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A REMARKABLE early 19th century map of London has emerged for sale revealing how the city has dramatically changed over the past two centuries. The detailed 1830 map produced by celebrated cartogra… ...
Though it currently only has 300 images (vs. the 21,000 in OldNYC, the images here range from 19th century drawings to images of lost buildings, to places preserved thanks to the New York City ...
It most certainly was for a pair of soon-to-be newlyweds who boarded separate trains to Greenwich in the spring of 1889, just five hours after the bride's divorce had been finalized by a judge in ...
1884: Geographers and astronomers adopt Greenwich as the Prime Meridian, the international standard for zero degrees longitude. The late 19th century was an era of standardization. With the Second ...
A South London pub that’s stood since the 19th century could be changed into a Tesco, after the boozer has sat empty for over three years.
A bandstand in Greenwich dating back to the 19th century is set to be renovated to prevent people being injured by rotting wood and its cracked… ...