G. F. Bosworth

West London

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Produktbeschreibung

This guide to West London by G. F. Bosworth was first published in 1912 as part of the Cambridge County Geographies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781107663602
• ISBN-10: 1107663601
• Artikelnr.: 37391853

Inhaltsangabe

1. County and shire. The county of London. The word London: its origin and
meaning; 2. General characteristics. Position and natural conditions. Why
London is our capital; 3. Size. Boundaries. Development. History of Growth.
London of the Romans, of the Saxons, of the Normans. Medieval London.
Stuart London; 4. London parks, commons, and open spaces in the NW and SW;
5. The Royal Parks - St James's Park. The Green Park. Hyde Park. Kensington
Gardens. Regent's Park; 6. The River Thames. The Embankment. The Wandle.
The bridges; 7. Rivers of the past. The Westbourne, and the Tybourne, or
Tyburn; 8. The water-supply of London - past and present; 9. Geology; 10.
Natural history; 11. Climate and rainfall. Greenwich Observatory and its
work; 12. People - race. Dialect. Settlements. Population; 13. Industries
and manufactures; 14. Trade. The markets. The Custom House. The Exchanges.
The Bank of England. The Royal Mint; 15. History; 16. Antiquities -
prehistoric, Roman, Saxon; 17. Architecture - (a) ecclesiastical. Medieval
churches. Wren's churches. Chapels Royal; 18. Architecture - (b)
ecclesiastical. Westminster Abbey; 19. Architecture - (c) domestic. Royal
and Episcopal palaces: The Tower, Westminster, Whitehall, The Savoy, St
James's, Kensington, Buckingham, Lambeth, and Fulham. Houses: Staple Inn,
Holland House, etc.; 20. Communications - ancient and modern. The Thames
formerly the Normal Highway of London. The Thames Watermen; 21.
Administration and divisions. The City of Westminster. The London County
Council. The Port Authority. Trinity House; 22. Public buildings - (a)
parliamentary and legal. The Houses of Parliament. Royal Courts of Justice.
Inns of Court; 23. Public buildings - (b) government and administrative
offices in Whitehall and Parliament Street. Somerset House. Spring Gardens;
24. Public buildings - (c) museums and exhibitions. British Museum, Natural
History Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, India Museum, Imperial
Institute; 25. Public buildings - (d) art galleries. National Gallery,
National Portrait Gallery, National Gallery of British Art, The Wallace
Collection; 26. Public buildings - (e) hospitals. St Thomas's, St George's,
Charing Cross, Royal Military Hospital, Foundling Hospital; 27. Education -
primary, secondary, and technical. Foundation and collegiate schools. The
University of London; 28. Roll of honour; 29. The City of Westminster and
the Boroughs in the north-west and south-west of the county of London; Area
and population; Index.