Transcriber’s Notes
The cover was created by adding text to a plain background and isplaced in the public domain.
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variationsin hyphenation and spelling remain unchanged except where in conflictwith the index.
Page numbers have been added to the index entries for City Police, the, andfor Kingston-on-Hull.
The Survey of London
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MEDIÆVAL
LONDON
VOL. I
HISTORICAL & SOCIAL
BY
SIR WALTER BESANT
LONDON
ADAM & CHARLES BLACK
1906
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