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  2. Guildhall's 600-year history published in new book - AOL

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    Four years' worth of research and writing by one history group has now been published.

  3. Guildhall Library - Wikipedia

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    The current Guildhall Library is a major public reference library, holding a wide range of important works and sources including: a comprehensive collection of printed books on the City of London and its history, the Lloyds Marine Collection, a large collection of pamphlets from the 17th–19th centuries covering political and social issues, a ...

  4. William Herbert (antiquarian) - Wikipedia

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    In 1828 he was elected librarian of the Guildhall Library, which had been recently re-established by the Corporation of London. He prepared a second edition of the catalogue in 1840, and retired in 1845. He died, aged 80, on 18 November 1851, at 40 Brunswick Street, Haggerston; he was survived by Eliza Herbert, probably his daughter.

  5. Richard Whittington - Wikipedia

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    As formerly visible sculpted within a quatrefoil on the Library of the Greyfriars, founded by him Merchant mark of Richard Whittington, as shown in his portrait c.1590 by Reginald Elstrack Richard Whittington ( c. 1354 – March 1423) of the parish of St Michael Paternoster Royal , [ 2 ] City of London , was an English merchant and politician ...

  6. Guildhall, London - Wikipedia

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    Guildhall crypt. During the Roman period, the Guildhall was the site of the London Roman Amphitheatre, rediscovered as recently as 1988.It was the largest in Roman Britain, partial remains of which are on public display in the basement of the Guildhall Art Gallery, and the outline of whose arena is marked with a black circle on the paving of the courtyard in front of the hall.

  7. David Pearson (librarian) - Wikipedia

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    David Pearson (born 1955) is an English librarian who served as the Director of Culture, Heritage and Libraries at the City of London Corporation between 2009 and 2017; his brief covered London Metropolitan Archives, Guildhall Library, City Business Library, Guildhall Art Gallery, and other institutions. [1]

  8. First printed edition of Shakespeare’s plays to go on display

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    The First Folio will go on display at London’s Guildhall Library for its 400th anniversary. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...

  9. William Henry Overall - Wikipedia

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    In conjunction with his cousin, H. C. Overall, he prepared for the corporation library committee in 1878 an Analytical Index to the Series of Records known as the Remembrancia preserved among the Archives of the City of London, A.D. 1579–1664, with biographical and historical notes. This work was the outcome of an examination of the ...