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Roman Remains in Billingsgate
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W.G.S. Sc.
Title
Roman Remains in Billingsgate
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When the Billingsgate Roman bath house was first discovered in 1848, the builders of the New Coal Exchange preserved the remains in the basement, and provided access for people to view them.
Date 1873 (1887 copy)
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British Library HMNTS 010349.l.1.
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Image extracted from page 666 of volume 1 of Old and New London, Illustrated, by Walter Thornbury. Original held and digitised by the British Library. Copied from Flickr.

Note: The colours, contrast and appearance of these illustrations are unlikely to be true to life. They are derived from scanned images that have been enhanced for machine interpretation and have been altered from their originals.

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