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Ladywell Cemetery, Motor Buses 'the Black Death'

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Ladywell Cemetery, Motor Buses and 'the Black Death'

As London's churchyards became dangerously overcrowded in the nineteenth century, new facilities had to be established outside the city centre. The most famous of these are the... Read more

Paperblog Pick in History

Hawksmoor, the Underground and Amazing Grace

We should be grateful to the engineers of Victorian London that St Mary Woolnoth still stands. The church is directly above Bank station, so any mistake in their calculations... Read more

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