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2586: 1965: 421: 1610: 3035: 234: 1212: 1205: 1198: 1815: 693: 1363: 409: 1221: 1833: 2047: 1340:(1600) were established in London by royal charter. The latter, which ultimately came to rule India, was one of the key institutions in London, and in Britain as a whole, for two and a half centuries. Immigrants arrived in London not just from all over England and Wales, but from abroad as well, for example Huguenots from France; the population rose from an estimated 50,000 in 1530 to about 225,000 in 1605. The growth of the population and wealth of London was fuelled by a vast expansion in the use of coastal shipping. 2642: 738: 678: 1404: 2844: 1100: 1954: 6506: 2070: 4137: 1878: 25: 8142: 2499: 2344: 1529: 1784:: while it had many craftsmen in the 17th century, and would later acquire some large factories, its economic prominence was never based primarily on industry. Instead it was a great trading and redistribution centre. Goods were brought to London by England's increasingly dominant merchant navy, not only to satisfy domestic demand, but also for re-export throughout Europe and beyond. 919: 2257: 1403: 1935:. In 1779, he was the Congress's representative of Holland, and got the country's support for the Revolution. On his return voyage back to America, the Royal Navy captured him and charged him with treason after finding evidence of a reason of war between Great Britain and the Netherlands. He was released from the Tower on 21 December 1781 in exchange for General 1669: 2284:. This was the first elected London-wide administrative body, replacing the earlier Metropolitan Board of Works, which had been made up of appointees. The County of London covered broadly what was then the full extent of the London conurbation, although the conurbation later outgrew the boundaries of the county. In 1900, the county was sub-divided into 28 3869: 1733:, that is the area immediately to the east of the city walls, also became heavily populated in the decades after the Great Fire. London's docks began to extend downstream, attracting many working people who worked on the docks themselves and in the processing and distributive trades. These people lived in 4242:
Most of the foreigners who came this way were ambitious and knowledgeable. They were innovators, carrier pigeons for the best of the continental expertise and craftsmanship. There were perhaps as many as four thousand in London in 1600 (out of a population of some one hundred thousand). Many of these
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in England. Its close commercial connections with the Protestant heartlands in northern continental Europe, large foreign mercantile communities, disproportionately large number of literate inhabitants and role as the centre of the English print trade all contributed to the spread of the new ideas of
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and showered the attackers with spears. Undaunted, the attackers pulled the roofs off nearby houses and held them over their heads in the boats. Thus protected, they were able to get close enough to the bridge to attach ropes to the piers and pull the bridge down, thus ending the Viking occupation of
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19th-century London was transformed by the coming of the railways. A new network of metropolitan railways allowed for the development of suburbs in neighbouring counties from which middle-class and wealthy people could commute to the centre. While this spurred the massive outward growth of the city,
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as the answer to housing shortages. During the 1950s and 1960s the skyline of London altered dramatically as tower blocks were erected, although these later proved unpopular. In a bid to reduce the number of people living in overcrowded housing, a policy was introduced of encouraging people to move
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in the southern part of the City. Fanned by an eastern wind the fire spread, and efforts to arrest it by pulling down houses to make firebreaks were disorganised to begin with. On Tuesday night the wind fell somewhat, and on Wednesday the fire slackened. On Thursday it was extinguished, but on the
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Through the 19th and in the early half of the 20th century, Londoners used coal for heating their homes, which produced large amounts of smoke. In combination with climatic conditions this often caused a characteristic smog, and London became known for its typical "London Fog", also known as "Pea
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of Denmark. As English resistance to the sustained and escalating Danish onslaught finally collapsed in 1013, London repulsed an attack by the Danes and was the last place to hold out while the rest of the country submitted to Sweyn, but by the end of the year it too capitulated and Æthelred fled
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and capital of the British Empire. Its population expanded from 1 million in 1800 to 6.7 million a century later. During this period, London became a global political, financial, and trading capital. In this position, it was largely unrivalled until the latter part of the century, when
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Xenophobia was rampant in London, and increased after the 1580s. Many immigrants became disillusioned by routine threats of violence and molestation, attempts at expulsion of foreigners, and the great difficulty in acquiring English citizenship. Dutch cities proved more hospitable, and many left
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was a dominant figure in local government in the 1920s and 1930s. He became mayor of Hackney and a member of the London County Council in 1922, and for a while was Minister of Transport in Ramsay MacDonald's cabinet. When Labour gained power in London in 1934, Morrison unified the bus, tram and
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London as engraved by J. & C. Walker in 1845 from a map by R Creighton. Many districts in the West End were fully developed, and the East End also extended well beyond the eastern fringe of the City of London. There were now several bridges over the Thames, allowing the rapid development of
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Subsequently, an extensive system of fortifications was built to protect London from a renewed attack by the Royalists. This comprised a strong earthen rampart, enhanced with bastions and redoubts. It was well beyond the City walls and encompassed the whole urban area, including Westminster and
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Greater London's population declined steadily in the decades after World War II, from an estimated peak of 8.6 million in 1939 to around 6.8 million in the 1980s. However, it then began to increase again in the late 1980s, encouraged by strong economic performance and an increasingly
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London's expansion beyond the boundaries of the City was decisively established in the 17th century. In the opening years of that century the immediate environs of the City, with the principal exception of the aristocratic residences in the direction of Westminster, were still considered not
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also began to operate in the late 17th century. In 1700, London handled 80% of England's imports, 69% of its exports and 86% of its re-exports. Many of the goods were luxuries from the Americas and Asia such as silk, sugar, tea and tobacco. The last figure emphasises London's role as an
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In 2010, the foundations of a large timber structure, dated to between 4800 BC and 4500 BC were found, again on the foreshore south of Vauxhall Bridge. The function of the mesolithic structure is not known. All these structures are on the south bank at a natural crossing point where the
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and left to gather forces in Wessex. London was then subjected to a systematic siege by Cnut but was relieved by King Edmund's army; when Edmund again left to recruit reinforcements in Wessex the Danes resumed the siege but were again unsuccessful. However, following his defeat at the
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7.9 meters long (26 feet) were said to have been buried so deep into the ground that only 1.2 meters (4 feet) was visible. Other churches in the area were destroyed as well; it was reported to have also destroyed over 600 houses (although most of them were primarily wood) and hit the
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suffix here denoting a trading settlement. Recent excavations have also highlighted the population density and relatively sophisticated urban organisation of this earlier Anglo-Saxon London, which was laid out on a grid pattern and grew to house a likely population of 10–12,000.
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From this point, the City of London began to develop its own unique local government. Following Æthelred's death in 911 it was transferred to Wessex, preceding the absorption of the rest of Mercia in 918. Although it faced competition for political pre-eminence in the united
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Wren proposed to build main thoroughfares north and south, and east and west, to insulate all the churches in conspicuous positions, to form the most public places into large piazzas, to unite the halls of the 12 chief livery companies into one regular square annexed to the
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Many tradesmen from different countries came to London to trade goods and merchandise. Also, more immigrants moved to London making the population greater. More people also moved to London for work and for business making London an altogether bigger and busier city.
459:. London, like Rome, was founded on the point of the river where it was narrow enough to bridge and the strategic location of the city provided easy access to much of Europe. Early Roman London occupied a relatively small area, roughly equivalent to the size of 1493:. Merchants conducted business in the aisles, and used the font as a counter upon which to make their payments; lawyers received clients at their particular pillars; and the unemployed looked for work. St Paul's Churchyard was the centre of the book trade and 2383:; these killed around 700 people and caused great terror, but were merely a foretaste of what was to come. The city of London would experience many more terrors as a result of both World Wars. The largest explosion in London occurred during World War I: the 1798:
was then an insignificant village, but the arrival of the court soon caused it to grow in importance. The palace was rarely favoured by future monarchs, but its construction was another step in the expansion of the bounds of London. During the same reign
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which occurred in August 2011, when thousands of people rioted in several city boroughs and in towns across England. They were the biggest riots in modern English history. In 2011, the population grew over 8 million people for the first time in decades.
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Ogilby & Morgan's map of the City of London (1673). "A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London. Ichnographically describing all the Streets, Lanes, Alleys, Courts, Yards, Churches, Halls, & Houses &c. Actually Surveyed and Delineated by
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In the late 3rd century, Londinium was raided on several occasions by Saxon pirates. This led, from around 255 onwards, to the construction of an additional riverside wall. Six of the traditional seven city gates of London are of Roman origin, namely:
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in large numbers. In addition to those who had specific business at court, increasing numbers of country landowners and their families lived in London for part of the year simply for the social life. This was the beginning of the "London season".
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By the 5th century, the Roman Empire was in rapid decline and in 410 AD, the Roman occupation of Britannia came to an end. Following this, the Roman city also went into rapid decline and by the end of the 5th century was practically abandoned.
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Trade increased steadily during the Middle Ages, and London grew heavily as a result. In 1100, London's population was somewhat more than 15,000. By 1300, it had grown to roughly 80,000. London lost at least half of its population during the
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indicates that the incomers had begun to settle there at least as early as the 6th century and possibly in the 5th. The main focus of this settlement was outside the Roman walls, clustering a short distance to the west along what is now the
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As the capital of a massive empire, London became a magnet for immigrants from the colonies and poorer parts of Europe. A large Irish population settled in the city during the Victorian period, with many of the newcomers refugees from the
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before advancing on London from the north-west. The resolve of the English leadership to resist collapsed and the chief citizens of London went out together with the leading members of the Church and aristocracy to submit to William at
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was a centre of public entertainment. Under James I the theatre, which established itself so firmly in the latter years of Elizabeth, grew further in popularity. The performances at the public theatres were complemented by elaborate
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Medieval London was made up of narrow and twisting streets, and most of the buildings were made from combustible materials such as timber and straw, which made fire a constant threat, while sanitation in cities was of low-quality.
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in 2004, estimated that the population would reach 8.1 million by 2016, and continue to rise thereafter. This was reflected in a move towards denser, more urban styles of building, including a greatly increased number of
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chronicled the epidemic in his diary. On 4 September 1665 he wrote "I have stayed in the city till above 7400 died in one week, and of them about 6000 of the plague, and little noise heard day or night but tolling of bells."
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to the St Paul's, and in having no quay or terrace along the river. These plans were not implemented, and the rebuilt city generally followed the streetplan of the old one, and most of it has survived into the 21st century.
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area. By the war's end, just under 30,000 Londoners had been killed by the bombing, and over 50,000 seriously injured, tens of thousands of buildings were destroyed, and hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless.
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Over the following centuries, London would shake off the heavy French cultural and linguistic influence which had been there since the times of the Norman conquest. The city would figure heavily in the development of
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was completed on his birthday. However, the first service had been held on 2nd of December 1697; more than 10 years earlier. This Cathedral replaced the original St. Paul's which had been completely destroyed by the
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around the landward side of the city. The wall was about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) long, 6 metres (20 ft) high, and 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) thick. The wall would survive for another 1,600 years and define the
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The 18th century saw the breakaway of the American colonies and many other unfortunate events in London, but also great change and Enlightenment. This all led into the beginning of modern times, the 19th century.
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between 7 September 1940 and 10 May 1941. During this period, London was subjected to 71 separate raids receiving over 18,000 tonnes of high explosive. One raid in December 1940, which became known as the
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The unsanitary and overcrowded City of London has suffered from the numerous outbreaks of the plague many times over the centuries, but in Britain it is the last major outbreak which is remembered as the
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settlements or significant domestic refuse have been found in London, despite extensive archaeological excavation, arguments for a purely Roman foundation of London are now common and uncontroversial."
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extended its dominance over south-eastern England, initially through overlordship which at times developed into outright annexation. London seems to have come under direct Mercian control in the 730s.
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advanced to the south bank of the Thames opposite London, where they defeated an English attack and burned Southwark but were unable to storm the bridge. They moved upstream and crossed the river at
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was passed, mandating the creating of "smokeless zones" where the use of "smokeless" fuels was required (this was at a time when most households still used open fires); the Act was effective.
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followed in about 1632. The neighbouring streets were built shortly afterwards, and the names of Henrietta, Charles, James, King and York Streets were given after members of the royal family.
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London. This story presumably relates to Æthelred's return to power after Sweyn's death in 1014, but there is no strong evidence of any such struggle for control of London on that occasion.
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in the city, though public sentiment changed strongly in their favour following a successful opening ceremony and when the anticipated organisational and transport problems never occurred.
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Nonetheless, the new City was different from the old one. Many aristocratic residents never returned, preferring to take new houses in the West End, where fashionable new districts such as
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Southwark. London was not seriously threatened by the royalists again, and the financial resources of the City made an important contribution to the parliamentarians' victory in the war.
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The period saw London rapidly rising in importance among Europe's commercial centres. Trade expanded beyond Western Europe to Russia, the Levant, and the Americas. This was the period of
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In the immediate postwar years housing was a major issue in London, due to the large amount of housing which had been destroyed in the war. The authorities decided upon high-rise
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age was uncovered by various archaeological investigations undertaken there since the early 1970s, depicting the use of struck flint. The site appears to have been an isolated
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projects of the 19th century, he oversaw construction of over 2100 km of tunnels and pipes under London to take away sewage and provide clean drinking water. When the
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at the eastern end of the city, where the initial timber fortification was rapidly replaced by the construction of the first stone castle in England. The smaller forts of
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London entered the 20th century at the height of its influence as the capital of one of the largest empires in history, but the new century was to bring many challenges.
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the growth of greater London also exacerbated the class divide, as the wealthier classes emigrated to the suburbs, leaving the poor to inhabit the inner city areas.
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in the mid-14th century, but its economic and political importance stimulated a quick recovery despite further epidemics. Trade in London was organised into various
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service began in the 1900s. Improvements to London's overground and underground rail network, including large scale electrification were progressively carried out.
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Violence against Jews took place in 1190, after it was rumoured that the new King had ordered their massacre after they had presented themselves at his coronation.
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was passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments, thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain. A year later, in 1708 Christopher Wren's masterpiece,
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London permanently. Foreigners are estimated to have made up 4,000 of the 100,000 residents of London by 1600, many being Dutch and German workers and traders.
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found no evidence of this). It would have only been a modest church at first and may well have been destroyed after he was expelled from the city by Saeberht's
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dated the timbers to between 1750 BC and 1285 BC. In 2001, a further dig found that the timbers were driven vertically into the ground on the south bank of the
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While the city grew wealthy as Britain's holdings expanded, 19th-century London was also a city of poverty, where millions lived in overcrowded and unsanitary
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were established in 1750 as a professional police force. Penalties for crime were harsh, with the death penalty being applied for fairly minor crimes. Public
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an act was passed authorising the building of 50 new churches to serve the greatly increased population living outside the boundaries of the City of London.
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The Great Plague was immediately followed by another catastrophe, albeit one which helped to put an end to the plague. On the Sunday, 2 September 1666 the
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During the Georgian period London spread beyond its traditional limits at an accelerating pace. This is shown in a series of detailed maps, particularly
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evening of that day the flames again burst forth at the Temple. Some houses were at once blown up by gunpowder, and thus the fire was finally mastered.
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Edmund ceded to Cnut all of England north of the Thames, including London, and his death a few weeks later left Cnut in control of the whole country.
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was held on the Thames. The frost, which began about seven weeks before Christmas and continued for six weeks after, was the greatest on record. The
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making it the first city to host the modern games three times. However, celebrations were cut short the following day when the city was rocked by
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a household name of youth fashion around the world. London's role as a trendsetter for youth fashion continued strongly in the 1980s during the
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attacks dominated most of the 9th century, becoming increasingly common from around 830 onwards. London was sacked in 842 and again in 851. The
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The new Norman regime established new fortresses within the city to dominate the native population. By far the most important of these was the
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in 1290. They left for France, Holland and further afield; their property was seized, and many suffered robbery and murder as they departed.
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saw London's geographical extent growing more quickly than ever before or since. A preference for lower density suburban housing, typically
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surrounding London. Living standards also rose, with real earnings rising by approximately 70.% in the 20 years after the end of the war.
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Christopher Wren's plan for a new model London came to nothing, but he was appointed to rebuild the ruined parish churches and to replace
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of parliament whom the King wished to arrest were granted refuge in the City. In August of the same year the King raised his banner at
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Following the resumption of Viking attacks in the reign of Æthelred, London was unsuccessfully attacked in 994 by an army under King
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increased the country's international standing and opened large new markets to British trade, further boosting London's prosperity.
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A Norse saga tells of a battle when King Æthelred returned to attack Danish-occupied London. According to the saga, the Danes lined
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as a police force covering the entire urban area. The force gained the nickname of "bobbies" or "peelers" named after Robert Peel.
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The 18th century was a period of rapid growth for London, reflecting an increasing national population, the early stirrings of the
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In the City itself there was a move from wooden buildings to stone and brick construction to reduce the risk of fire. Parliament's
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settlements initially avoided the area immediately around Londinium. However, the discovery in 2008 of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery at
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also released a flood of funds for major enhancements to existing attractions, for example the roofing of the Great Court at the
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Around this time the focus of settlement moved within the old Roman walls for the sake of defence, and the city became known as
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abroad. Sweyn died just five weeks after having been proclaimed king and Æthelred was restored to the throne, but Sweyn's son
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was built to commemorate the fire: for over a century and a half it bore an inscription attributing the conflagration to a
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London took the side of the parliament. Initially the king had the upper hand in military terms and in November he won the
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comfortably regaining his previous post, becoming first elected mayor of London. London was recognised as one of the nine
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of the London Jewish community because he claimed their chanting was audible in a neighboring church. In 1264, during the
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Londinium was an ethnically diverse city with inhabitants from across the Roman Empire, including natives of Britannia,
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Soupers". London was sometimes referred to as "The Smoke" because of this. In 1952, this culminated in the disastrous
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could not accommodate large modern container ships. The principal ports for London moved downstream to the ports of
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becoming king were interrupted by a severe plague epidemic, which may have killed over thirty thousand people. The
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from Danzig, Dirk Tybis from Duisberg, or the Coglone expatriates Herman Hildebrand, Derich Born and Derich Berck.
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were built for the rich in the West End, new bridges over the Thames encouraged an acceleration of development in
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was opened and, for the first time in history, London Bridge, in a sense, had a rival. In 1798, Frankfurt banker
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and his wife, Camilla, as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, took place at
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arrived in London and set up a banking house in the city, with a large sum of money given to him by his father,
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a few miles to the west of London. The City organised a new makeshift army and Charles hesitated and retreated.
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for the city garrison. Political instability and recession from the 3rd century onwards led to a slow decline.
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The late 16th and early 17th century saw the great flourishing of drama in London whose preeminent figure was
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in 1067 confirming the city's existing rights, privileges and laws. London was a centre of England's nascent
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Some recent discoveries indicate probable very early settlements near the Thames in the London area. At the
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Jason R. Ali and Peter Cunich. "The Church East and West: Orienting the Queen Anne Churches, 1711-34".
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had lost its spire by this time. The two theatres on the foreground (Southwark) side of the Thames are
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The permanent establishment of Christianity in the East Saxon kingdom took place in the reign of King
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London's traditional status as a major port declined dramatically in the post-war decades as the old
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was greatly expanded. A large tram network was constructed by the London County Council, through the
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religious reform. Before the Reformation, more than half of the area of London was the property of
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Many famous buildings and landmarks of London were constructed during the 19th century including:
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cloth was shipped undyed and undressed from 14th/15th century London to the nearby shores of the
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Famous Frosts and Frost Fairs in Great Britain: Chronicled from the Earliest to the Present Time
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cathedral was the primary symbol of London for at least a century and a half. As city surveyor,
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within the braided river channel of the River Thames. Later prehistoric activity dating to the
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The great stink of London: Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the cleansing of the Victorian metropolis
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around the suburbs and worked to clear slums, build schools, and reform public assistance.
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and reincorporated into Mercia, then governed under Alfred's sovereignty by his son-in-law
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As of 9 May 2023, London had received around 18,000 refugees from Ukraine, because of the
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Starting in the mid-1960s, and partly as a result of the success of such UK musicians as
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in London until it moved to Surrey in the Victorian era, and the site is still used as a
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Bich Luu Lien, "Taking the Bread Out of Our Mouths: Xenophobia in Early Modern London",
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in 1936. The population of London reached an all-time peak of 8.6 million in 1939.
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London's population continued to grow rapidly in the early decades of the century, and
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The Flower of All Cities: The History of London from Earliest Times to the Great Fire
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Devra L. Davis, "A look back at the London smog of 1952 and the half century since".
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A More Beautiful City: Robert Hooke and the Rebuilding of London After the Great Fire
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and regular bombing raids ceased. They began again, but on a smaller scale with the "
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during the 1930s, politically extreme parties of both right and left flourished. The
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The outward expansion of London was slowed by the war, and the introduction of the
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From the 1950s onwards London experienced an increase in immigration, largely from
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Following the extinction of Cnut's dynasty in 1042 English rule was restored under
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which lasted for five days and killed over 4,000 people. In response to this, the
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acceded to the throne in 1625. During his reign, aristocrats began to inhabit the
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Death and the metropolis: studies in the demographic history of London, 1670–1830
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London suffered severe damage and heavy casualties, the worst hit part being the
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Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places
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was completed, the death toll in London dropped dramatically, and epidemics of
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Mort, Frank, and Miles Ogborn. "Transforming Metropolitan London, 1750–1960".
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both gained serious support. Clashes between right and left culminated in the
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and other diseases were curtailed. Bazalgette's system is still in use today.
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A Mighty Capital under Threat: The Environmental History of London, 1800-2000
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led to the GLC's abolition in 1986, with most of its powers relegated to the
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Like the rest of the country, London suffered severe unemployment during the
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was founded, and the British East India Company was expanding its influence.
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in modern west London, evidence of prehistoric activity dating from the late
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Catalogue of Maps, Plans & Views of London, Westminster & Southwark
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was completed in the 1980s to protect London against tidal surges from the
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was held, which marked an increasing mood of optimism and forward looking.
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Parliament finally gave consent for the MBW to construct a large system of
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for ÂŁ13,000. The new hospital, chapel, and schoolhouse were begun in 1611.
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in the early 1970s until the mid-1990s, London was subjected to repeated
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for former soldiers, which had been founded in 1681. During the reign of
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The Big Smoke: A History of Air Pollution in London Since Medieval Times
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were also established along the waterfront. King William also granted a
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In 2000, London-wide government was restored, with the creation of the
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The general meeting-place of Londoners in the day-time was the nave of
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At some time between 180 AD and 225 AD, the Romans built the defensive
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Thomas Betterton and the management of Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1695–1708
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became the centre of the embryonic national press during the century.
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Around the start of the 21st century, London hosted the much derided
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Having failed to defeat Britain, Hitler turned his attention to the
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trolleybus services with the Underground, by the creation of the
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The urbanised area continued to grow rapidly, spreading into
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until it was destroyed by fire in the 1690s, and thereafter
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Early Anglo-Saxon London belonged to a people known as the
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