Village London: The Story of Greater London, Volym 2Alderman Press, 1983 - 576 sidor Originally published in 1883 under the title Greater London, and first reprinted 100 years later, this work by a Victorian historian and antiquarian records the history of the hamlets, villages and market towns that made up the metropolitan area before the urban sprawl took over. |
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... interest or attract the tourist ; but it is of interest as having given the title of Lord Farnborough to Sir Charles Long , of the neighbouring parish of Bromley , and of whom we have already spoken at some length in our account of that ...
... interest or attract the tourist ; but it is of interest as having given the title of Lord Farnborough to Sir Charles Long , of the neighbouring parish of Bromley , and of whom we have already spoken at some length in our account of that ...
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... interest was excited by the match , which was bravely won by the West- minster lads . From this match the golden era of boating may be said to date . Some ten or a dozen years later there was achieved upon the Thames a remarkable feat ...
... interest was excited by the match , which was bravely won by the West- minster lads . From this match the golden era of boating may be said to date . Some ten or a dozen years later there was achieved upon the Thames a remarkable feat ...
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... interest , and Mr. Cartwright , or his representatives , held it on lease as before . In the last century , Mr. Richard Hoare ( a son of Sir Richard Hoare , Knt . , and Lord Mayor of London in 1745 ) became lessee of Barnes . He was ...
... interest , and Mr. Cartwright , or his representatives , held it on lease as before . In the last century , Mr. Richard Hoare ( a son of Sir Richard Hoare , Knt . , and Lord Mayor of London in 1745 ) became lessee of Barnes . He was ...
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Village London: The Story of Greater London, Del 2 Edward Walford Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 1985 |
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