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... Strand and moved to Southampton House which became known thereafter as Bedford House . Less aristocratic developments than those in Bloomsbury , St James's Fields and along Piccadilly were meanwhile being carried out nearer to the ...
... Strand and moved to Southampton House which became known thereafter as Bedford House . Less aristocratic developments than those in Bloomsbury , St James's Fields and along Piccadilly were meanwhile being carried out nearer to the ...
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... Strand and St Martin - inthe - Fields , remain among the most distinctive monuments of the London scene . Both were designed by James Gibbs , a Scottish Roman Catholic who had once considered becoming a priest and who , on a long visit ...
... Strand and St Martin - inthe - Fields , remain among the most distinctive monuments of the London scene . Both were designed by James Gibbs , a Scottish Roman Catholic who had once considered becoming a priest and who , on a long visit ...
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... Strand to the river and Robert Adam's idea was to build his houses upon a riverside terrace raised to the level of the Strand and supported by immense arches – in places standing in double tiers - by catacombs and vaults . Although the ...
... Strand to the river and Robert Adam's idea was to build his houses upon a riverside terrace raised to the level of the Strand and supported by immense arches – in places standing in double tiers - by catacombs and vaults . Although the ...
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London in the Early Middle Ages 6041381 | 7 |
London Life in the Fifteenth Century 13811485 23 3 London Life in the Fifteenth Century 13811485 | 35 |
Noble Speculators 16031665 | 55 |
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