Only in London by Duncan J.D. Smith

5 Contents Contents Introduction 9 NORTH BANK (E & EC) From the City to Clerkenwell 1 The Ruins of Roman Londinium 11 2 Traditions at the Tower 14 3 Monuments to the Great Fire 17 4 All Markets Great and Small 19 5 Britain’s Oldest Synagogue 21 6 Hawksmoor’s Rockets 23 7 The Biggest Brewery in the World 25 8 The Fantasy of Dennis Severs 27 9 London Unseen 29 10 A Hill of Bones 31 11 A Visit to a Turkish Bath 33 12 Where to Hold a Bar of Gold 35 13 Heroes and Villains 37 14 London’s Alternative Royal Family 39 15 Secrets of St Paul’s 42 16 The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths 44 17 Postman’s Park 47 18 A History of London in Eight Objects 49 19 Medieval Church Survivors 51 20 From Plague Pit to Pension House 54 21 The Legendary Knights of Saint John 56 22 A Corner of Cambridgeshire 58 23 An Historic Pub Crawl 60 24 C is for Cat 63 25 The World’s Oldest Debating Society 65 26 More City Church Survivors 67 NORTH BANK (WC) From the Strand to Bloomsbury 27 Everyone Enjoys a Cuppa! 69

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