London (Cromwell the Great)

London is the capital city of England and the British Commonwealth. It is the most populous city in the Commonwealth with a metropolitan area of over 5 million inhabitants. Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain, London has been a major settlement for two millennia. The Port of London is also a major port of the British Islands.

London is the seat of the Government of the Commonwealth. Many government bodies, as well as the Lord Protector's and Lord President of the Council residences, are based close to the New Palace of Whitehall, particularly along Whitehall, and the Commonwealth Parliament.

The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of the City of London from Sunday, 2 September to Wednesday, 5 September 1667. The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall. It threatened but did not reach the aristocratic district of Westminster, New Palace of Whitehall, and most of the suburban slums. It consumed 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches, St Paul's Cathedral, and most of the buildings of the City authorities. It is estimated to have destroyed the homes of 70,000 of the city's 80,000 inhabitants. In 1669 it was reopen City of London Exchange in new building after the old one destroyed by the Great Fire.

Parliament approved the Rebuilding of London Act 1667. This Act regulated the rebuilding as well as authorising the City of London Corporation to reopen and widen roads, making the anniversary of the fire a feast day and erecting the Monument. There plans to rebuilt the City in a grandiose new manner with wide avenues, however all came to nill and the reconstruction followed the old city. grid. However the great building on the time was Christopher Wren's e rebuilt of St. Paul's Cathedral in 1670 and the Monument to the Great Fire of London.

During the 19th century there were several schemes and attempts to establish a London-wide elected authority that covered the City of London and its growing metropolitan area that was outside its authority. The Local Government Electoral Reform Act of 1824 that reformed all local authorities in the British Islands and established the election of its authorities did not effect the City of London. The establishment of the Metropolitan Police District in 1830 for the Metropolitan London prompted also the creation of police force for the City of London in the same legislation. However plans for a wider reform proposed by Radical Progressive met opposition and was fought by the City of London and the conservative National Constitutional PU. It had lukewarm support from the Civic PU and Municipal Reform PU. A proposal of reform in 1839 meant the fall of the Radical Progressive Council of Lovell Prichard. The minority Civic-National Constitutional Government agreed on principle for a reform in the governance of Metropolitan London but less ambitious than the failed London Government Bill.

City of London
The City of London is a city that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district of London in 1,12 square mile (Aprox. 2.90 km2). It constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages, but the agglomeration has since grown far beyond the City's borders.

The City of London Corporation, officially and legally the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, is the municipal governing body of the City of London, the historic centre of London. There is no surviving record of a charter first establishing the Corporation as a legal body. The corporation's structure includes the Lord Mayor, the Court of Aldermen, the Court of Common Council, and the Freemen and Livery of the City. the City of London is divided in 26 wards. The Court of Aldermen represents the wards, with each ward (irrespective of size) returning one Alderman. The Court of Common Council with representation of the wards according to their population and up to 240 the total membership of the Common Council. The chief executive of the Corporation holds the ancient office of Town Clerk of London.