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A mass petition to the Queen, in support of a recommendation by epidemiologist William Farr, led to the creation of the park. [6] The UK Parliament passed the York House and Victoria Park Act 1841, [7] which enabled the Crown Estate to purchases 218 acres (88 ha) which were laid out by notable London planner and architect Sir James Pennethorne between 1842 and 1846.
The laying out of Victoria Park in the East End, the first "People's Park", begins. The Metropolitan Buildings Office is established. 1846 3 April: The last London-based mail coach runs to Norwich. [96] 26 August: The North London Railway is authorised as the East & West India Docks & Birmingham Junction Railway, which opens from 1850.
2 February: The funeral procession of Queen Victoria takes place from Victoria station to Paddington station. 21 February: The Apollo Theatre opens on Shaftesbury Avenue. [7] 12 March: The Whitechapel Art Gallery, designed by Charles Harrison Townsend, opens. 1 April: The United Kingdom Census 1901 takes place. London's population is over 4.5 ...
Victoria Park (opened as Victoria Park & Hackney Wick) [1] was a railway station near Victoria Park, east London, [2] that was on the North London Railway (NLR) which opened in September 1850 to Bow (where the trains turned east into the London and Blackwall Railway's Fenchurch Street station) and to the London Docks in January 1852.
England's first chocolate house opens in London, [106] together with the Rainbow Coffee House, the city's second such establishment; while tobacconist and coffee house owner Thomas Garway in Exchange Alley is the first person to introduce tea in England. [107] [108] 1658 10 March: New London, Connecticut is named.
This is a timeline of English history, ... Queen Victoria becomes queen of England, she will reign until January 22, 1901. The Victorian era starts. 1859:
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This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom