Achievements
    so far 		Since our foundation in 1988, a wide range of organisations and individuals have generously sponsored over thirty projects.
Our mission is to undertake original research on the society, economy, culture and fabric of London and to promote the study and wider appreciation of the capital’s character and development through the centuries Map of the Cheapside study area, c.1530, Social and Economic Study of Medieval London project
Some of our projects
The History of St Paul’s Cathedral, 604–2004
Social and Economic Study of Medieval London
Feeding the City: London’s Impact on its Agrarian Hinterland, c.1250–1400
Metropolitan Market Networks and the Metropolis 1300–1600
Views of Hosts: Reporting the Alien Commodity Trade, 1440–45
Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516
The Growth of the Skilled Workforce in London, 1500–1750
Plague in Florence and London Compared
English Merchant Culture 1660–1720
People in Place: Families, Households and Housing in Early Modern London
London in the 1690s
London Cases in the Court of Exchequer 1727–1841
The Evolution of London’s Central Financial District, 1690–1870
Mortality in the Metropolis 1860–1920
Financial Headquarters in the City 1850–1914
The Jobbing System of the London Stock Exchange – An Oral History
Coventry and Dresden after WWII (in comparison with London and Berlin)
A Checklist of Unpublished London Diaries
Some of our sponsors
Arts and Humanities Research Council
The Aurelius Trust
Bank of England
Barclays Bank
Barclays de Zoete Wedd
Clifford Chance
The Corporation of London
Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral
Economic and Social Research Council
English Heritage
Guardian Royal Exchange Charitable Trust
The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn
HSBC Bank
London Stock Exchange
The Leverhulme Trust
Linklaters & Paines
The Marc Fitch Fund
National Westminster Bank
Pasold Research Fund
The Pilgrim Trust
The Renaissance Trust
Society of Antiquaries of London
Sun Alliance Group
Warburg Securities
The Wellcome Trust
The Worshipful Company of Clothworkers
The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
The Worshipful Company of Mercers
The Worshipful Company of Scriveners

The results of the research are disseminated through printed publications, our freely accessible website www.history.ac.uk/cmh and that of British History Online, seminars and conferences

Some of the Centre for Metropolitan History's publications

Publications include
• The prize-winning St Paul’s: The Cathedral Church
of London 604–2004 and Bibliography of Printed
Works on London History
• Conference proceedings such as Goldsmiths,
Silversmiths and Bankers (sponsored by the
Goldsmiths’ Company, the South Square Trust
and Tessiers Ltd) and Guilds, Society and Economy
in London, 1450–1800 (published in association
with Guildhall Library and sponsored by 17 Livery
Companies)

Full list of publications

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