LONDON BEFORE THE CONQUEST
 
 
 
 

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London and the Thames, from Speed’s Map, 1610
 
 
LONDON BEFORE
THE CONQUEST
 
BY W. R. LETHABY
 
 
“Now would I fain
In wordys playn,
Some honoure sayen,
And bring to mynde
Of that auncient cytie
That so goodly is to se.”
—Fabyan.
 
LONDON
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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.
 
 
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CONTENTS
 PAGE
Introduction1
CHAPTER I
Origins—The Legend of London—The British Church—The English come to London—Alfred’s London6
 
CHAPTER II
Rivers and Fords38
 
CHAPTER III
Roads and the Bridge52
 
CHAPTER IV
The Walls, Gates, and Quays74
 
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