Old London Town (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Old London Town A Sluggish river meandering through marshes to the sea, a cluster of huts and a primitive fort by Walbrook - such was old London Town when the Romans first appeared. The name is probably derived from the Celtic "Llyn, " a pool (that portion of the river below London Bridge is still known as "The Pool), and "din" or "dun, " a hill or fort. Four centuries of Roman domination and London, or Augusta, as it was then called, had become the principal port of Britain - a walled city with marsh lands surrounding it upon all sides, save one, the north, where stood a dense forest, portions of which still remain at Hampstead and Epping to delight the hearts of Bank Holiday trippers to-day. The Roman Wall, some three miles in length, is said to have been built about 360 A. D., but there is reason to believe it may be a couple of centuries older. Much of it may still be seen, there is a considerable length of the wall in St. Alphage Churchyard, and a bastion has been discovered quite recently when excavating for the General Post Office extension. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.