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    Layers of London

    December 10, 2024 less than 1 minute read

    TIL you can see how London has changed with the Layers of London tool, e.g. here is Jon Rocque’s 1746 London map compared to today

    I tried looking up the history of my current area, but turns out its just been a field for centuries…

    p.s. I learnt about this app while reading about the history of Smithfield meat market

    Tags: til, visualisation

    Published: December 10, 2024

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