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• The Rulers of London, 1660-1689: A Biographical Record of the Aldermen and Common Councilmen of the City of London, by J. R. Woodhead (HTML at British History Online)
• The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III-1912 (2 volumes; London: Corporation of the City of London, 1908-1912?) (HTML at British History Online)
• Thomas Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834-1881 (fourth edition, 2 volumes; London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1885), by James Anthony Froude
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
• Memoir of the life and times of John Carpenter, town clerk of London in the reigns of Henry V. and Henry VI., and founder of the City of London School: with an appendix of documents and particulars of benefactions to the school. (Printed by A. Taylor, 1856), by Thomas Brewer (page images at HathiTrust)
• The aldermen of the city of London temp. Henry III.-1908. With notes on the parliamentary representation of the city, the aldermen and the livery companies, the aldermanic veto, aldermanic baronets and knights, etc. (E. Fisher & company, limited, 1908), by Alfred B. Beaven and City of London (England). Court of Common Council. Library Committee (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The corporation of the city of London and the first twelve of the great city guilds in the diamond jubilee year of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, R.&I. (The Topographical and pictorial publishing co., 1898), by Alfred Arthur Sylvester (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Novum repertorium ecclesiasticum parochiale londinense; or, London diocesan clergy succession from the earliest time to the year 1898, with copious notes. (S. Sonnenschein, 1898), by George Leyden Hennessy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Illustrated Guide to Kensal Green Cemetery (C. & E. Layton, 1873), by William Justyne (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old city, and its highways and byways : sketches of curious customs, characters, incidents, scenes, and events, illustrative of London life in olden times (W. H. Collingridge, 1865), by William Harvey (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Dramatic peerage, 1892 : personal notes and professional sketches of the actors and actresses of the London stage (Raithby, Lawrence, 1892), by Herbert Compton and Erskine Reid (page images at HathiTrust)
• Men and women of Soho, famous and infamous (Truslove and Hanson, 1903), by John Henry Cardwell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Notable Londoners, an illustrated who's who of professional and business men. (London Publishing Agency, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Citizens of London. (Tegg, 1867), by Benjamin Brogden Orridge (page images at HathiTrust)
• Leading men of London : a collection of biographical sketches, with portraits. (British Biographical Co., 1895) (page images at HathiTrust)
• City biography : containing anecdotes and memoirs of the rise, progress, situation & character of the aldermen and other conspicuous personages of the corporation and city of London. (Printed for the author by J. W. Myers and sold by J. Parsons, 1800) (page images at HathiTrust)
• After dinner chit-chat (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823), by W. H. Pyne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Explanatory report on the plan and object of Mr. Buckingham's lectures on the Oriental World : preceded by a sketch of his life, travels, and writings, and of the proceedings on the East India monopoly, during the past year. (Hurst, Chance, 1830), by James Silk Buckingham (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ancient remains, antiquities, and recent imporvements, of the city of London : containing a full description of the several wards, parishes, precincts, churches, halls, and other public buildings, and curiosities, ancient and modern-- to which is added, a list of aldermen and mayors since the revolution (Sears, 1830), by Henry Thomas and M. U. Sears (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reminiscences of the public life of Richard Lambert Jones, esq., formerly member of the Court of common council of the city of London. Printed for private circulation only. (Printed by Petter and Galpin, 1863), by Richard Lambert Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• London at the opening of the twentieth century. (Pike, 1905), by Charles Welch and W. T. Pike (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Repertorium ecclesiasticum parochiale londinense: an ecclesiastical parochial history of the diocese of London: containing an account of the bishops of that sea, from the first foundation thereof: also, of the deans, archdeacons, dignitaries and prebendaries, from the conquest: and lastly, of the several parish-churches ... within the limits of that diocese, and of their patrons and incumbents: and also the endowments of several vicarages: and likewise of the several religious houses that were within the same: continu'd to the year of Our Lord, MDCC. In an alphabetical order. (Printed by B. Motte, 1708), by Richard Newcourt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Register of freemen of the city of London in the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI. (Printed for the London and Middlesex archaeological society by Blades, East & Blades, 1908), by City of London (England). Chamberlain, Charles Welch, and London and Middlesex Archaeological Society (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sir Richard Whittington : Lord Mayor of London (Merrill and Baker, 1881), by Walter Besant and James Rice (page images at HathiTrust)
• Passages from the private and official life of the late Alderman Kelly : with extracts from his correspondence (Groombridge & Sons, 1856), by R. C. Fell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some account of the citizens of London and their rulers, from 1060 to 1867, and a calendar of the Mayors and Sheriffs from 1189 to 1867 (E. Wilson, 1867), by Benjamin Brogden Orridge (page images at HathiTrust)
• The obituary of Richard Smyth, secondary of the Poultry compter, London: being a catalogue of all such persons as he knew in their life: extending from A.D. 1627 to A.D. 1674. (Printed for the Camden society, 1849), by Richard Smith and Henry Ellis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The obituary of Richard Smyth, secondary of the poultry compter, London: being a catalogue of all such persons as he knew in their life: extending from A.D. 1627 to A.D. 1674. (AMS Press, 1968), by Richard Smith and Henry Ellis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The obituary of Richard Smyth, secondary of the Poultry compter, London : being a catalogue of all such persons as he knew in their life: extending from A.D. 1627 to A.D. 1674 (National Cash Register, 1849), by Richard Smith and Henry Ellis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The aldermen of Cripplegate ward from A.D. 1276 to A.D. 1900. Together with some account of the office of alderman, alderman's deputy and common councilman of the city of London. (Printed for private distribution, 1900), by John James Baddeley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A Czech humanist in London in the 17th century : Jan Sictor Rokycanský (1593-1652) ([London] : School of Slavonic Studies in the University of London, King's College, [1926], 1926), by Robert Fitzgibbon Young (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Portraits of Curious Characters in London, &c. &c.: With Descriptive and Entertaining Ancedotes. (Gutenberg ebook)

• A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 (16 volumes; Carbondale and Edwardsville, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, c1973-1993), by Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, and Edward A. Langhans (page images at HathiTrust)

• Notable Londoners, an illustrated who's who of professional and business men. (London Publishing Agency, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• A legacy for the ladies, or, Characters of the women of the age (Printed by H. Meere, for S. Briscoe, and sold by J. Nutt, near Stationers-Hall, 1705), by Thomas Brown, Edward Ward, and James Drake (page images at HathiTrust)

• The floating island, or, A new discovery relating the strange adventure on a late voyage from Lambethana to Villa Franca, alias Ramallia, to the eastward of Terra del Templo, by three ships, viz. the Pay-naught, the Excuse, the Least-in-sight, under the conduct of Captain Robert Owe-much, describing the nature of the inhabitants, their religion, laws and customs / published by Franck Careless, one of the discoverers. ([London : s.n.], 1673), by Richard Head (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The Du Poissey anecdotes (Printed for Art in Australia Ltd., 24 Bond Street, 1922), by Du Poissey, Benjamin Harcourt, Hugh McCrae, Arthur McQuitty, and Art in Australia (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The wonderful village; a further record of some famous folk and places by Chelsea reach (Mills & Boon, limited, 1918), by Reginald Blunt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• A catalogue of notable Middle Templars, with brief biographical notices. (Printed [by Butterworth and Co.] for the Honourable society of the Middle Temple, 1902), by John Hutchinson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Recollections of a Savage (F. A. Stokes Co., 1923), by Edwin A. Ward (page images at HathiTrust)

• The history and antiquities of the collegiate church of St. Saviour (St. Marie Overie), Southwark (Ash, 1894), by William Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Greater London: a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. (Cassell & co., limited, 1883), by Edward Walford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Londoniana. (Hurst and Blackett, 1879), by Edward Walford (page images at HathiTrust)
• London, north of the Thames (A. & C. Black, 1911), by Walter Besant and G. E. Mitton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Knight's cyclopedia of London, 1851. (C. Knight, 1851), by Charles Knight (page images at HathiTrust)
• London in the nineteenth century (A. & C. Black, 1909), by Walter Besant (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• London, south of the Thames (A. & C. Black, 1912), by Walter Besant (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• East London (University Press, 1911), by G. F. Bosworth (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• London in the time of the Tudors (A. & C. Black, 1904), by Walter Besant (page images at HathiTrust)
• West London (University press, 1912), by George Frederick Bosworth (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• London and Middlesex; or, An historical, commercial, & descriptive survey of the metropolis of Great-Britain: including sketches of its environs, and a topographical account of the most remarkable places in the above county ... (Printed by W. Wilson, for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe [etc.], 1810), by E. W. Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, and J. N. Brewer (page images at HathiTrust)
• A new and accurate history and survey of London, Westminster, Southwark, and places adjacent; containing whatever is most worthy of notice in their ancient and present state ... with the charters, laws, customs, rights, liberties and privileges of this great metropolis ... (E. and C. Dilly, 1766), by John Entick (page images at HathiTrust)
• London of the future (T.F. Unwin, ltd., 1921), by London Society and Aston Webb (page images at HathiTrust)
• London passed and passing, a pictorial record of destroyed & threatened buildings (I. Pitman, 1908), by Hanslip Fletcher (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The lure of London (Little, Brown, and company, 1914), by Lilian Whiting (page images at HathiTrust)
• A comprehensive scheme for street improvements in London accompanied by maps and sketches (E. Stanford, 1893), by Arthur Cawston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Romances and narratives (J.M. Dent & Co., 1895), by Daniel Defoe, John Butler Yeats, and George Atherton Aitken (page images at HathiTrust)
• Transactions of the Epidemiological Society of London ... (London, 1855), by Epidemiological Society of London (page images at HathiTrust)
• The meaning of history, and other historical pieces (Macmillan and co., 1894), by Frederic Harrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• La vie des grandes capitales. Études comparatives sur Londres--Paris--Berlin. (Berger-Levrault & cie, 1908), by Gaston Cadoux and André Joseph Lefèvre (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An epitome of the second edition of Hortus Kewensis : for the use of practical gardeners; to which is added, A selection of esculent vegetables and fruits cultivated in the Royal gardens at Kew (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814), by William Aiton and William Townsend Aiton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The London of Thackeray; being some account of the haunts of Thackeray's characters (G.H. Doran company, 1923), by E. Beresford Chancellor (page images at HathiTrust)
• The London Friends' meetings: showing the rise of the Society of Friends in London, its progress and the development of its discipline, with accounts of the various meeting-houses and burial-grounds, their history and general associations. (F. B. Kitto, 1869), by William Beck and T. Frederick Ball (page images at HathiTrust)
• London on the Thames; a study of the natural conditions that influenced the birth and growth of a great city (Sifton, Praed & Co., Ltd., 1924), by Hilda Rodwell Ormsby (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The city of London. "Strike, but hear." 1884. (Printed by Blades, East & Blades, 1884) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Topography of London : facsimile of John Lockie's gazetteer 1813. (London Topographical Society, 1994), by John Lockie and London Topographical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old London churches (Hodder and Stoughton, 1908), by Canon Benham and Arthur Garratt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Mercers' Hall (London Topographical Society, 1991), by Jean Imray, Ann Saunders, and London Topographical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adventures in London (Cassell and company, limited, 1909), by James Douglas (page images at HathiTrust)
• London of the future (Dutton, 1921), by London Society and Aston Webb (page images at HathiTrust)
• London in the nineteenth century (A. & C. Black, 1909), by Walter Besant (page images at HathiTrust)
• The heart of London (Brentano's, 1925), by H. V. Morton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• London (R.M. McBride, 1926), by H. V. Morton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Father Thames (Frederick A. Stokes company, 1923), by Walter Higgins (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Interpretations (D. Appleton and company, 1928), by Emory Richard Johnson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The meaning of history : and other historical pieces (Macmillan, 1914), by Frederic Harrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• The spell of London (Brentano's, 1926), by H. V. Morton (page images at HathiTrust)
• When you go to London (Harper & brothers, 1927), by H. V. Morton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• London's lure, an anthology in prose & verse (G. Bell, 1909), by Helen Mina Benjamin and Lewis Melville (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The meaning of history, and other historical pieces (Macmillan and co., 1900), by Frederic Harrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Father Thames (W. Gardner, Darton & co., ltd., 1922), by Walter Higgins (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Historical and literary memorials of the city of London. (L.C. Page & company, 1901), by John Heneage Jesse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old and new London: a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. (Cassell & company, limited, 1887), by Walter Thornbury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Londres en mil huit cent dix-neuf, ou, Recueil de lettres sur la politique, la littérature et les mœurs, écrites de Londres dans le cours de l'année 1819 (Gide fils, 1820), by A.-J.-B. Defauconpret (page images at HathiTrust)
• London City churches (A. Constable & Co., 1895), by A. E. Daniel (page images at HathiTrust)
• London city; its history--streets--traffic--buildings--people (The Leadenhall press [etc]:, 1891), by W. J. Loftie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old and new London: a narrative of its history, its people, and its places ... (Cassell & Company, Limited, 1887), by Walter Thornbury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Londres en mil huit cent vingt-quatre; ou, Recueil de lettres sur la politique, la littérature et les moeurs de cette ville, dans le cours de l'année 1824 (Gide fils, 1825), by A.-J.-B. Defauconpret (page images at HathiTrust)
• Londres en mil huit cent dix-neuf [-mil huit cent vingt-quatre], ou, Recueil de lettres sur la politique, la littérature et les mœurs, écrites de Londres dans le cours de l'année 1819 [-1824] (Gide fils, 1820), by A.-J.-B. Defauconpret (page images at HathiTrust)
• London in literature (J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.;, 1920), by Alfred H. Headley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Annual meeting, 1900. Detailed programme and description of the works and places of interest to be visited. (Society of Chemical Industry, 1900), by Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chelsea Hospital, and its traditions. (Richard Bentley, 1838), by G. R. Gleig (page images at HathiTrust)
• A short account of the Royal Artillery Hospital at Woolwich; with some observations on the management of artillery soldiers, respecting the preservation of health. Addressed to the officers of the regiment, and dedicated to the Master-General and Board of Ordinance. (Mawman, 1801), by John Rollo (page images at HathiTrust)
• National history and views of London and its environs; embracing their antiquities, modern improvements, &c., &c. (Black, Young, and Young, 1835), by Charles Frederick Partington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical medical exhibition, London 1913 (Burroughs Wellcome & Co., 1913), by Henry S. Wellcome (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A journal of the plague year (Constable & Co., 1927), by Daniel Defoe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• London (Leipzig, 1893), by Walter Besant (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Meaning of history : and other historical pieces (Macmillan and co., 1902), by Frederic Harrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Westminster poll book, 1774. (S.A. & M.J. Raymond, 1996), by University of London. Institute of Historical Research. Library and S.A. & M.J. Raymond (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• London (Chatto, 1898), by Walter Besant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cheapside to Arcady. (Melrose, 1911), by Arthur Scammell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The country banker's handbook to the rules and practice, of 1.--The Bank of England. II.--The London Bankers' Clearing House. III.--The Stock Exchange. With useful miscellaneous notes. (Waterlow and Sons, Limited, 1922), by John George Kiddy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The meaning of history, and other historical pieces (Macmillan and Co., 1908), by Frederic Harrison (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Londres comme je l'ai vu. (E. Rey, 1908), by Charles Huard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La vie des grandes capitales. Études comparatives sur Londres - Paris - Berlin. (Berger-Levrault, 1913), by Gaston Cadoux (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A record of the progress of the Zoological society of London during the nineteenth century. (Printed by William Clowes and sons, limited, 1901), by Zoological Society of London (page images at HathiTrust)
• Phases of religious life in the Church of England. (Tinsley Brothers, 1874), by Charles Maurice Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
• Camp and studio (W. H. Allen & Co., 1892), by Irving Montagu (page images at HathiTrust)
• Skirts of the great city (Methuen, 1907), by N. D'Anvers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Urban land, traffic and housing problems; an attempted solution. True "land monopoly" and its advantages (P.S. King & son, 1912), by Albert William Alderson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The meaning of history, and other historical pieces (Macmillan and Co., 1896), by Frederic Harrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Londres; notes d'un correspondant français (J. Hetzel et cie, 1887), by Philippe Daryl (page images at HathiTrust)
• Unknown London; its romance and tragedy (Neville Beeman, limited, 1896), by Alfred T. Camden Pratt (page images at HathiTrust)
• [London : pamphlet vol. of articles by Walter Besant and Eugene Lawrence.] (1891), by Walter Besant and Eugene Lawrence (page images at HathiTrust)
• The church of St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield : its foundation, present condition, and funeral monuments. (Printed by Adlard and Son, 1897), by Norman Moore (page images at HathiTrust)
• Two years in the chair of the patten-makers. 188, 4-5, 188, 5-6. ([London, 1886), by George Lambert (page images at HathiTrust)
• A visit to Merchant Taylors' Hall. ([London, 1922), by Henry Lennox Hopkinson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The duke's children. (Dodd, Mead, 1925), by Anthony Trollope (page images at HathiTrust)
• London topographical record. (London Topographical Society., 1901), by Ann Saunders, Marjorie B. Honeybourne, Walter H. Godfrey, H. G. Head, T. Fairman Ordish, and London Topographical Society (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Punch's-pocket-book, for 1845. Containing pages for cash accounts and memoranda for every day in the year; an almanack; and a variety of useful and valuable business information. (Punch Office, 1844), by George Frederick Ruxton and Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana (Newberry Library) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A journey to London in the year 1698 : after the ingenuous method of that made by Dr. Martin Lyster to Paris, in the same year, etc. (Printed and sold by A. Baldwin, 1698), by Monsieur Sorbiere and William King (page images at HathiTrust)
• London in the Time of the Tudors, by Walter Besant (Gutenberg ebook)
• A warning from the Lord God of life and power unto thee o city of London, and to the suburbs round about thee : to call thee and them to repentance & amendment of life, without which you cannot see God : be ye separated from your priests, and from your idolatrous worship, and touch not the unclean thing, that the Lord may receive you ... and something also to the scattered seed of God, which hath been held in bondage under Pharaoh the Task-master : who am hated by the unwise, and foolish in heart, and am reproachfully call'd a Quaker / Ester Biddle. (London : Printed for Robert Wilson ..., 1660), by Ester Biddle (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The case of several hackney-coachmen in and about the cities of London and Westminster and the suburbs, occasioned by one Robert Murrey and his adherents, to the utter ruin of many families, for his and his accomplices private interest ([London : s.n., 169-?]), by Thomas Cadman (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Londons resurrection, or, The rebuilding of London encouraged, directed and improved in fifty discourses : together with a preface, giving some account both of the author and work / by Samuel Rolls. (London : Printed by W.R. for Thomas Parkhurst, 1668), by Samuel Rolle (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• To the most honorable assemblie the Commons House of Parliament, the humble petition of the English brokers lawfully admitted to deale betweene marchants in London: ([London : s.n., 1621]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Upon the rebuilding the city: the right honourable the Lord Mayor, and the noble company of bachelors dining with him, May 5th. 1669. ([London : s.n.], Printed in the year 1669), by Robert Wild (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Bills of mortality. 1684-12-16 to 1685-12-15 ([London : s.n., 1685]), by Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Bills of mortality. 1665 ([London : s.n., 1666]), by Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Great Britains glory, or, A brief description of the present state, splendor, and magnificence of the Royal Exchange: with some remarkable passages relating to the present engagement : humbly presented to the several merchants of the City of London, who daily meet, traffique, and converse in the said place / by Theophilus Philalethes. (London : Printed by Tho. Ratcliffe, and Nat. Thompson, for Jonathan Edwin ..., Anno Domini 1672), by T. P. (Theophilus Philalethes) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Bills of mortality. 1624-12-30 to 1625-12-22 (London : printed by William Stansby, 1625), by Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Bills of mortality. 1603 (At London : printed by I.R[oberts]. for Iohn Trundle, and are to be sold at his shop in Barbican, neere Long lane end, [1603]), by Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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