The London Course: Exploring Growing Village Suburbs

4 November – 9 December 2015
10 February – 16 March 2016

Kensington, Paddington, Chelsea, Islington, Hampstead, London Underground

The growth of London in recent centuries entailed the swallowing up of small villages deep in the countryside. This course will examine what have now become extensive London boroughs. Each which will be described in lectures followed by walks through these historic areas and each should be treated as an integrated pair of topics.