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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 ...
Railway map of London, 1899, from The Pocket Atlas and Guide to London During the 19th century, London was transformed into the world's largest city and capital of the British Empire . The population rose from over 1 million in 1801 to 5.567 million in 1891. [ 3 ]
18th-century London; 1700–1800: ... whose body was displayed at the Old Bailey. ... Comparison of London maps made in the mid-17th century with ones made in the mid ...
Some recent discoveries indicate probable very early settlements near the Thames in the London area. At the Fulham Palace site in Fulham in modern west London, evidence of prehistoric activity dating from the late Mesolithic and early Neolithic age was uncovered by various archaeological investigations undertaken there since the early 1970s, depicting the use of struck flint.
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. c. 250 – Coasting barge "Blackfriars I" sinks in the Thames at Blackfriars. 255 – Work begins on a riverside wall in London. [10]
Map of Maximus Planudes (c. 1300), earliest extant realization of Ptolemy's world map (2nd century) Gangnido (Korea, 1402) Bianco world map (1436) Fra Mauro map (c. 1450) Map of Bartolomeo Pareto (1455) Genoese map (1457) Map of Juan de la Cosa (1500) Cantino planisphere (1502) Piri Reis map (1513) Dieppe maps (c. 1540s-1560s) Mercator 1569 ...
A map of the London Docks in 1831 A birdseye view dated 1845 At the London Dock in the 1820s, the Customs employed around 250 men and the Excise around 200. Port wine from Oporto being unloaded on a London Docks quayside, circa 1909. The London Docks were one of several sets of docks in the historic Port of London.
London is expanding, but there are still large areas of fields to the east of the City. 1882 Reynolds Map of the East End. Development has now eliminated the open fields shown on the earlier map. Part of Charles Booth's poverty map showing the Old Nichol slum. Published 1889 in Life and Labour of the People in London. The red areas are "middle ...