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Noble squares & charming cheesecake: A Regency tourist's London diary
Elizabeth Chivers’ unpublished diary gives a peek into her whirlwind 20-day London adventure
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Mapping the legacy of slavery in London’s Docklands
Traces of the transatlantic slave trade continue to exist in the Docklands landscape
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How Asian ayahs and amahs arrived in London
These nannies were some of the first Asian women to visit London in the 18th century
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A New Pocket Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster with the Borough of Southwark (plan)
Faden, William
1789
