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Category Archives: /Lam-Streatham
Great North Wood on Rocque’s Small Scale Map
Above: The Great North Wood shown on Rocque’s small scale map (Click image to enlarge to 1550×1250). There is never any substitute for seeing direct evidence for something. Theories of how something might have looked cannot compete with actual evidence. In … Continue reading
Great North Wood Extent
Above: Outline map showing the extent of the Great North Wood in medieval times (Click image to enlarge to 1280×800). If you draw a vertical line passing through London Bridge on a map of Inner London, it would pass very close … Continue reading
The Rookery, Streatham
Above: The middle part of the gardens at The Rookery. Tucked away on the edge of Streatham Common, right on the ‘edge’ of Inner London, is a very unusual public garden. Known as ‘The Rookery’ it is beside quite high … Continue reading
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Great North Wood (Background Page)
Above: View on a sunny day in the dense woodland – now known as Sydenham Hill Wood – that still remains from a small part of the original Great North Wood. The subject of the Great North Wood relates to … Continue reading
Lambeth, London Borough of
Above: Outline map of the London Borough of Lambeth. GREEN dots show ancient villages – known to be in existence by Saxon or Norman times. YELLOW dots show other early villages which came into being after 1066. Its now time … Continue reading
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Metropolitan London (Year 5)
Above: Map of the 28 Metropolitan Boroughs that made up London until 1965. In addition, there was the City of London (in pink). This year, as you can see from the outline map above, we will be looking at the … Continue reading →