'Each time the atlas was republished, small corrections and alterations were made as the city grew. 'Notable features include the Tower of London, the Old St Paul's Cathedral and also local wildlife.

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The remains of what may be the oldest theater in London — constructed three years after Shakespeare's birth — have been unearthed ahead of a new housing development in the East End of the ...

Multilingual gossip in Elizabethan London Date: September 25, 2024 ... and we can hear the voices of regular people because of the extensive records kept by churches at the time.

Britain's first black community in Elizabethan London. Published. 20 July 2012. Share. close panel. ... Sadly, their own story, in their own words, is lacking, but by the time we reach the 18th ...

In this time, travellers to London described these birds in daily life in some of the richest accounts left to historians. Their stories often use the ravens and red kites to paint London as a ...

Chiswicke. Higat. Chelsey. Rislipp. Nope, our spellchecker's not on the blink; these are areas of London as they were named back when this stunning Elizabethan tapestry map was created. The ...

Stranger churches in early modern London had ‘eyes everywhere’ to hear, spread and dispel gossip in multiple languages, according to new research. The Elizabethan era saw large numbers of ...