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The
County of London was formed in 1889 from parts of the ancient counties
of Middlesex, Kent and Surrey, with
the City of London remaining an independent body. In 1965 Greater
London was formed, taking in the rest of Middlesex (which no
longer existed as a county) together with parts of Essex and Hertfordshire
and further areas of Kent and Surrey.
Greater
London is made up of 13 Inner and 19 Outer London boroughs together
with the City of London.
The City of London stands where the Roman fort of
Londinium once stood and represents the oldest part of the capital.
It lies on the River Thames to the south. Its eastern edge runs along
the base of Tower Hill and its western edge is marked by the Temple
Bar Memorial on Fleet Street. This pillar marks where the Temple Bar
gate once stood, one of the eight main gates for the City of London
and the one which led to the City of Westminster. It was never part
of the ancient county of Middlesex although bordered by it in its
west, north and east.
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Royal Consorts and Heirs |
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Eleanor of Provence,
Queen of Henry III, died and was buried at Amesbury Abbey in
1291, but her heart was buried in London at Greyfriar's
church in Newgate. She had been Queen from her marriage
in 1236 until her husband's death in 1272. She was also the
mother to Edward I.
Margaret of France,
the second queen of Edward I, was buried in 1318 at Greyfriar's
church at Newgate in London. She had married Edward in 1299
and remained queen until his death in 1307.
Isabella of France,
the queen of Edward II, was buried in 1358 at Greyfriar's
church at Newgate in London. She had married Edward in 1308
and remained queen until his death in 1327. She was mother to
Edward III.
Isabella
of France
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of Tudor |
Arthur,
Prince of Wales, the eldest son and heir to the throne
of Henry VII, married Catherine of Aragon at St
Paul's Cathedral
in 1501. He died the following year and in 1509 his widow became
the first of six wives of his younger brother, the newly crowned
Henry VIII.
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Writers and Poets |
In
1608 John
Milton,
author of Paradise Lost, was born at Cheapside. In 1674 he
was buried at the church of St Giles' without Cripplegate.
John
Milton
In
1631 the poet John
Donne
was buried in St
Paul's Cathedral.
John
Donne
Famous
people buried at St Paul's Cathedral
No man is an Island, entire of it self;
every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main;
if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as
if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine
own were;
any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind;
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
it tolls for thee.
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions (1624)
Samuel
Pepys was born in Salisbury Court, just south of Fleet Street,
in 1633.
Most
famous for his diary which he
began on 1st January 1660 and continued until 31st May 1669. In it
he depicted life in the capital during the turbulent years after the
restoration of the monarchy with Charles II and the disasters of the
Great Plague and Great Fire of London.
Samuel
Pepys
Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.
Diary (1665)
The
poet Nahum
Tate
was buried in St
Paul's Cathedral. in 1715. In 1692 he had succeed Thomas Shadwell
as Poet
Laureate
and he was himself succeeded by Nicholas Rowe.
Famous
people buried at St Paul's Cathedral
Poets
laureate
From
1748-59 the writer Samuel
Johnson,
better known as Dr Johnson,
lived at 17
Gough Square near Fleet Street and it was while living here that
he compiled his famous dictionary of the English language.
Samuel
Johnson
Famous
people buried at Westminster Abbey
A man, doubtful of his dinner, or trembling
at a creditor, is not much disposed to abstracted meditation, or remote
enquiries.
Lives of the English Poets (1779-81)
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