Greater London

Author : Nick Barratt
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409022544
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greater London written by Nick Barratt and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London's suburbs may stretch for well over 600 square miles, but in historical accounts of the capital they tend to take something of a back seat. In Greater London, historian Nick Barratt places them firmly centre stage, tracing their journey from hamlets and villages far out in the open countryside to fully fledged urban enclaves, simultaneously demonstrating the crucial role they have played in the creation of today's metropolis. Starting in the first century AD, he shows how the tiny settlements that grew up in the Thames Valley gradually developed, and how they were shaped by their proximity to the city. He describes the spread of the first suburbs beyond the city walls, and traces the ebb and flow of population as people moved in to find jobs or away to escape London's noise and bustle. He charts the transformation wrought by the coming of the railways, the fight to preserve Hampstead Heath, Epping Forest and other green spaces and the struggle to create a London-wide form of government. He gives an account of wartime destruction and peacetime reconstruction, and then brings the story to the present with a description of the very varied nature of today's suburbs and their inhabitants. In the process, he evokes Tudor Hackney and Georgian Hampton, explains why Victorian Battersea and Finchley were so different from one another, and follows Islington's fall from grace and subsequent recovery. Magnificently illustrated throughout with contemporary engravings and photographs, this is the essential history for anyone who has ever lived in London.

Author : Peter Tucker
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 139811667X
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buses in Greater London written by Peter Tucker and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated overview of London's buses from the 1990s straight through to the present day.

Author : Great Britain
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780105424079
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greater London Authority Act 2007 written by Great Britain and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-10-29 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Act consists of 11 parts and two schedules, and includes provisions relating to: payments on ceasing to hold office as Mayor or Assembly member; consultations held on mayoral strategies; confirmation hearings regarding certain appointments by the Mayor; the publication of an annual report by the General London Assembly; the annual budget of the GLA; a new post of Health Adviser to advise the GLA on major health issues; the requirement for the Mayor to publish a health inequalities strategy, a London housing strategy, a municipal waste management strategy and a London climate change mitigation and energy strategy; and measures regarding local development schemes and planning and development control matters. Explanatory notes have been produced to assist in the understanding of this Act and are available separately (ISBN 9780105624073)

Author : Jan Bondeson
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 178462974X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder Houses of Greater London written by Jan Bondeson and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Which of Greater London’s most gruesome murders happened in your street? And were they committed by Graham Frederick Young, the Poisoner of the North Circular Road, by the murderous Donald Hume, or by that monster Dennis Nilsen? Armed with this book and a good London map, you will be able to do some murder house detection work of your own.

Author : Barry Gumm
Publisher : Createspace
ISBN 13 : 1518603025
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mystery Babylon The Greater London? written by Barry Gumm and published by Createspace. This book was released on 2016-01-14 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is Great-er London Mystery Babylon The Great? God does not leave things to chance. The book of Revelation is so much more literal than most think. For example I remember when I was 9 years old seeing the Royal Cup,. It was enormous to me back then. On this golden cup is everything that is described in the Book of Revelation for the Harlot. The Royal Cup is in the London Museum. Why would God bother whether a Golden cup dressed with Pearls, Scarlet and Purple be made anyway? In the end it all made perfect sense in realising who or what the Great City is being Mystery Babylon the Great.

Author : Edward Walford
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385319080
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greater London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places written by Edward Walford and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-19 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

Author : Stuart Hallifax
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750960574
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great War Britain London: Remembering 1914-18 written by Stuart Hallifax and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-11-03 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: London offers an in-depth portrait of the capital and its people during the 'war to end all wars'. It describes the reaction to the war's outbreak; charts the experience of individuals who enlisted; shares many first-hand experiences, including tales of the Zeppelin raids and anti-German riots of the era; examines the work of local hospitals; and explores how the capital and its people coped with the transition to life in peacetime. Vividly illustrated with evocative images from the newspapers of the day, it commemorates the extraordinary bravery and sacrifice of London's residents between 1914 and 1918.

Author : David A. Weiss
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1466951362
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Fire of London written by David A. Weiss and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the five-day fire of 1666, which destroyed most of the old city of London, and its effect on the people and the government. Also describes the problems of rebuilding and restoration in the years that followed as recorded by prominent people of the time.

Author : Sandra Gustafson
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811832991
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sandra Gustafson's Great Sleeps London written by Sandra Gustafson and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2002-02 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandra Gustafson's beloved travel guides (more than 350,000 copies sold in the series) are poised to find their widest popular audience with the exciting re-launch of these best-selling series titles. Joining Great Eats and Great Sleeps Paris, Sandra's guides to London and Italy have been completely revised and updated, retooled and retitled, with new maps, streamlined layout, expanded listings, and more detailed neighborhood coverage. While Sandra's eagle eye for finding the best value for the money remains the series hallmark, its renewed emphasis on the full range of travel pleasures--from the inexpensive romantic hideaway to the splurge dinner worth every penny--is sure to please longtime fans and attract a legion more. Packed with personal recommendations, each revisited or newly discovered by Sandra, the Great Eats/Sleeps series is the perfect companion for anyone in search of the out-of-the-way, unusual, fun, and true flavor of Europe.

Author : Cathy Teesdale
Publisher : LOM Art
ISBN 13 : 9781910552421
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Humans of London written by Cathy Teesdale and published by LOM Art. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vibrant celebration of humanity and everyday life in this incredibly multicultural and multi-faceted capital city.