Step Into History
Walk London in 1885
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Step Into History · City walk
Victorian London, 1885
London in 1885 is the vast, teeming capital of the British Empire, swollen by railways, steamers and a skyline of church spires and factory chimneys. This walk traces river quays and Parliament, markets and courts, museums and train-sheds beneath gaslight and ubiquitous coal smoke.
36 scenes — 24 streets, squares and views, 12 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of London as it stood in 1885 (“19th-century London”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Greenwich Park
- 2. London Bridge
- 3. Borough High Street
- 4. Southwark Cathedral
- ↳ Medieval Nave · interior
- 5. Borough Market
- ↳ Butchers' Shed · interior
- 6. Tower of London
- ↳ White Tower Great Hall · interior
- 7. St Katharine Docks
- ↳ Riverside Warehouse · interior
- 8. Tower Hill
- 9. Leadenhall Market
- ↳ Central Arcade · interior
- 10. Bank of England
- ↳ Bullion Office · interior
- 11. Fleet Street
- 12. St Paul's Cathedral
- ↳ Whispering Gallery · interior
- 13. Paternoster Row
- 14. The Strand
- 15. Covent Garden Market
- ↳ Covered Market Hall · interior
- 16. Trafalgar Square
- 17. The Mall
- 18. Buckingham Palace
- 19. Westminster Abbey Nave
- ↳ Nave and Quire · interior
- 20. Palace of Westminster
- ↳ House of Commons Chamber · interior
- 21. Victoria Embankment
- 22. Natural History Museum
- ↳ Central Hall · interior
- 23. Paddington Station
- ↳ Great Train Shed · interior
- 24. Primrose Hill View