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Showing posts with label London History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label London History. Show all posts
Thursday, September 3, 2015

A rare souvenir of London’s Great Wheel

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The Great Wheel, which was built for the Empire of India exhibition at Earl’s Court in 1895, and was the ‘London Eye’ of its time, is pretty...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

A begging letter from a debtor’s prison

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Begging letters from debtors don’t usually survive, although there are at least three reasons why they might. Perhaps the writer was a ...
Thursday, August 13, 2015

Henry Harben and his 'Dictionary of London'

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Henry Harben's Dictionary of London is a detailed gazetteer of over 6000 street and place names in the City of London; their location,...
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