Now by way of introduction. I'd like to try and give some indication of how London itself originated; of what developmental trends were built into it, as it were, from the very outset; and of how these trends have affected its growth. It started, of course, not as one, but as two cities. The Romans built a bridge across the Thames at a point where the estuary was narrow enough to make this a practical proposition; and the encampment associated with this bridge grew up on the north bank of the river. The principal fort of this encampment was on the site now occupied by the Tower. Further to the west, at a point where the river was fordable, an abbey — the Abbey of Westminster — was founded, and two towns grew up side by side — one centred on the Roman camp, and the other on the Abbey.
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