Old authorities for naming London Streetsdoi:10.1093/nq/CLXVIII.may11.335hLucas J. LandfearNotes and Queries
Even at low-resolution, the John Rocque map of London (above) is a thing of beauty. But zoom in and you can see the names of individual alleyways, the empty field where your office now stands, and even the individual oars of boats upon the Thames. You can move across town with godl...
“London is now a no-go zone for Jews,” proclaimed the front page of the right-wing broadsheet The Daily Telegraph three days later. The liberal online news site The Independent went even further, asserting that British Jews are considering leaving the country altogether, because it “feels ...
Walk in London’s cobblestoned streets, cross centuries-old bridges and wander through covered markets — before the morning drizzle (毛毛雨) has given way to afternoon sun, history will become alive before you. The city’s old buildings, black taxis and red double-decker buses all have long...
ain 1700 London had no policeman at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night and they were not paid very much.use to protect the city streets at night and were not paid so much 1700年伦敦根本没有警察。 几个老人过去常常保护城市街道在夜和他们里非常未被支付保护城市街...
LONDON, Feb. 21, 1816. To the editor of the N. Y. Evening Post. Sir -- If the following account of the discovery of America, by the ancient British, at a very early period, should appear sufficiently interesting, the insertion of a few paragraphs in your truly useful, valuable and re...
Medieval London was a filthy place. A visitor in the c13th would have found its three main rivers, the Thames, Fleet and Walbrook, clogged with animal entrails and human waste. The centre of streets would have been liberally sprinkled with ordure, and rakers, paid to clean cess-pits of ...
Middlesex National League matches even though it is situated in Surrey (confusingly, the home side, Richmond CC plays in the Middlesex Cricket League). Both Surrey and Middlesex have played second team matches there. The ground is on the edge of Kew Gardens and is shared with the London ...
areturn to the past 回到过去[translate] ain 1700 London had no policeman at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night and they were not paid very much. 1700年伦敦根本没有警察。 几个老人过去常常保护城市街道在夜和他们里非常未被支付。[translate]...
The old, non-functioning, and deprived urban districts do not have adequate infrastructure such as adequate room for physical distances in the streets, transporta- tion terminals and buildings. Therefore, the provision of those spaces should be an important part of the renova- tion program for ...