History Of London Final Flashcards

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1756

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Opening of New Road

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1780

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Largest civil disturbance in London Gordon Riots

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1829

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Metro police founded, first bus services

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1851

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Great Exhibition

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1863

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First Underground

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1866

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Last Cholera outbreak

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1889

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Inauguration of London City Council

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1940-41

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Blitz of London

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1944-45

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V-bomb blitz

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1951

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Festival of Britain on south bank

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1965

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Abolition of LCC, creation of Greater London Council

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1986

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GLC aboliched, no central government

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2000

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Millennium (Dome, bridge, eye)

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2005

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7/7 bombings

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2007

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Opening of Eurostar Stratford station

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2012

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Olympics

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LDDC

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London Docklands Development (1981)

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DLR

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Docklands Light Railway

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V+A

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Victoria + Albert Museum

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LCC

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London City Council (1889-1965)

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GLC

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Greater London Council (1965-1986)

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PLA

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Port of London Authority

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RA

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Royal Academy (artists, 1768, Joshua Reynolds)

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RS

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Royal Society (1662, scientists)

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St Ghastly Grim

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St Olafs Hart Street memento mori

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Kelmscott Chaucer

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Wm Morris's final achievement, fine printing

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Hansom cab

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7000 of them by late 19th century

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Percival David Foundation

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Best collection of china outside China

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Barbican

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Built on bombed area of city, rebuilt as residential + leisure complex to create illusion of democracy in City

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Early Town Planning

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Covent Garden by Inigo Jones

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Bloomsbury Square

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Actually a rectangle, town planning

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Pleasure Gardens

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Vauxhall, laid out as nice gardens, servants not allowed

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Savoy

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First hotel to keep database of guests

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Thomas Tompion

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Clockmaker in 17th century. Clock needed to be wound once a year

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Charles Yerkes

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Robber baron, built Bakerloo + Piccadilly + half of Northern Line. First to see system as network

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Frank Pick

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GM of underground between wars. commissioned typeface, corporate identity

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James Gibbs

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Built St Martins in the Fields, was scottish and catholic

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Canaletto

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Venetian painter in 1744, painted London with Venetian glow

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Swedenborg

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Theologian, intelllectual, founded cult of enlightenment

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Adam Brothers

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Architect brothers dominant in Federal style in 1760s-1790s

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David Garrick

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Great actor of 18th century

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Dr Barnardo

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served as missionary to street children, saved over 55k kids

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Gordon Selfridge

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Founded Selfridge store, came from America, "the customer is always right"

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Charles Ashbee

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Saved almshouses by saying Wren built them. Conservationist

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Bedford Park

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Turnham Green tube station, suburban housing for artists + writers

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The Club

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Literary Club founded by J Reynolds + Sam Johnson, met in Gerrard Street

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Greek Revival

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Artists movement 1800-1830 (St Pancreas Church)

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New Road

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Euston - marylebone road, outer boundary of London in 1850s

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Millbank

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Tate Britain, 1820s built London's largest prison

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Toynbee Hall

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Built in style of Oxford buildings, was supposed to be a way for ppl to give back to the community

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Isle of Dogs

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Canary Wharf, ports, etc

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Banglatown

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Brick Lane, East end recently

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William Beckford

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Twice Lord Mayor, well-known 18th century poloitical figure

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Sir Hans Sloane

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Collector, gave his collection to British Museum

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Samuel Johnson

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Most quoted figure after Shakespeare, created dictionary

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James Boswell

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Biographer of Samuel Johnson

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Oliver Goldsmith

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Writer, founding member of The Club

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Joshua Reynolds

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Influential 18th century painter, first president of Royal Academy

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John Wesley

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Founder of Methodism

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George Whitefield

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Leader of Methodist movement

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John Soane

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Architect, bequeathed his collections to John Soane Museum

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John Nash

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Remodelled Buckingham, Trafalgar, etc

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IK Brunel

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Engineer, built first tunnel under Thames

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Cubitt Brothers

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Designers/Architects, worked on many buildings in Bloomsbury

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George Birkbeck

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Founded Birkbeck College, mechanics institute for skilled trades, evening classes

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Henry Cole

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Instrumental in realizing the Great Exhibition

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Henry Mayhew

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Wrote extensively on situation of poor in London, effected change

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George Gilbert Scott

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Architect, designed Albert Memorial

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Angela Burdett Coutts

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Richest woman in England, philanthropist, used Dickens as sounding board