| A couple of low hills in the middle of a
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| | north coast of France, invaded Britain to
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| marsh don't sound like a very promising
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| | claim what he believed to be his
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| start for a world class city, but that's
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| | inheritance: the crown of England.Once
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| just how London, England began, over two
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| | victorious, William set about getting his
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| millennia ago.And the story of its
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| | new kingdom organized. Not only did he
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| development is as exciting as any
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| | cause the writing of the Doomsday Book --
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| thriller.There was probably a settlement
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| | the first record of the lands and
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| of sorts when the Romans invaded Britain
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| | property of the whole country, he started
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| for the second and decisive time, back in
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| | a massive building program of both
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| 43AD. But it was probably Roman engineers
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| | castles and cathedrals.One of the first
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| who built the first proper bridge across
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| | castles constructed was the Tower of
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| the River Thames in order to march
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| | London, in the old Roman city, right on
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| further north. From these first steps
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| | the banks of the River Thames. It became
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| grew the Roman city of Londinium.Today,
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| | William's royal palace and continued so
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| the nature of the London topography gives
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| | until 1529. It was, by then, the reign of
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| a clue to the marshy nature of its
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| | Henry VIII, who, having seized the
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| origins. Look at any map of London and
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| | Palace of Whitehall, a little way up
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| the snake-like route of the Thames still
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| | river, from his erstwhile chum, Cardinal
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| betrays the meandering nature of its
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| | Wolsey, relocated to there. Thereafter,
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| original marshy course. The twin hills --
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| | the Tower became a prison, notably for
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| on one of which now sits St Paul's
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| | Wolsey, several of Henry's soon to be
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| Cathedral -- rising from this marshland
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| | ex-wives and any others who dared to
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| would have instantly appealed to the
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| | contest the king's right to divorce at
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| military eye of a Roman general as a good
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| | will.That shift of the monarchy from the
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| defensive area upon which to build a
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| | old Roman city to the Westminster area,
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| fort.As was their custom, the Romans
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| | coupled with the rising prosperity of
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| would have probably used timber for their
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| | England, meant London started to split
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| first fort, replacing that speedily built
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| | into two camps. The rich merchants in the
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| structure later with locally quarried
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| | old Roman city, steadfastly resisted any
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| stone, brought in by the river. Gradually
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| | attempts at restrictions by the
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| the Roman city become an enclosed one,
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| | government to the west in Whitehall.For
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| roughly a mile square. The name "Square
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| | the government's part, they had to tread
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| Mile" still exists today, as the informal
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| | warily because they needed the financial
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| name for the City of London -- now one of
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| | acumen of the City of London to provide
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| the world's leading financial
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| | them with their revenue. So started a
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| centers.Nearly a thousand years after the
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| | wary mutual respect and loathing, which
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| Romans, a rival to Londinium arose. In
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| | continues, to a certain extent, right up
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| 1065, the King of England, Edward the
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| | to the present day.Jon Michael is a
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| Confessor, completed his church of
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| | lifelong resident of London, England and
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| Westminster, on an island in the marsh,
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| | his hobby is discovering the hidden
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| the Isle of Thorney just west of what
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| | stories about this fascinating world
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| was, by now, called London.1065 was a
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| | class city. Add to all that the daily
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| significant date in the history of London
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| | honing of his knowledge of London as a
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| -- and, indeed, Britain -- it being the
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| | taxi cab driver and you need look no
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| final year of Saxon rule. The following
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| | further for information on the real
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| year, after the death of Edward, William
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| | London.
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| the Conqueror, from Normandy, on the
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