Roman Britain
Vikings and other invaders
Normans
Middle Ages
The Tudors
The Stuarts
The Georgians
The Victorians
The Edwardians
World War 1
Word War 2
Modern London

The Great Plague	The Great Fire of London	New St Paul's started
Bank of England Founded	St Paul's completed	Stock Exchange Established
GuildHall Library Opens	Jack the Ripper	Tower Bridge completed
World War 1	The Blitz and World War 2	The London Olympics
Guildhall Art Gallery reopens	Clean Air Act

The Edwardians

Central Criminal Court opens 1907
Built on the site of Newgate Prison, the Central Criminal Court is opened by King Edward VII. The court’s popular name, ‘the Old Bailey’ was derived from the name of the street on which it stands.

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