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Subtitled "The history of one London village". An evocation of the complex history of London, a city of villages, revealed through this particular study of Kentish Town.
Synopsis
A journey through time: from a scattering of cottages along a pre-roman horse track, to a medieval parish and staging post for travellers, onwards into a prosperous Tudor village favoured by gentlemen for their country seats and an 18th century resort of pleasure gardens eventually transformed by a warren of railway lines.