It was the largest city in the world from about 1825, [1] the world's largest port, and the heart of international finance and trade. [2] Railways connecting London to the rest of Britain, as well …

In the 1880s, London experienced a boom in so-called ‘slum tourism’. For the men and women of polite society ‘slumming’ became a fashionable activity, albeit one with an added sense of …

In the mid-1880s there were over 12,000 omnibuses operating on London’s roads, carrying around forty million passengers per year. They had revolutionised transport for the average …

5 days ago · At the movement's height between 1880 and 1914 there were some 500 Temperance hotels around the country, with many of those in London. Over time many spaces …

The London County Council (LCC) decided to clear the Old Nichol slums in the 1890s, and the first council housing development in Britain, called the Boundary Estate, was built in its place …

4 days ago · The masculine emphasis in sports was complemented by the club life of the upper classes, which, while always decidedly masculine, in the 1880s and ’90s, in terms of the …

Mar 14, 2021 · Their numbers doubled in the 1880s when many refugees arrived from Russia and Eastern Europe. Part of the reason for the growth of London was the railway, which made it …

In the 1880s, London’s frequent and well-documented episodes of fog were a phenomenon unique to England’s most densely populated, diverse, and industrialized urban center.

Aug 31, 2018 · 19th Century London was grey and drab, and very grim for all but the lucky, and the wealthy. Open sewers and poor drainage, filthy streets and houses, dung piles, and lack of …

Nov 3, 2024 · A new book, 'London: Lost Interiors', explores the lost riches of London’s grand houses. Its author, Steven Brindle, looks at the residences of plutocrats built by the nouveaux …