the Story of London
by Henry B. Wheatley
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About this eBook
- Author
- Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917
- Title
- The Story of London
- Credits
- Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
- Subject
- London (England) -- History
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 46618
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46618
- Release Date
- August 18, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The Story of LONDON by Henry B. Wheatley Illustrated by W. H. Godfrey K. Kimball, H. Railton etc.
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.CHAPTER I Introduction: Early History of London to the Norman Conquest
- 6.CHAPTER II The Walled Town and its Streets
- 7.CHAPTER III Round the Town with Chaucer and the Poets of his Time
- 8.CHAPTER IV The River and the Bridge
- 9.CHAPTER V The King’s Palace—The Tower
- 10.CHAPTER VI Manners
- 11.CHAPTER VII Health, Disease and Sanitation [125] — Hospitals — Sanitation
- 12.CHAPTER VIII The Governors of the City — I.—The closing of Temple Bar to the Sovereign. — II.—The Mayor’s position in the City. — III.—The Mayor’s summons to the Privy Council on the accession of a new Sovereign. — IV.—The Mayor s position at the Coronation Banquets. — Aldermen — Sheriffs. — Common Council. — Arms of London.
- 13.CHAPTER IX Officials of the City
- 14.CHAPTER X Commerce and Trade
- 15.CHAPTER XI The Church and Education — Friars
- 16.CHAPTER XII London from Mediæval to Modern Times
- 17.INDEX
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