If there was any one place that could be confidently singled out as the focus of iniquity in the kingdom that place was London. The sheer size of London made it an unprecedented and altogether overwhelming phenomenon. With a population of some 200,000 inhabitants in 1600, London was thirteen...
Around1600, the population was a quarter of a million. By 1700 it was already half a million and by 1900 it was about one million. In 1750 one in ten of the population of Britain lived in the capital compared with one in forty in France and one in eight in Spain. Most of the old...
B. Read and fill in the blanks with proper words (阅读短文,按首字母填空)London was built on both sides of the River Thames. The first bridge was built a 1 the river as close to the se a as possible.London g 2 quickly. Around 1600, the population was a quarter of a million. By ...
Clerkenwell (Map: B-8) - Originally an ancient rural hamlet north of the City. During Dickens' time the population exploded as London expanded north and west and the area suffered as a result (Weinreb et al, 2008, p. 193-195).
As of 2001, the Greater London Urban Area has a population of 8,278,251[3] and the metropolitan area is estimated to have a total population of between 12 and 14 million.[4][5] 来自 百度百科 http://baike.baidu.com/view/27242.htm 市名伦敦(London) 经纬度市中心位于北纬51度30分28秒...
London (82)grew quickly.Around1600,the population was a quarter of a million.By 1700it was already half a million and by 1900it was about one million.In 1750one in ten of the population of Britain lived in the capital compared with one in forty in France and one in eight in Spain. ...
London (82)grew quickly.Around1600,the population was a quarter of a million.By 1700it was already half a million and by 1900it was about one million.In 1750one in ten of the population of Britain lived in the capital compared with one in forty in France and one in eight in Spain. ...
It’s considered the unofficial capital of the British African-Caribbean community. Almost a quarter of the population has either African or Caribbean ancestry. Over 130 languages are spoken in Brixton, and the commonest is a Jamaican dialect called Patios. Those visiting from Afro-Caribbean countri...
Much like the riots of 2011, he believed “there’s always a large section of any population which is attracted to riots for kicks and to relieve the boredom of their dull lives. With a few wild ones throwing bottles everyone tends to get involved.” He thought the racial element was ...
Cash was increasingly used in businesses with many small transactions, and in cases when business was done amongst strangers. In addition, large amounts of the population were not considered worthy of credit. The poor were often left dependent on cash alone (Muldrew, 2001). The lack of small...