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![]() LDNnews Added: 15 Feb 2019 18:20 GMT IP: 3:1:41 | Post by LDNnews: Earls Court Brexit news latest: Eight Cabinet ministers signal they're ready to quit over no deal Up to eight Cabinet ministers are indicating they will resign if Theresa May lets Britain crash out of the European Union without a deal, the Standard has learned. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-latest-eight-cabinet-ministers-signal-theyre-ready-to-quit-over-no-deal-a4067976.html |
![]() LDNnews Added: 15 Feb 2019 07:20 GMT IP: 3:2:41 | Post by LDNnews: Bayswater A40 crash: Patrick and Shauna McDonagh who died in car crash while fleeing police 'were not present at burglary', IOPC reveal Couple killed in crash with coach following police pursuit ’were not present during burglary’ Victim Shauna McDonagh was due to give birth on Valentine’s Day, her family have revealed Investigators are to examine the ’rationale’ behind the police pursuit https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/couple-who-died-in-coach-crash-were-not-at-burglary-iopc-say-a4067376.html |
![]() LDNnews Added: 15 Feb 2019 06:40 GMT IP: 3:3:41 | Post by LDNnews: Sloane Square Brexit couple’s Valentines date One couple with very different views about Brexit invited us along to their date night. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-47239133 |
![]() LDNnews Added: 14 Feb 2019 16:40 GMT IP: 3:4:41 | Post by LDNnews: Earls Court Brexit latest: Theresa May faces threat of fresh rebellion as key Commons vote looms Theresa May is facing the prospect of a Valentine’s Day revolt from hardline Tory MPs in a key Brexit vote. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-latest-theresa-may-faces-threat-of-fresh-rebellion-as-key-vote-looms-a4066381.html |
![]() LDNnews Added: 14 Feb 2019 05:40 GMT IP: 3:5:41 | Post by LDNnews: Bayswater London's nine most wanted: police share images of suspects being hunted over array of violent crimes Police today released images of nine of London’s most wanted suspects who are being hunted over an array of violent crimes in the capital. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/londons-nine-most-wanted-police-share-images-of-suspects-being-hunted-over-array-of-violent-crimes-a4065591.html |
![]() LDNnews Added: 14 Feb 2019 01:40 GMT IP: 3:6:41 | Post by LDNnews: Sloane Square London’s 100 Club will ’rethink’ plans not to publish stage times The 100 Club says it wanted to get more people watching support acts but its plan received a mixed response. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-47211911 |
![]() LDNnews Added: 13 Feb 2019 16:40 GMT IP: 3:7:41 | Post by LDNnews: Earls Court Home Secretary Sajid Javid demands social media firms crack down on posts that fuel knife crime Sajid Javid has demanded that social media companies step up efforts to remove online content that fuels knife violence. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/home-secretary-demands-social-media-crackdown-on-posts-that-fuel-knife-crime-a4065061.html |
![]() LDNnews Added: 13 Feb 2019 13:40 GMT IP: 3:8:41 | Post by LDNnews: Bayswater Union barons threaten industrial action on Tube in row over red vests for staff Union barons today threatened industrial action on the Tube in a bizarre row about station staff being ordered to wear new red vests. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/union-barons-threaten-industrial-action-on-tube-in-row-over-red-vests-for-staff-a4065756.html |
![]() LDNnews Added: 13 Feb 2019 01:40 GMT IP: 3:9:41 | Post by LDNnews: Sloane Square London’s secret billion-pound guilds London’s trade guilds date back a thousand years and have billions of pounds in assets. But have they forgotten their original purpose? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46781809 |
![]() LDNnews Added: 12 Feb 2019 16:30 GMT IP: 3:10:41 | Post by LDNnews: West Brompton Brexit news latest: Michel Barnier says Europe 'will not reopen' Brexit deal after talks with Stephen Barclay The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has said yet again that no changes will be made to the Prime Minister’s Withdrawal Agreement. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-news-latest-michel-barnier-states-no-changes-to-brexit-deal-after-talks-with-stephen-barclay-a4063961.html |
![]() LDNnews Added: 12 Feb 2019 16:30 GMT IP: 3:11:41 | Post by LDNnews: Earls Court Hostile states continue to pose threat to UK after Novichok attack, says Home Secretary Hostile states are continuing to pose a threat to Britain in the wake of the Novichok attack, Sajid Javid warned today as new counter-terrorism powers became law. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/hostile-states-continue-to-pose-threat-to-uk-after-novichok-attack-says-home-secretary-a4064581.html |
![]() LDNnews Added: 12 Feb 2019 04:40 GMT IP: 3:12:41 | Post by LDNnews: Bayswater Murder charge over street attack in Kent Wesley Adyinka, 37, died in the street near his home after suffering suspected stab injuries. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-47201800 |
![]() LDNnews Added: 12 Feb 2019 01:30 GMT IP: 3:13:41 | Post by LDNnews: Sloane Square BAFTAs 2019: Salma Hayek gets a helping hand back to her car The film star, 52, was joined by a host of other celebrities as she cut loose at the official BAFTA party. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6691147/BAFTAs-2019-Salma-Hayek-gets-helping-hand-car-night-partying.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 |
![]() LDNnews Added: 11 Feb 2019 18:30 GMT IP: 3:14:41 | Post by LDNnews: Earls Court Cabinet minister Liz Truss poses for selfie with Taylor Swift at the BAFTA awards Liz Truss has posted a selfie with Taylor Swift at the BAFTA awards. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/liz-truss-poses-for-selfie-with-taylor-swift-at-the-bafta-awards-a4063091.html |
![]() LDNnews Added: 11 Feb 2019 06:30 GMT IP: 3:15:41 | Post by LDNnews: Bayswater Aliny Mendes murder latest: Detectives given more time to question suspect after fatal stabbing of mother Detectives investigating the murder of 39-year-old mother Aliny Mendes have been given more time to quiz a suspect. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/aliny-mendes-murder-latest-detectives-given-more-time-to-question-suspect-after-fatal-stabbing-of-a4062631.html |
![]() | VIEW THE SOUTH KENSINGTON AREA IN THE 1750s The 1750 Rocque map is bounded by Sudbury (NW), Snaresbrook (NE), Eltham (SE) and Hampton Court (SW). Outside these bounds, the 1750 map does not display. |
![]() | VIEW THE SOUTH KENSINGTON AREA IN THE 1800s The 1800 mapping is bounded by Stanmore (NW), Woodford (NE), Bromley (SE) and Hampton Court (SW). Outside these bounds, the 1800 map does not display. |
![]() | VIEW THE SOUTH KENSINGTON AREA IN THE 1830s The 1830 mapping is bounded by West Hampstead (NW), Hackney (NE), Greenwich (SE) and Chelsea (SW). Outside these bounds, the 1830 map does not display. |
![]() | VIEW THE SOUTH KENSINGTON AREA IN THE 1860s The 1860 mapping is bounded by Brent Cross (NW), Stratford (NE), Greenwich (SE) and Hammermith (SW). Outside these bounds, the 1860 map does not display. |
![]() | VIEW THE SOUTH KENSINGTON AREA IN THE 1900s The 1900 mapping covers all of the London area. |
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![]() | Central London, south west (1901) FREE DOWNLOAD Central London, south west. Stanford's Geographical Establishment. London : Edward Stanford, 26 & 27, Cockspur St., Charing Cross, S.W. (1901) |
![]() | Cary's map provides a detailed view of London. With print date of 1 January 1818, Cary's map has 27 panels arranged in 3 rows of 9 panels, each measuring approximately 6 1/2 by 10 5/8 inches. The complete map measures 32 1/8 by 59 1/2 inches.
Digitising this map has involved aligning the panels into one contiguous map. John Cary |
![]() | John Rocque Map of London (1762) FREE DOWNLOAD John Rocque (c. 1709–1762) was a surveyor, cartographer, engraver, map-seller and the son of Huguenot émigrés.
Roque is now mainly remembered for his maps of London. This map dates from the second edition produced in 1762. London and his other maps brought him an appointment as cartographer to the Prince of Wales in 1751. His widow continued the business after his death.
The map covers central London at a reduced level of detail compared with his 1745-6 map. John Rocque, The Strand, London |
![]() | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1843) FREE DOWNLOAD Engraved map. Hand coloured. Chapman and Hall, London |
![]() | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1836) FREE DOWNLOAD Engraved map. Hand coloured.
Insets: A view of the Tower from London Bridge -- A view of London from Copenhagen Fields. Includes views of facades of 25 structures "A comparison of the principal buildings of London." Chapman and Hall, London |
![]() | Environs of London (1832) FREE DOWNLOAD Engraved map. Hand coloured. Relief shown by hachures. A circle shows "Extent of the twopenny post delivery." Chapman and Hall, London |
![]() | London Underground Map (1921). FREE DOWNLOAD London Underground map from 1921. London Transport |
![]() | The Environs of London (1865). FREE DOWNLOAD Prime meridian replaced with "Miles from the General Post Office." Relief shown by hachures. Map printed in black and white. Published By J. H. Colton. No. 172 William St. New York |
![]() | London Underground Map (1908). FREE DOWNLOAD London Underground map from 1908. London Transport |
![]() | Ordnance Survey of the London region (1939) FREE DOWNLOAD Ordnance Survey colour map of the environs of London 1:10,560 scale Ordnance Survey. Crown Copyright 1939. |
![]() | Outer London (1901) FREE DOWNLOAD Outer London shown in red, City of London in yellow. Relief shown by hachures. Stanford's Geographical Establishment. London : Edward Stanford, 26 & 27, Cockspur St., Charing Cross, S.W. (1901) |
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