5247 x 3498 px | 44,4 x 29,6 cm | 17,5 x 11,7 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
29. November 2014
Ort:
East London, United Kingdom
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The East End, the old core of modern East London, began with the medieval growth of London beyond the city walls, along the Roman Roads leading from Bishopsgate and Aldgate. Growth was much slower in the east, and the modest extensions there were separated from the much larger suburbs in the west by the marshy open area of Moorfields adjacent to the wall on the north side, which discouraged development in that direction. Urbanisation accelerated in the 1500s and the area that would later become known as the East End began to take shape. In 1720 John Strype gives us our first record of the East End as a distinct entity when he describes London as consisting of four parts: The City of London, Westminster, Southwark and "That Part Beyond the Tower". Moorfields wasn't developed until 1777-1812, and the longstanding presence of that open space separating the east and west urban extensions of London is likely to have helped shape the varying economic character of the two areas and perceptions of their distinct identity
