ludgate Hill , amounted to £ 209 . Dry as these details may be , they are offered as original notes upon Fleet ...
... October , this year , and November 1672 , according to an account book at Guildhall , the cost of paving it , as well as Ludgate Hill , amounted to £ 209 . Dry as these details may be , they are offered as original notes upon Fleet ...
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... October , 1853 , the citizens declined to spend £ 1,500 upon its restoration , but this refusal was occasioned through some reports then floating in the air , as to what the neighbourhood of the Bar was likely to become . The reports ...
... October , 1853 , the citizens declined to spend £ 1,500 upon its restoration , but this refusal was occasioned through some reports then floating in the air , as to what the neighbourhood of the Bar was likely to become . The reports ...
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... October 23rd , 1667 , base of column of westside of north entrance laid by the King ; October 31st , first stone of eastern column by James , Duke of York ; November 18th , first stone of pillars on east side , south entrance , by ...
... October 23rd , 1667 , base of column of westside of north entrance laid by the King ; October 31st , first stone of eastern column by James , Duke of York ; November 18th , first stone of pillars on east side , south entrance , by ...
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... October , and , attended by a vast concourse of people , passed to his lodgings at Sir Martin Lumley's , in Wood Street . On Sunday , with additional splendour , and " a goodly company , ' including four Barbary horses ( one valued at ...
... October , and , attended by a vast concourse of people , passed to his lodgings at Sir Martin Lumley's , in Wood Street . On Sunday , with additional splendour , and " a goodly company , ' including four Barbary horses ( one valued at ...
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