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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: London |
 | | London, the capital of England and chief city of the British Empire, is situated about fifty miles from the mouth of the Thames, Lat. |
 | | London, as defined by the Metropolis Local Management Act, now the County of London, with a population (last census 1901) of 4,536,541 and an area of 75,462 statute acres, or about 117 square miles. |
 | | London at this time consisted of a collection of low wooden houses thatched with reeds or straw, thus affording combustible material for the numerous and destructive fires which frequently broke out, as in 1087 when the greater part of the city, including St. Paul's, was burnt. |
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