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Title: Old and New London
Volume I

Author: Walter Thornbury

Release Date: February 26, 2010 [EBook #31412]

Language: English

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OLD AND NEW LONDON.

[Illustration: CASSELL'S OLD & NEW LONDON, PLATE 10.

THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.]

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THE ROYAL EXCHANGE & BANK OF ENGLAND.]

[Illustration: CASSELL'S OLD & NEW LONDON. PLATE 8.

ALDERMAN BOYDELL. From the Portrait in the Guildhall Collection.]

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THE MIDLAND RAILWAY STATION,--ST. PANCRAS.]

[Illustration: CASSELL'S OLD & NEW LONDON. PLATE 6.

Maclure & Macdonald del et lith.

A CITY APPRENTICE,--16TH CENTURY.]

[Illustration: CASSELL'S OLD & NEW LONDON. PLATE 5.

A BANQUET AT THE GUILDHALL.]

[Illustration: CASSELL'S OLD & NEW LONDON. PLATE 4.

THE HOLBORN VIADUCT.]

[Illustration: CASSELL'S OLD & NEW LONDON. PLATE 3.

LONDON WATCHMAN (CHARLIE) 18TH CENTURY]

[Illustration: CASSELL'S OLD & NEW LONDON. PLATE 2.

ST. PAUL'S FROM LUDGATE CIRCUS.]

[Illustration: A WATERMAN IN DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE.]

OLD AND NEW

LONDON.

_A NARRATIVE OF_

ITS HISTORY, ITS PEOPLE, AND ITS PLACES.

Illustrated with Numerous Engravings

FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES.

VOL. I.

CASSELL, PETTER & GALPIN:

_LONDON, PARIS & NEW YORK._

[Transcriber's Note: Although the Table of Contents is correct, the chapter
heading for Chapter XLIII is used twice and Chapter XLVII missing with
chapter headings offset by one in between. These have been corrected in
this text document.]

CONTENTS.

PAGE

INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER I.

ROMAN LONDON.

Buried London--Our Early Relations--The Founder of London--A
Distinguished Visitor at Romney Marsh--Caesar re-visits th