Download or read book Dirty Old London written by Lee Jackson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Victorian London, filth was everywhere: horse traffic filled the streets with dung, household rubbish went uncollected, cesspools brimmed with "night soil," graveyards teemed with rotting corpses, the air itself was choked with smoke. In this intimately visceral book, Lee Jackson guides us through the underbelly of the Victorian metropolis, introducing us to the men and women who struggled to stem a rising tide of pollution and dirt, and the forces that opposed them. Through thematic chapters, Jackson describes how Victorian reformers met with both triumph and disaster. Full of individual stories and overlooked details--from the dustmen who grew rich from recycling, to the peculiar history of the public toilet--this riveting book gives us a fresh insight into the minutiae of daily life and the wider challenges posed by the unprecedented growth of the Victorian capital.
Download or read book Old London Silver Its History Its Makers and Its Marks written by Montague Howard and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Old London Bridge written by Patricia Pierce and published by Headline Book Pub Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over 600 years, Old London Bridge represented the pulsating heart of London. The scene of commerce and battle, romance and ceremony, it remained a vibrant focal point for 20 generations of Londoners. This remarkable structure—with its drawbridge, nineteen arches, and nineteen piers—stood majestic through the centuries and was an inspiration to many who saw it. This is the story of the bridge, its inhabitants, and its extraordinary evolution—and of how it came to live on in affectionate folk memory, occupying a unique place in London’s heritage.
Download or read book Old London written by Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Chronicles of Old London written by Kevin Jackson and published by Museyon Inc. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover one of the world's most fascinating and historic cities through 30 dramatic true stories spanning the rich history of London. Author Kevin Jackson takes readers through more than 2,000 years of British history with exciting essays on topics such as London's origins, Richard the Lion-Hearted, Geoffrey Chaucer, Henry V, Shakespeare, Queen Victoria, Jack the Ripper, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, the Beatles, and more. In addition, guided walking tours of London's historic neighborhoods, illustrated with color photographs and period maps, take readers to the places where history really happened.
Download or read book Maps of old London written by G.E. Mitton and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 2014 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lure of Old London written by Sophie Cole and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1921, this work presents an incredible history of the city of Old London. The writer describes the famous locations beautifully and entertains the readers with several unknown facts about the place. In addition, the author includes short biographies of people who somehow shaped the history of London.
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Download or read book The Amusements of Old London written by William Biggs Boulton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-24 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set published in 1901 shows how entertainment in London changed between Charles II's restoration and Queen Victoria's accession.
Download or read book The Ludicrous Laws of Old London written by Nigel Cawthorne and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2016-06-02 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London abounds with all manner of ludicrous laws, and not all of these curious statutes have been relegated to the past. Despite the efforts of the Law Commission there are medieval laws that are still in force, and the City of London and its livery companies have their own legal oddities. Laws are made in the capital because parliament is here; so are the Old Bailey, the Law Courts, the House of Lords and, now, the Supreme Court. The privy council, which sometimes has to decide cases, also sits in London, and there were other courts that used to sit in London, from prize courts concerning war booty to ecclesiastical courts. Having maintained its 'ancient rights and freedoms' under Magna Carta, the City felt free to enact its own laws, many of which seem to have had to do with what people could wear. Until quite recently, for example, a man could be arrested for walking down the street wearing a wig, a robe and silk stockings - unless he was a judge. And all human folly has been paraded through the law courts of London, to the extent that it is difficult to know where the serious business of administering justice ends and where farce begins. As law is made in the courtroom as well as in parliament and elsewhere, judges like to keep a firm hand, but sometimes so-called jibbing juries will simply not do what they are told. All sorts of oddities get swept up into the law. Legislators particularly love to pass Acts about sex. If sexual services are being offered in a London massage parlour, for example, a police officer must then search the premises for school children. According to The Children and Young Persons Act of 1933 it is against the law for children and 'yowling persons' between the age of four and sixteen to frequent a brothel. A writ was introduced under both Edward III and Henry IV to ban lawyers from parliament as there were too many of them, the reason being that it was easier for a lawyer to spend his time in London attending parliament that it was for a knight of the shires. But because parliament was already packed with lawyers it was difficult to make any such rule stick. Then an effective way of excluding them was found. They were denied the wages paid to members in those days. Sadly, these days, parliament and the government are packed with lawyers once again. And they are being paid. A law passed in 1540 - and still in force today - makes it illegal for barbers in the City of London to practise surgery; with impeccable impartiality, the Act also forbids surgeons to cut hair. Finally, never forget that under the Vagrancy Act of 1824, you can be convicted of being 'an idle and disorderly person, or a rogue, vagabond, or incorrigible rogue'. The same act also outlaws people 'professing to tell fortunes', including 'palmistry'. Under the Act, it is an offence merely to be suspected.
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Download or read book The Old Showmen and the Old London Fairs written by Thomas Frost and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Old Showmen and the Old London Fairs is an interesting and in-depth encyclopedia about various well-known 19th-century London fairs. You will enjoy reading these descriptions of these fascinating and wondrous amusement parks. Contents: "Origins of Fairs, Amusements of the Fairs in the Middle Ages, Strolling Players in the Seventeenth Century, Attempts to Suppress the Shows at Bartholomew Fair..."
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