Oldal 80 [80]
58 THE
old Roman pretorium,
GROWTH OF
no information to offer.
Southwark must have been
well defended with a wall,
as its name imports, apart
from the fact that Cnut
had to get round it, as he
could not cross it. The
city houses without excep¬
tion must have been but
poor wooden constructions,
the streets and lanes very
narrow and crooked; and
the few churches, some
three or four at the most,
very small, and afraid, in
the presence of the enemy,
to raise their short towers
above the level of the sur¬
rounding fortifications. In
times of peace Billingsgate
would be crowded with
the larger craft—which to
our modern eyes would
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