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“Lundres est mult riche cite,
Meliur n’ad en Cristienté
Pur vaillance, ni melx assisé,
Melx gaurnie, de grant prisee;
Al pe del mur li curt Tamise
Pur li vent la marchandise
Des tutes les qui sunt
U marcheans Crestiens vient.”
Roman de Tristan.

CONTENTS

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Introduction[1]
[CHAPTER I]
Origins—The Legend of London—The British Church—The English come to London—Alfred’s London[6]
[CHAPTER II]
Rivers and Fords[38]
[CHAPTER III]
Roads and the Bridge[52]
[CHAPTER IV]
The Walls, Gates, and Quays[74]
[CHAPTER V]
The Citadel—Southwark—The Danes’ Quarter—The Portlands and Cnihtengild[101]
[CHAPTER VI]
The Wards and Parishes—The Palace[126]
[CHAPTER VII]
Streets—Craft Gilds and Schools—Churches[145]
[CHAPTER VIII]
The Guildhall—London Stone—Town Bell and Folkmote[175]
[CHAPTER IX]
The Government of Early London[187]
[CHAPTER X]
Londinium[198]
[APPENDIX]
On Materials for the Construction of Maps of Early London[212]