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The Survey of London

by John Stow

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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 2Bibliography
  3. 3Norden’s Map of London 1593
  4. 4Epigraph
  5. 5The Author to the Reader
  6. 6The Survey of London Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase,…
  7. 7Wall About the City of London
  8. 8The Town Ditch Without the Wall of the City
  9. 9Bridges of This City
  10. 10Gates in the Wall of This City
  11. 11Of Towers and Castles
  12. 12Of Schools and Other Houses of Learning
  13. 13Houses of Students in the Common Law
  14. 14Of Orders and Customs
  15. 15Of Charitable Alms in Old Times Given
  16. 16Sports and Pastimes of Old Time Used in This City
  17. 17Of Watches in This City, and Other Matters Commanded, and the Cause…
  18. 18Honour of Citizens, and Worthiness of Men in the Same
  19. 19The City Divided Into Parts
  20. 20Of Portsoken Ward, the First in the East Part
  21. 21Tower Street Ward
  22. 22Aldgate Ward
  23. 23Lime Street Ward
  24. 24Bishopsgate Ward
  25. 25Broad Street Ward
  26. 26Cornehill Ward
  27. 27Langborne Ward, and Fennie About
  28. 28Billingsgate Ward
  29. 29Bridge Ward Within
  30. 30Candlewick Street Ward
  31. 31Walbrook Ward
  32. 32Downegate Ward
  33. 33Wards on the West Side of Walbrooke, and First of Vintry Ward
  34. 34Cordwainer Street Ward
  35. 35Cheape Ward
  36. 36Coleman Street Ward
  37. 37Bassings Hall Ward
  38. 38Cripplesgate Ward
  39. 39Aldersgate Ward
  40. 40Faringdon Ward Infra, or Within
  41. 41Bread Street Ward
  42. 42Queene Hithe Ward
  43. 43Castle Baynard Ward
  44. 44The Ward of Faringdon Extra, or Without
  45. 45Bridge Warde Without, the Twenty-Sixth in Number; Consisting of the…
  46. 46The Suburbs Without the Walls of the Said City Briefly Touched. As…
  47. 47Liberties of the Duchy of Lancaster
  48. 48The City of Westminster, With the Antiquities, Bounds, and Libertie…
  49. 49Governors of the City of London; and First of Ecclesiastical Bishop…
  50. 50Parish Churches
  51. 51Now of Leprose People, and Lazar Houses
  52. 52The Temporal Government of This City, Somewhat in Brief Manner
  53. 53Aldermen and Sheriffs of London
  54. 54Officers Belonging to the Lord Mayor’s House
  55. 55The Sheriffs of London; Their Officers
  56. 56Of the Mayor’s and Sheriffs’ Liveries Somewhat
  57. 57Somewhat of Liveries Worn by Citizens of London, in Time of Triumph…
  58. 58The Singularities of the City of London
  59. 59Fitzstephen’s Description of London of the Situation of the Same

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