Telling the stories of ten areas of London--some of the city's most
famous, and infamous neighbourhoods--which have disappeared from the
A-Z.
London is in a state of constant transformation, layer upon layer built
up over centuries of destruction and reconstruction. There is so much
change all around us that we scarcely notice it, but among the areas now
vanished and forgotten are some of the city's most famous, and infamous,
neighbourhoods.
Vanished City takes us to ten areas, well-known in their day, which
have disappeared from the A-Z. Each chapter tells the stories of places
once known to every Londoner, including the most feared neighbourhood in
the Western world, London's first Olympic Park, its first port, the
original Grub Street, a high society spa resort, an occult square, a
landscape of ancient, mythical kings, a notorious slum, and the streets
stalked by the first London serial killer.
Lost London lies right under our noses, in places we think we know and
places we never thought to visit. Vanished City peels back the layers
to reveal London as it used to be.