The Ward of Cripplegate in the City of London

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Cover ......Page 1 Half-Title ......Page 2 Dedication and plate ......Page 3 Title Page ......Page 6 Acknowledgements ......Page 4 Printer's Imprint ......Page 7 Contents ......Page 8 Illustrations and Maps ......Page 9 Foreword ......Page 10 Preface ......Page 11 1. In the Beginning ......Page 14 2. The Village Becomes a City Again ......Page 19 3. The Emergence of a Civic Government ......Page 24 4. The Beginning of the Cripplegate Ward ......Page 29 5. The People: Their Lives and Homes ......Page 40 6. The Origins of the Outer Ward ......Page 52 7. The Evolvement of City Government and the Inner Ward ......Page 63 8. The People and the Street Scene ......Page 79 9. Some Aldermen of Cripplegate ......Page 84 10. The Church and the People ......Page 96 11. Developments in the Outer Ward ......Page 111 12. The Parish Church--St Giles' ......Page 122 13. The Rectors of St Giles' and the Non-Conformists ......Page 130 14. The Beginning of the Modern City ......Page 140 15. From Prosperity into War ......Page 154 16. 'Destruction and Survival' ......Page 164 Appendix I: The Aldermen of Cripplegate ......Page 171 Appendix II: Officers of the Ward Club and Common Councilmen, 1985 ......Page 178 Index ......Page 180