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853:Bishopsgate
755:12 February
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345:Muscovy hat
333:proper left
319:edition of
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199:Supporters:
155:achievement
145:, England.
1593:Categories
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1214:Old Bailey
1142:structures
1020:Smithfield
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983:Localities
938:Queenhithe
893:Cordwainer
873:Candlewick
833:Aldersgate
714:J. M. Dent
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281:Saint Paul
167:supporters
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1179:Guildhall
1000:Broadgate
933:Portsoken
923:Langbourn
843:Bassishaw
466:shabraque
353:Guildhall
337:honorific
321:John Stow
292:Wat Tyler
266:" at the
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1578:Category
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1462:Moorgate
1343:Barbican
1300:Rail and
1229:Tower 42
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962:Enclaves
953:Walbrook
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339:prefix "
329:sinister
290:to kill
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1315:Aldgate
1254:Bridges
1140:Notable
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