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City of London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2001 words) |
 | The size of the City was originally constrained by a defensive perimeter wall, known as 'London Wall', that was built by the Romans to protect their strategic port city. |
| The City of London is England's smallest ceremonial county by both population and area covered and is the second smallest British city in both population and size, after St David's in Wales. |
| The City is surrounded on its borders by statues of the gryffons and shield from its Coat of Arms. |
| Hammersmith & City Line - encyclopedia article about Hammersmith & City Line. (1450 words) |
| On the Bakerloo Line it is between Regent's Park and Marylebone, and on the Jubilee Line it is between Bond Street and St. John's Wood. |
| The name derives from the erstwhile Hammersmith and City Railway (H&CR), a 5-km (3-mile) section between Hammersmith (Grove Road) and Westbourne Park that opened in 1864 and was built and operated jointly by the Metropolitan and Great Western Railways between 1864 and 1868. |
| All Hammersmith & City line trains are in the distinctive London Underground livery of Red, White and Blue and are the larger of the two sizes used on the network. |
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