London, the capital city of England, and the seat of government of the British empire; the city proper, with the major part of the metropolis being in the county of Middlesex, on the N. bank of the Thamse, here crossed by 13 bridges; but several extensive quarters are on the S. side of the river, and the whole capital occupies part of the coutnies of Middlesex, Esses, Surrey, and Kent...

Pop. of London in 1801, 958,863; in 1811, 1,138,815; in 1821, 1,378,947; in 1831, 1,654,994; in 1841, 1,948,369; in 1851, 2,362,236; in 1861, 2,803,989; in 1871, 3,254,260; in 1881, 3,814,571; in 1891, 4,231,431...

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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