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*'''1836''' - First London railroad constructed | *'''1836''' - First London railroad constructed | ||
*'''1863''' - London Underground subway system began | *'''1863''' - London Underground subway system began | ||
'''1886-1894''' - Tower Bridge built<ref>Wikipedia Contributors, "Tower Bridge," in ''Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia,'' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Bridge, accessed 17 January 2012.</ref> | |||
*'''1888''' - County of London established, absorbing the metropolitan area of [[Middlesex]]<ref>Local Government Act 1888</ref> | *'''1888''' - County of London established, absorbing the metropolitan area of [[Middlesex]]<ref>Local Government Act 1888</ref> | ||
*'''1900''' - County of London divided into 28 new boroughs plus the City<ref>London Government Act 1899</ref> | *'''1900''' - County of London divided into 28 new boroughs plus the City<ref>London Government Act 1899</ref> | ||
Revision as of 11:58, 17 January 2012
Historic Timeline[edit | edit source]
- 1381 - Peasant's Revolt attacks London
- Mid-1400s - Black Death killed half of London's population
- 1500s - Expansion of overseas trade
- 1540 - Major roads leading to London were paved[1]
- 1600s - London limits expand beyond the City Walls
- 1665-1666 - Great Plague killed 70,000 Londoners[1]
- 1666 - Great Fire of London
- 1674 - Clandestine marriages at Fleet Prison first recorded[1]
- 1700s - London's role at centre of British Empire begins
- 1750 - Westminster Bridge opened
- 1831 - Became world's largest city
- 1836 - First London railroad constructed
- 1863 - London Underground subway system began
1886-1894 - Tower Bridge built[2]
- 1888 - County of London established, absorbing the metropolitan area of Middlesex[3]
- 1900 - County of London divided into 28 new boroughs plus the City[4]
- 1925 - Lost status as world's largest city
- 1930s - Large numbers of Jewish immigrants arrived
- 1950s - Large numbers of Commonwealth immigrants began to arrive
- 1965 - Greater London established replacing the former administrative counties of Middlesex and London, in addition to absorbing parts of Kent, Surrey, Essex and Hertfordshire. Reorganised the existing boroughs into 32 new boroughs plus the City[5]
Books[edit | edit source]
- Allen, Thomas. The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and Parts Adjacent. 4 vols. London: Cowie and Strange, 1828. Digital versions at Google Books: Vol. III | Vol. IV.
Websites[edit | edit source]
- London's Past Online - Bibliography of British and Irish History. Exhaustive list of 40,000+ London histories categorized by topic. Subscription required.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Phillip B. Dunn, A Guide to Ancestral Research in London (Salt Lake City, Utah: Mountainland Printing and Marketing, c1987, 1992), 2-5. FHL Book 942.1/L1 D27d.
- ↑ Wikipedia Contributors, "Tower Bridge," in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Bridge, accessed 17 January 2012.
- ↑ Local Government Act 1888
- ↑ London Government Act 1899
- ↑ London Government Act 1963, Schedule 1