The Survey of London
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1. Front matter2. INTRODUCTION3. BIBLIOGRAPHY4. NORDEN’S MAP OF LONDON 15935. Introductory material6. THE AUTHOR TO THE READER7. THE SURVEY OF LONDON CONTAINING THE ORIGINAL, ANTIQUITY, INCREASE, MODERN ESTATE, AND DESCRIPTION OF THAT CITY8. WALL ABOUT THE CITY OF LONDON9. OF ANCIENT AND PRESENT RIVERS, BROOKS, BOURNS, POOLS, WELLS, AND CONDUITS OF FRESH WATER, SERVING THE CITY, AS ALSO OF THE DITCH COMPASSING THE WALL OF THE SAME FOR DEFENCE THEREOF.10. THE TOWN DITCH WITHOUT THE WALL OF THE CITY11. BRIDGES OF THIS CITY12. GATES IN THE WALL OF THIS CITY13. OF TOWERS AND CASTLES14. OF SCHOOLS AND OTHER HOUSES OF LEARNING15. HOUSES OF STUDENTS IN THE COMMON LAW16. OF ORDERS AND CUSTOMS17. OF CHARITABLE ALMS IN OLD TIMES GIVEN18. SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF OLD TIME USED IN THIS CITY19. OF WATCHES IN THIS CITY, AND OTHER MATTERS COMMANDED, AND THE CAUSE WHY20. HONOUR OF CITIZENS, AND WORTHINESS OF MEN IN THE SAME21. THE CITY DIVIDED INTO PARTS22. OF PORTSOKEN WARD, THE FIRST IN THE EAST PART23. TOWER STREET WARD24. ALDGATE WARD25. LIME STREET WARD26. BISHOPSGATE WARD27. BROAD STREET WARD28. CORNEHILL WARD29. LANGBORNE WARD, AND FENNIE ABOUT30. BILLINGSGATE WARD31. BRIDGE WARD WITHIN32. CANDLEWICK STREET WARD33. WALBROOK WARD34. DOWNEGATE WARD35. WARDS ON THE WEST SIDE OF WALBROOKE, AND FIRST OF VINTRY WARD36. CORDWAINER STREET WARD37. CHEAPE WARD38. COLEMAN STREET WARD39. BASSINGS HALL WARD40. CRIPPLESGATE WARD41. ALDERSGATE WARD42. FARINGDON WARD INFRA, OR WITHIN43. BREAD STREET WARD44. QUEENE HITHE WARD45. CASTLE BAYNARD WARD46. THE WARD OF FARINGDON EXTRA, OR WITHOUT47. BRIDGE WARDE WITHOUT, THE TWENTY-SIXTH IN NUMBER; CONSISTING OF THE BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARKE, IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY.48. THE SUBURBS WITHOUT THE WALLS OF THE SAID CITY BRIEFLY TOUCHED. AS ALSO WITHOUT THE LIBERTIES MORE AT LARGE DESCRIBED.49. LIBERTIES OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER50. THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER, WITH THE ANTIQUITIES, BOUNDS, AND LIBERTIES THEREOF51. GOVERNORS OF THE CITY OF LONDON; AND FIRST OF ECCLESIASTICAL BISHOPS AND OTHER MINISTERS THERE52. PARISH CHURCHES53. HOSPITALS IN THIS CITY, AND SUBURBS THEREOF, THAT HAVE BEEN OF OLD TIME, AND NOW PRESENTLY ARE, I READ OF THESE AS FOLLOWETH:54. NOW OF LEPROSE PEOPLE, AND LAZAR HOUSES55. THE TEMPORAL GOVERNMENT OF THIS CITY, SOMEWHAT IN BRIEF MANNER56. ALDERMEN AND SHERIFFS OF LONDON57. OFFICERS BELONGING TO THE LORD MAYOR’S HOUSE58. THE SHERIFFS OF LONDON; THEIR OFFICERS59. OF THE MAYOR’S AND SHERIFFS’ LIVERIES SOMEWHAT60. SOMEWHAT OF LIVERIES WORN BY CITIZENS OF LONDON, IN TIME OF TRIUMPHS AND OTHERWAYS61. A DISCOURSE OF THE NAMES AND FIRST CAUSES OF THE INSTITUTION OF CITIES AND PEOPLED TOWNS AND OF THE COMMODITIES THAT DO GROW BY THE SAME; AND, NAMELY, OF THE CITY OF LONDON62. THE SINGULARITIES OF THE CITY OF LONDON63. AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING THE EXAMINATION OF SUCH CAUSES AS HAVE HERETOFORE MOVED THE PRINCES EITHER TO FINE AND RANSOM THE CITIZENS OF LONDON, OR TO SEIZE THE LIBERTIES OF THE CITY ITSELF.64. FITZSTEPHEN’S DESCRIPTION OF LONDON65. INDEX