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'Westminster Hall', (1881). Westminster Hall in London was completed in 1099. This view shows the Houses of Parliament in the late 18th century, before the fire of 1834 which destroyed most of the complex, the Hall being one of the few surviving buildings. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. Westminster and the Western Suburbs, by Edward Walford, Vol. III. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York, 1881]