| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for rebuilding the City of London. |
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| Citation | 18 & 19 Cha. 2. c. 8
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| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 8 February 1667 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | City of London Sewers Act 1848 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Rebuilding of London Act 1666 is an Act of the Parliament of England (18 & 19 Cha. 2. c. 8) with the long title "An Act for rebuilding the City of London."[1] The Act was passed in February 1667 in the aftermath of the Great Fire of London and drawn up by Sir Matthew Hale. An earlier Act, the Fire of London Disputes Act 1666, had set up a court to settle disputes arising from buildings destroyed by the Fire. This Act regulated the rebuilding, authorized the City of London Corporation to reopen and widen roads, designated the anniversary of the Fire a feast day, and authorized the building of the Monument.[2] A duty of one shilling on a chaldron (at the time approximately 2,670 kg) of coal was imposed to pay for these measures.[3][4]
- ^ 'Charles II, 1666: An Act for rebuilding the City of London.', Statutes of the Realm: volume 5: 1628-80 (1819), pp. 603-12. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=47390. Date accessed: 08 March 2007.
- ^ 'Book 1, Ch. 15: From the Fire to the death of Charles II', A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 230-55. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=46732. Date accessed: 07 March 2007.
- ^ Bawtree, Maurice (Spring 1969). "The City of London coal duties and their boundary marks" (PDF). London Archaeologist (1). (6MB download from the Archaeology Data Service, University of York Department of Archaeology): 27–30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ Nail, Martin. "Types of boundary mark". City posts: the coal duties of the City of London and their boundary marks. Retrieved 17 January 2012.