Memorials of Temple Bar; with some account of Fleet street, and the parishes of st. Dunstan and st. Bride, London |
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... present writer , himself a native of Fleet Street , to be the first to launch a separate work upon its General History . Every library likely to give information has been looked into , and many musty documents turned over , but his only ...
... present writer , himself a native of Fleet Street , to be the first to launch a separate work upon its General History . Every library likely to give information has been looked into , and many musty documents turned over , but his only ...
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... present work . I would but remark that Temple Bar and Fleet Street are worthy of a better history . I have collected for many years upon the subject , and my collections are consequently numerous and interesting , so much so , that I ...
... present work . I would but remark that Temple Bar and Fleet Street are worthy of a better history . I have collected for many years upon the subject , and my collections are consequently numerous and interesting , so much so , that I ...
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... present London . Among the many who favor the idea that London was a British city is Mr. Lewin , who asks whether it was possible that during the brief period of nineteen years which elapsed between the first arrival of the Romans in ...
... present London . Among the many who favor the idea that London was a British city is Mr. Lewin , who asks whether it was possible that during the brief period of nineteen years which elapsed between the first arrival of the Romans in ...
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... present city , was at a very early period encircled by a wall , said to be erected by the mother of Constantine about A.D. 306 , but its restoration by Alfred the Great may be said to mark the great epoch in its history . It was two ...
... present city , was at a very early period encircled by a wall , said to be erected by the mother of Constantine about A.D. 306 , but its restoration by Alfred the Great may be said to mark the great epoch in its history . It was two ...
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... present up- holstery warehouse of Messrs . Gillow and Co. , in Oxford Street , twelve silver coins of the Roman period . Interesting as it must be to antiquaries to know that Roman London has left so many landmarks , it cannot fail to ...
... present up- holstery warehouse of Messrs . Gillow and Co. , in Oxford Street , twelve silver coins of the Roman period . Interesting as it must be to antiquaries to know that Roman London has left so many landmarks , it cannot fail to ...
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