PUTNEY BY J. C. GEIKIE. The first mention made of Putney—styled “Putenhie” in the Conqueror’s Domesday Book, and “Puttenheth” in all subsequent records—is in connection with the fishery and ferry which existed here at the time of the Conquest. In 1663 the fishery was held for the three best salmon caught in March, April, and …
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Roomy villas : the story of Southfields Grid and its surroundings
Full text of “Roomy villas : the story of Southfields Grid and its surroundings” was produced as a free eBook by local historian Neil Robson during 2000 in partnership with Wandsworth Libraries and Museum. Acknowledgements So many people have contributed towards the success of this project, and it is fair to say that without their …
Survey of London: Battersea High Street area
Table of contents Survey of London: BatterseaBartlett School of Architecture/UCL Next This material appears courtesy of the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College Londonwww.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/architecture/sites/bartlett/files/50.01_battersea_high_street_area.pdfUsed with permission. © English Heritage 2013 The High Street area, encompassing the historic core of Battersea village, has a long and involved building history but little pre-Victorian fabric. The economic …
Survey of London: Battersea
Table of contents Survey of London: Battersea Bartlett School of Architecture/UCL Battersea High Street area This eBook appears courtesy of the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/architecture/sites/bartlett/files/50.01_battersea_high_street_area.pdf Used with permission. © English Heritage 2013 Chapter 1: Battersea High Street area Chapter 2: Battersea Bridge Road to York Road Battersea Riverside Chapter 3: …
London Street Names (1896)
LONDON STREET NAMES. THEIR ORIGIN, SIGNIFICATION, AND HISTORIC VALUE; WITH DIVERS NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS F. H. HABBEN, B.A. J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1896 PRELIMINARY. ” The happiness of London,” said the oracular Dr Johnson, whom we still reverence as “the great lexicographer,” notwithstanding his inevitable supersession by the lapse of time — ” The happiness …
Maxwell’s Hampstead
From “Hampstead, its historic houses, its literary and artistic associations”, Anna Maxwell (1912) PRIORY LODGE. That ” small house ” has been enlarged, and become the present Priory Lodge, which, happily for the pilgrim’s purpose, remains untenanted and in the care of a person who can point out the original Johnson rooms, also facilitating a …
Survey Of London
A guide to every available volume until 2014. Volume 1. Bromley-By-Bow Volume 2. Chelsea, Part I Volume 3. St Giles-in-The-Fields, Part I: Lincoln’s Inn Fields Volume 4. Chelsea, Part II Volume 5. St Giles-in-The-Fields, Part II Volume 6. Hammersmith Volume 7. Chelsea, Part III: the Old Church Volume 8. Shoreditch Volume 9. The Parish of St Helen, Bishopsgate, Part I Volume 10. St Margaret, Westminster, Part …
The History of London: Walter Besant
1. THE FOUNDATION OF LONDON. PART I. ‘In the year 1108 B.C., Brutus, a descendant of Æneas, who was the son of Venus, came to England with his companions, after the taking of Troy, and founded the City of Troynovant, which is now called London. After a thousand years, during which the City grew and …
A Dictionary of London (1918)
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben contained historical notes of streets and buildings in the City of London, including references to other relevant sources. It was originally published by H Jenkins Ltd., London, 1918. Abbot of St. Alban’s Inn This was the town house of the Abbots of St. Albans, prior to the …
The Fascination of London: The Strand
THE STRAND DISTRICT. By SIR WALTER BESANT and G. E. MITTON. PART I WEST AND NORTH OF CHARING CROSS Beginning at the extreme westerly limit of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, on the south side of Hyde Park Corner, we find ourselves in the Green Park. This is a triangular piece of ground, which was formerly called Little …