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(Continued from page 161.) The Survey of London, for which the London County Council and the London Survey Committee are jointly re- sponsible, is a magnificent undertaking that should be -more widely known. The twelfth volume just issued, entitled The Parish, of AU Hallows, Barking (Batsford, 31s. 6d.) deals solely with the church, one of the few that escaped the Fire of 1666, and is a welcome addition to the series. In this noble quarto Miss Lilian J. Redstone gives a detailed history of the church, various experts deal with the fabric and fittings, and there are ninety excellent photographs, drawings and prints of the building past and present. The church was once held by Barking Abbey, perhaps before the Conquest ; now it is the headquarters of the Guild of Toc H. Standing near the town, the church often served as a burial place for eminent people who had suffered on Tower Hill. Archbishop Laud, for instance, was first buried there before his remains were taken to his own college at Oxford. A later volume of this great survey is to deal with the parish of All Hallows.
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