Battersea : public, commercial and cultural
2013
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The south London parish of Battersea has roots as a working village, growing produce for London markets, and as a high-class suburb, with merchants' villas on the elevated ground around Clapham and Wandsworth Commons. Battersea enjoyed spectacular growth during Queen Victoria's reign, and railroads brought industry and a robust building boom, transforming the parish into another of London's dense, smoky neighbourhoods, though not without its unique and distinguishing features. Along these are Battersea Power Station, completed in 1939; and Clapham Junction railway station, which is, by measure of passenger interchanges, the busiest station in the United Kingdom. The two latest volumes of the Survey of London, 49 and 50, trace Battersea's development from medieval times to the present day.
Main title:
Battersea : public, commercial and cultural / edited by Andrew Saint.
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Imprint:
New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, 2013.
Collation:
520 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 29 cm.
Series title:
Survey of London ; 49.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300196160 (hbk)
Dewey class:
942.166
Language:
English
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BRN:
1786456
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