Islington Past

JOHN RICHARDSON

Historical Publications

Hampstead Past: A Visual History of Hampstead

History

Christopher Wade

Europe

The Heart of a London Village: The Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 1839-1990

No-Author

Coffee houses are now once again a familiar sight in London's high streets. They are the latest manifestation of an institution which began in the seventeenth century. Ads from the Restoration, London was awash with coffee houses. They were used not only for refreshment, but for business, auctions, medical treatment, news gathering hiring servants or just conversation. They were considered dangerously radical places by the authorities. In the 19th century the Temperance bourn introduced coffee taverns to wean drinkers away from gin palaces. In the 1950s came the coffee bars dispensing new kinds of coffee accompanied by new music -- skiffle and rock and roll -- in crowded basements. And of late new chains of coffee houses, with predictable decor and little atmosphere, have invaded London. This major survey of the coffee houses is the most authoritative yet published, and is accompanied by many illustrations.

London's Coffee Houses: The Stimulating Story

Antony Clayton

Travel

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A History of Islington

Cosh, Mary

Revised and expanded edition of an extremely popular book on local history. A guide to research into local history with chapters including: land and agriculture, the local community, taxes, services and rents, archives, documents and printed records; palaeography; museums, libraries and county record offices; organistions and societies; genealogy; education; social welfare; law and order; utilities and services; roads and transport; religion; coins and tokens; the militia; architecture and housing; heraldry; trades and occupations; archaeology.

The Local Historian's Encyclopedia

Richardson,John

Reference

Fitzrovia is a modern name for an old-established part of London. It has been the home of innumerable students, artists, writers and political activists, as well as one of the centers of the furniture industry. Since the last War it has been a natural target for developers and much of it is changed; many cheap apartments and small workshops have gone.The vogue for conservation came just in time, however, and much of it was saved and remains for the time being. This is the first book about Fitzrovia for a long time. It plots its development from fields to the present-day so that it can be seen as a colorful entity. It contains, also, a street-by-street history. The author, Nick Bailey, a resident and member of the Fitzrovia Neighborhood Association, is a lecturer in town planning.

Fitzrovia

Bailey, Nick

World

<p>The thought of a ‘lost’ river running beneath a road or house produces interest or consternation. A feature once on the land surface, a symbol of the rural age of London, is somehow more indicative of what is hidden beneath the bricks of the city than any other.\nWhen The Lost Rivers of London first appeared in 1962 it was immediately welcomed by scholars and general readers alike. It remains the only comprehensive study of those water courses, now buried, which sometimes make themselves evident in heavy rains or at the dig of an unwary builder’s earth-remover.\nMany have become part of London’s complex sewer system; others still run sweetly enough to have recreational use. In the past they have formed boundaries, dictated the course of roads and influenced the location of industry. In these ways and others they have contributed to the history of London.\nNicholas Barton’s book has long been out of print and much sought-after. It is reissued complete with all the illustrations and the invaluable fold-out map.</p>

Lost rivers of London: a study of their effects upon London and Londoners, and the effects of London and Londoners on them

Barton,Nicholas

Hampstead Heath

Farmer,Alan

Hampstead One Thousand: A Book to Celebrate the Hampstead Millenium AD 986-1986

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