The History of the Mansion House

Originally published in 1922, this book contains a history of Mansion House, the home and office of the Lord Mayor of London.

Sydney Perks (Author)

9781107456532, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 January 2015

344 pages
24.4 x 17 x 1.8 cm, 0.55 kg

Originally published in 1922, this book contains a history of Mansion House, the home and office of the Lord Mayor of London. Perks provides detailed background of the site and its history, and many photographs and plans of the house and its interior are included in the text. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of London and its buildings.

1. The Walbrook
2. The stocks market
3. Market rents and tenants
4. St Mary Woolchurch-Haw
5. St Stephen, Walbrook
6. The statue
7. The stocks market after the fire
8. The surveys after the fire
9. Purchase of property
10. The plans for the mansion house
11. The building of the mansion house
12. Work during the nineteenth century
13. The rooms in the mansion house. The dance family
Appendix I. Sheriffs' fines
Appendix II. The re-building of London after the Great Fire of 1666
Index
Plans.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]