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The Story of London

By Henry B. (Henry Benjamin) Wheatley

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The Story of LONDON by Henry B. Wheatley Illustrated by W. H. Godfrey K. Kimball, H. Railton etc.
PREFACE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I Introduction: Early History of London to the Norman Conquest
CHAPTER II The Walled Town and its Streets
CHAPTER III Round the Town with Chaucer and the Poets of his Time
CHAPTER IV The River and the Bridge
CHAPTER V The King’s Palace—The Tower
CHAPTER VI Manners
CHAPTER VII Health, Disease and Sanitation[125]
- Hospitals
- Sanitation
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.
- 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.
CHAPTER IX Officials of the City
CHAPTER X Commerce and Trade
CHAPTER XI The Church and Education
- Friars
CHAPTER XII London from Mediæval to Modern Times
INDEX