The streets of London : from the great fire to the great stink / edited by Tim Hitchcock and Heather Shore ; forword by Roy Porter.

32 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some colour), map ; 25 cm

Chaucer's London / Brian Spencer.

The urban working class in Britain, 1830-1914 / edited by Andrew August.

330 pages : illustrations (some colour), map ; 28 cm

The English town / Mark Girouard.

xii, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Communities and crisis : Bologna during the Black Death / by Shona Kelly Wray.

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The streets of London : from the great fire to the great stink / edited by Tim Hitchcock and Heather Shore ; forword by Roy Porter.

Chaucer's London / Brian Spencer.

The urban working class in Britain, 1830-1914 / edited by Andrew August.

The English town / Mark Girouard.

Communities and crisis : Bologna during the Black Death / by Shona Kelly Wray.

City and town life - History

Works from the collections

The streets of London : from the great fire to the great stink / edited by Tim Hitchcock and Heather Shore ; forword by Roy Porter.

Chaucer's London / Brian Spencer.

The urban working class in Britain, 1830-1914 / edited by Andrew August.

The English town / Mark Girouard.

Communities and crisis : Bologna during the Black Death / by Shona Kelly Wray.

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