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==World War II bombing== The City of London was hit by one of the heaviest night raids of The Blitz on the night of 29 December 1940. Buildings on [[Paternoster Row]], housing the publishing companies [[Simpkin & Marshall]], Hutchinsons, [[Blackwood (publishing house)|Blackwood]], [[Longman]] and [[HarperCollins|Collins]] were destroyed. St Paul's Cathedral remained intact.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/mol-in6898|title=Bomb damage to Paternoster Square during the Blitz|website=[[Museum of London]]|accessdate=13 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815031801/http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/mol-in6898|archive-date=15 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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