Gunnersbury

22/01/2024

Hidden London: histor­ically inclined look at the capital’s obscure attractions

The world’s most visited online guide to lesser-known London, with illustrated articles on more than 750 localities and attractions. New pages added often.

20/01/2024

Transport for London: the official TfL website

Information on all forms of transport in London including cycle hire. Routes, maps, plan a journey, tickets sales, realtime traffic and travel updates.

11/01/2024

The Agas Map: Civitas Londinum is a bird’s-eye view of London first printed from woodblocks in about 1561. Widely known as the Agas map. The map offers a richly detailed view both of the buildings and streets of the city and of its environment.

The Map of Early Modern London (MoEML) comprises four distinct, interoperable projects. MoEML began in 1999 as a digital atlas of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century London based on the 1560s Agas woodcut map of the city. MoEML now includes an encyclopedia of early modern London people and places, a....

25/12/2023

Edith's Streets: an extended wander through London, street by street

London Local History - this lists street by street items of historical interest - public, industrial buildings & some environmental features in London and its immediate surroundings. Streets are given in OS grid squares - but numbering is not included (sorry!). Older squares give links to adjace...

20/12/2023

Londonology: Covers things to see, eat, relaxation and practical tips

A London blog, on London's top sights, restaurants and bars. A Londoner's Guide to London.

19/12/2023

Pub wiki: London pubs, past and present

Pub history - how to research my ancestors..

15/12/2023

The Londoner: by globetrotter Rosie Thomas is a destination for lifestyle and food related

13/12/2023

London Historians: Random musings about London history

Random musings about London's history

03/12/2023

The London Eats List: Discovering the best food, drinks and things to do in London

We're here to bring you the very best that London has to offer. City guides & food reviews from Londoners. Discover the Big Smoke now...

02/12/2023

Heathrow & #8211; the lost hamlet & #187; The Underground Map: Heathrow was a village for centuries before it was an airport

Note: The following account was written by local historian Philip Sherwood in 2007, and featured on a lost website which campaigned against the expansion of Heathrow Airport. In recovering it and f…

28/11/2023

Everchanging Mews: the mewses of old London Town

Reporting on the changes that are occurring in London to its Mews properties; with descriptions, the history and photographs of all the London Mews.