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John Westbrooke's avatar

Anglo-Saxons didn't have to have beards to own property: women, married or single, could do so, without needing the consent of males in the family. To think it wasn't till 1975 that a woman could open a bank account without permission from her father or husband...

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Billy5959's avatar

This was a joy! I knew about the Tyburn, but the detail about the old London Bridge was a surprise - I cycled via that narrow passage (St Olafs Stairs) to the river for several years, first going under the "new" London Bridge, and I had no idea I was using the old bridge route. So much buried historic treasure.

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