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*'''1665-1666''' - Great Plague killed 70,000 Londoners<ref name="dunn" /> | *'''1665-1666''' - Great Plague killed 70,000 Londoners<ref name="dunn" /> | ||
*'''1666''' - Great Fire of London<br> | *'''1666''' - Great Fire of London<br> | ||
*'''1674''' - Clandestine marriages at [[ | *'''1674''' - Clandestine marriages at [[London Prisons#Fleet_Prison|Fleet Prison]] first recorded in registers<ref name="dunn" /> | ||
*'''1700s''' - London's role at centre of British Empire begins | *'''1700s''' - London's role at centre of British Empire begins | ||
*'''1750''' - Westminster Bridge opened | *'''1750''' - Westminster Bridge opened | ||
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*'''1965''' - Greater London established replacing the former administrative counties of [[Middlesex]] and [[London]], in addition to absorbing parts of [[Kent]], [[Surrey]], [[Essex]] and [[Hertfordshire]]. Reorganised the existing boroughs into 32 new boroughs plus the City<ref>[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/33/schedule/1 London Government Act 1963, Schedule 1]</ref> | *'''1965''' - Greater London established replacing the former administrative counties of [[Middlesex]] and [[London]], in addition to absorbing parts of [[Kent]], [[Surrey]], [[Essex]] and [[Hertfordshire]]. Reorganised the existing boroughs into 32 new boroughs plus the City<ref>[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/33/schedule/1 London Government Act 1963, Schedule 1]</ref> | ||
== Books == | == Books == | ||
*Allen, Thomas. ''The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and Parts Adjacent''. 4 vols. London: Cowie and Strange, 1828. Digital versions at Google Books: [http://books.google.com/books?id=Nz8GAQAAIAAJ Vol. III] | [http://books.google.com/books?id=JFEGAAAAQAAJ Vol. IV]. | *Allen, Thomas. ''The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and Parts Adjacent''. 4 vols. London: Cowie and Strange, 1828. Digital versions at Google Books: [http://books.google.com/books?id=Nz8GAQAAIAAJ Vol. III] | [http://books.google.com/books?id=JFEGAAAAQAAJ Vol. IV]. | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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