This month sees the publication of the 48th volume of the Survey of London, the leading reference publication on the history of the capital and its buildings. The Survey, founded in 1894, now gives us Woolwich, with a beautiful array of specially commissioned photographs, drawings, maps, plans, and wonderful historic images. Woolwich is among London’s most intriguing districts, with a vigorously independent record. A Thames-side settlement with pre-Roman origins, it grew from Tudor times into a dynamic military and navalRead more
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