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Title: Within These Walls
Condition: New
Subtitle: Roman and medieval defences north of Newgate at the Merrill Lynch Financial Centre, City of London
Author: Jo Lyon
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1901992683
EAN: 9781901992687
ISBN: 9781901992687
Publisher: Museum of London Archaeology Service
Genre: History
Release Date: 19/12/2007
Description: Roman and later activity was recorded north of Newgate, with the Roman defensive wall and a medieval bastion preserved in the new development. Stream channels gave way to early Roman settlement, with the city's defensive wall built in the late 2nd century AD. The defensive ditch was redug in the Late Saxon period and the Roman wall repaired, with the area becoming the site of the Greyfriars Friary in 1225. The City's growth saw the ditch built over by the mid 16th century and the friary was suppressed at the Dissolution. By the mid 18th century most of the city wall had been demolished and the Giltspur Street Compter prison was constructed in 1787-91. Later buildings included St Bartholomew's Hospital and the General Post Office.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 297mm
Item Length: 210mm
Book Series: MoLAS Monograph
Release Year: 2007

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