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There is a major fire in the city at about this time. c. 190–225 – The London Wall is constructed. During 3rd century - London's population is around 50,000 due to the influence of its major port. c. 214 – London becomes the capital of the province of Britannia Inferior. c. 240 – The London Mithraeum is built.
Up until 1750, London Bridge was the only crossing over the Thames, but in that year Westminster Bridge was opened and, for the first time in history, London Bridge, in a sense, had a rival. In 1798, Frankfurt banker Nathan Mayer Rothschild arrived in London and set up a banking house in the city, with a large sum of money given to him by his ...
John Rocque's 24-sheet map. In 1746, the French-born British surveyor and cartographer John Rocque produced two maps of London and the surrounding area. The better known of these has the full name A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, and Borough of Southwark: it is a map of Georgian London to a scale of 26 inches to a mile (i.e. 1:2437), surveyed by John Rocque, engraved by John ...
The "Woodcut" map of London, dating from the 1560s Map showing the extent of the Great Fire of London, which destroyed nearly 80% of the City The 1666 Great Fire as depicted in a 17th-century painting: it depicts Old London Bridge at left, churches, houses, and the Tower of London at right, as seen from a boat near Tower Wharf.
Metropolitan boroughs were subdivisions of the County of London from 1900 to 1965. The 28 boroughs were created by the London Government Act 1899. [1] In 1965 they were abolished and replaced by larger London boroughs within the new area of Greater London. The City of London, indicated no. 1 on the map, was not a metropolitan borough. It ...
Edward Stanford first publishes Stanford's Library Map of London and its suburbs. 1863 10 January: The first section of the London Underground, the Metropolitan Railway between Paddington and Farringdon Street, opens to the public, operated by steam locomotives, making it the first in the world. [129] 2 March: Clapham Junction railway station ...
11 November: The London Overground rail franchise begins operation of North London line. This also takes over the East London line in 2010 as well as the Lea Valley lines and the Romford–Upminster line in 2015. 2008 16 January: The Rose Theatre, Kingston, opens. 28 March: Heathrow Terminal 5 opens at the airport.
London as engraved by J. & C. Walker in 1845 from a map by R Creighton. Many districts in the West End were fully developed, and the East End also extended well beyond the eastern fringe of the City of London. There were now several bridges over the Thames, allowing the rapid development of South London. (from History of London)