Footprints of London

Tracing the development of this village by the river, covering: Doultons, Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, great old pubs and Charlie Chaplain. Vauxhall may be dominated today by soaring, glass and steel apartment blocks towering over the riverfront. But that belies a multi-layered history: a rural farming community and site of royal and aristocratic country mansions; a…

Tracing the development of this village by the river, covering: Doultons, Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, great old pubs and Charlie Chaplain. Vauxhall may be dominated today by soaring, glass and steel apartment blocks towering over the riverfront. But that belies a multi-layered history: a rural farming community and site of royal and aristocratic country mansions; a…

Tracing the epoch defining changes to the City of London in the nineteenth century, featuring great buildings, streets and social history. Everyone knows the City of London was almost completely rebuilt and rose again after the Great Fire and that there was massive redevelopment after the devastation of the blitz. But what about the transformation…

This walking tour canter through the commercial history of Cheapside, including magnificent processions, street riots and a centre of bling. You might think that Cheapside today looks rather bland apart from the gleaming Number One New Change and a few historic churches – and a great deal of it was flattened in the blitz –…

A tour on the development of Dulwich Village with diverse architecture, historic graveyard, iconic London boozer and great local characters. On Richard’s second tour of Dulwich, he shows how it developed through the nineteenth century and onwards, with new transport links, a new Parish church, new park, new suburban streets, houses and shops springing up…

Plotting remains of the Crystal Palace High Level line: station sites, arches, tunnel portals, the track bed and other great features. When the Crystal Palace exhibition site opened in June 1854 it was served by one railway line to a station half way down the hill carrying thousands of visitors a day… But another private…

A tour of historic homes of writers to the north of Kensington High Street who created ground-breaking works and much-loved classics. Kensington has a rich bohemian history, with many great writers and artists having been attracted to the area. Richard’s tour includes a number of its historic writers: including those who wrote radical, epoch-making work…

A tour of historic homes of writers to the north of Kensington High Street who created ground-breaking works and much-loved classics. Kensington has a rich bohemian history, with many great writers and artists having been attracted to the area. Richard’s tour includes a number of its historic writers: including those who wrote radical, epoch-making work…