Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 novel interactive map allows you lot to explore London equally it looked inwards the fourth dimension of Henry VIII. The Layers of London projection has added a Tudor Map overlay which shows a map of London inwards the twelvemonth 1520 (select the map from the 'Layer tools' menu).
The Layers of London Tudor map features lots of locations which forthwith no longer exist. The Fleet River, which gave its refer to Fleet Street, as well as which is forthwith a subterranean sewer, tin hold upward flora on the map flowing past times the Fleet Prison as well as entering the Thames side past times side to Blackfriars Stairs. The Fleet River also connects to the London Wall moat. While parts of the London Wall soundless exists the moat is long gone. The moat is soundless partly memorialized all the same inwards the refer of the street 'Houndsditch', a utilization of the moat where local residents would oft dispose of their dead dogs.
The Tudor map also shows the master copy place of the Bedlam Hospital (Priory & Hospital of St Mary Bethlehem), Europe's oldest extant psychiatric hospital. The give-and-take 'bedlam' comes from the hospital's pop nickname. Although the infirmary soundless exists it has moved many times from the seat it occupies on the Tudor map (where Liverpool Street Station forthwith is). It is before long located inwards West Wickham.
London Bridge was the alone duad across the Thames inwards Tudor London. South London, at the fourth dimension shown inwards this map, was a den of iniquity. By the halt of the 16th century a pose out of theatres would hold upward built inwards the area. This map shows the surface area only earlier the emergence of the Southwark playhouses. However you lot tin soundless run into on the map that Southwark at this fourth dimension was packed amongst inns. In Tooley Street you lot tin also run into the 'Cage', where drunks were held who were arrested also belatedly inwards the twenty-four hr catamenia to hold upward imprisoned. They would slumber inwards the cage until sober.
The surface area also had an abundance of brothels. On the map you lot tin run into the Palace of Winchester. The Bishop of Winchester made a lot of his coin from taxing the local prostitutes, who were widely known equally Winchester Geese. The surface area was also good known for the sport of deport baiting. Although the map doesn't demo much bear witness of this (except for 2 form out inns called The Bear) nosotros know it was pop inwards Southwark because inwards 1546 Henry VIII tried to ban the do "in that side London Bridge."
The Layers of London projection is an travail to document as well as map the history of London from the fourth dimension of the Romans correct upward to the acquaint day. Layers of London uses vintage maps, images as well as crowd-sourced information to seat locations across the upper-case missive of the alphabet which accept of import historical significance. All of which tin hold upward explored as well as viewed on the Layers of London interactive map.
Essentially Layers of London is an interactive map to which anyone tin add together historical markers. These markers seat locations of historical importance across the capital. Anyone tin contribute to Layers of London past times identifying locations of historical significance. These contributions tin hold upward supported past times one-time photographs, get-go mitt memories or the results of the results of historical inquiry projects.
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