Guildhall - City of London
Guildhall - City of London

Author: Graham Greenglass

Publisher: Casemate Publishers

Published: 2018-10-30

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1526715430

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This is the first ever comprehensive history, guide and companion to the Guildhall, City of London.After the Romans deserted Londinium, where and when does Londons history restart? The answer lies within the highly visible, but rarely seen, ceremonial centre of the City of London: Guildhall.This fascinating complex of government buildings is central to Londons development, from Saxon times to the 21st century. It is the scene of royal banquets and historic trials, home to one of Londons finest art galleries and archive to the nations most comprehensive library of London books.Roman Londons only amphitheatre lies beneath, visible today and publicly accessible for the first time in seventeen hundred years. The City of London Police Museum relocated in 2016 to a larger, newly designed, accessible space within Guildhall Library.A history of Guildhall was last published in the 1920s. It was heavily bombed in 1940 and this will be the first book to record Guildhalls remarkable architectural and cultural resurrection since the end of the war. Photographs and images previously unpublished will be included and for the first time this book will also feature a comprehensive guide to Guildhalls many publicly accessible areas.Only one British building hosts banquets for British monarchs and visiting heads of state: Guildhall. Only one London building has a continuous story since Roman London: Guildhall. Only one building has governed the City and still directs its future: Guildhall. This illustrated history and companion to one of Londons most important and oldest buildings will prove indispensible to all interested in Londons history.

Notes by the Way
Notes by the Way

Author: John Collins Francis

Publisher:

Published: 1909

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13:

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Contains predominantly biographical and critical miscellany from "Notes and queries", including "History of 'Notes and queries'", and chapters on the Cowper centenary, Civil list pensions, the Bevis Marks bicentenary, and Longfellow.

London and the Kingdom; A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London. Printed by Order of the Corporation Under the Direction of the Library Committee
London and the Kingdom; A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London. Printed by Order of the Corporation Under the Direction of the Library Committee

Author: Reginald R. B. 1848. Sharpe

Publisher: Arkose Press

Published: 2015-11-02

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 9781345816938

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