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London's great expansion in the 19th century was driven by housing growth to accommodate the rapidly expanding population of the city. The growth of transport in London in this period fueled the outward expansion of suburbs, as did a cultural impetus to escape the inner city, allowing the worlds of 'work' and 'life' to be separate. [53]
- City of Westminster
- Whitechapel
- Southwark
- The City of London
- Islington
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Stepney
- Belgravia
- Bloomsbury
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see why Westminster is considered one of the most beautiful historical neighbourhoods in London; but the neighbourhood actually predates some of its most famous sites like Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament. The area we now know as Westminster was actually once an island which was separated from the...
Today it may be known for its thriving street art culture, (and during the Victorian ages, for Jack The Ripper), but Whitechapel remains to be one of the oldest neighbourhoods in London. As a matter of fact, Whitechapel High Street and Whitechapel Road were once part of the ancient Roman road between London and Colchester! If you want to make the m...
Southwark is considered to be London’s most historic borough as it hit its peak during the Tudor era. Not only is it home to London’s oldest market (The Borough Market), some believe that there was once a bear pit located close to where Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre was originally as well. Historical places to visit in Southwark: London Bridge, Imper...
Just strolling up and down Fleet Street will make you feel as if you’ve been transported back in time to the Sweeney Todd days, but Temple’s history steeps well past the Victorian era. The Temple area is perhaps best known for its church (Temple Church) which was named after the Knights Templar (circa 12th century), and the Temple Bar was once used...
The area now known as Islington was once called “Isledon” in the 17th century, and by this time had grown into a village which went along Upper Street and Lower Road (later Essex Road). During the Middle Ages, most of Islington belonged to various religious institutions, but after the dissolution of monasteries in the 1500s, much of the land was th...
The boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea can be dated back to the Saxon times, and believe it or not, both areas were actually mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. During the Middle Ages, Chelsea was a very small village, with a cluster of buildings near the marshes, and was a popular place to live amongst London’s elite. Historical places to visi...
It may not be as beautiful as Westminster or the City of London, but Stepney’s history is just as rich as any other neighbourhood in London. The first community in Stepney developed around a church of St. Dunstan’s in 923, and although the area was mostly marshland, its population started to expand during the 19th century thanks to the development ...
The super-rich have called Belgravia (a district in the City of Westminster) home for decades, and with gorgeous, sprawling Georgian architecture, it’s easy to see why. Although Belgravia isn’t as old as some of London’s other districts (it was developed during the 1860s), many of its original Italian-style white stucco terraces can still be seen t...
In the Doomsday Book of 1086, it was reported that there was an area in what we now know as London which consisted of vineyards and “wood for 100 pigs;” but it wasn’t until 1201 when that area was named Bloomsbury. Jane Austen even wrote about Bloomsbury in her book Emma, and during the first half of the 20th century the neighbourhood was a popular...
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In the area under review, a typical 19th century London suburb, the churches, chapels, schools and public buildings stand out in high relief against the general background of mediocrity created by the domestic buildings. There are, of course, several late Georgian terraces and houses of real merit, but in the main this is a fair generalization.
Feb 17, 2011 · Top. Going up west, and east. By contrast, areas to the west were scrubbing up quite nicely. Fuelled by demand from rich and powerful individuals, development of west London was rapid, extensive...
London’s population grew rapidly in the 19th century as the railways and the underground began to expand out, reaching villages like Brixton, and further out into new 'Metro-land', creating the first suburbs.
Jun 24, 2015 · Agar Town, built in the 1840s behind what is now St Pancras Station, sounded like a respectable Victorian suburb – with streets called Canterbury Place, Durham Street, Oxford Crescent – but, in...
