Oldal 267 [267]
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iat Olek Mo fe io 245 Market was removed from where the Mansion House stands now. In 1628 it was removed a little to the westward, and the roadway of Farringdon Street was made to Blackfriars Bridge. Mr. Hawkins dates the construction of the Fleet Bridge In 1228, by which time St. Bride’s Church was already in existence. This date would also answer to the opening of Ludgate, which cannot have been much earlier. As we ascend Ludgate Hill we can observe the exact place where the gate stood, marked for us by the Old Bailey. After 1276 the city wall, instead of
