by DAVID CANNADINE , fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge 2: Municipal Religions Town-hall pomp was conspicuous by its absence in early Victorian England. But by the end of the century the Mayor and Aldermen were as splendid as bishops.
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by DAVID CANNADINE , fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge 2: Municipal Religions Town-hall pomp was conspicuous by its absence in early Victorian England. But by the end of the century the Mayor and Aldermen were as splendid as bishops.