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Part 1 Land under London: London's geology; lost rivers; the settlement and the Thames. Part 2 Roman London: Roman London and its hinterland; the Roman port; Roman defences. Part 3 Saxon and early Norman London: Lundenwic - the Saxon city; the growth of Westminster; Norman St Paul's. Part 4 Medieval London: the medieval church; medieval Westminster; the medieval port; a medieval shop. Part 5 Tudor and Stuart London: commercial London - company halls and guilds; the Tudor city; Stuart growth - the development of Covent Garden; Civil War defences; the Black Death; the Great Fire and the great rebuilding. Part 6 Georgian London: great estates; Georgian architecture; feeding London - agriculture and markets; roads and bridges; Georgian docks. Part 7 Victorian London: urban expansion; the railway era; industrial London; Victorian improvements - housing, streets, city infrastructure; crime and punishment; the heart of empire; shopping - the rise of Selfridges.