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| The church of St Catherine Cree on Leadenhall Street - escaped the Fire of London and suffered only minor damage in the Blitz, in sharp contrast to the church on the right. It is still used today. |
| St Mary, Aldermanbury - built about 1180, destroyed in the Fire of London in 1666, rebuilt by Wren, destroyed in the Blitz in 1940. The stones were transported to Fulton, Missouri, and the church was rebuilt in the grounds of Westminster College. |
| Newgate Street. |
| A postcard which shows Fleet Street about 1912. |
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| Did You Know.........that Daniel Defoe, author of "Robinson Crusoe", was born in Cripplegate in the City of London ? His birth date is uncertain but is thought to be between 1659 and 1661. |
| And Did You Know.........that the poet John Donne was also born on Bread Street in the City of London in 1572 ? |
| And Did You Also Know......that Inigo Jones, the British architect, was born in Smithfield in 1573 ? |
| Smithfield Meat Market. |
| Cloth Fair, West Smithfield. |
| Fleet Street in the early 1900s. |
| 17 Fleet Street. |
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