So large is the Extent of London, Westminster and Southwark, with their Suburbs and Liberties, that no Coachman nor Porter knows every Place in them.
William I Stow (1696 – 1731), Remarks on London, 1722
So large is the Extent of London, Westminster and Southwark, with their Suburbs and Liberties, that no Coachman nor Porter knows every Place in them.
William I Stow (1696 – 1731), Remarks on London, 1722
Back in the day when Westminster and Southwark were considered to be ‘suburbs’, by the sound of it. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Cabbies had it easy in those days.
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