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66 ings of the Grey beautiful church ished. Many towers and spires tony of the redIf we we see the new houses. yond the Fleet, THE GROWTH OF THE CITY Friars and their now nearly finother church relieve the monotiled roofs of the look suburb rising bewestward the row of houses broken by the fine church of the White Friars, and ending with the house of the Knights Templars. The bridge, when we are well upon it, is like a narrow street, with intervals here and there from which we can look down CROSBY HALL FROM GREAT ST, HELEN'S on the surging tide below. The heavy piers which supported the nineteen arches a a hi _ a 7 al mY a a tide the passage was very dangerous to boats. ke ez Peter of Colechurch, the architect, lies buried in the small but beautiful chapel of St. Thomas of he Canterbury, which had built on and within When the northern the central pier. we reach end and pass through the principal Bridgegate
