The Skirts of the Great City

This work presents a concise history of the outlying suburbs of London. It's a wonderfully illustrated account of the skirts of the great city. The author of this historical work Nancy Regina Emily Meugens Bell (1844 – 1933), was a talented British translator and author of partial Belgian descent who wrote under the pseudonym N. D'Anvers until her marriage Contents include: Hampstead and Its Associations Highgate, Hornsey, Hendon, and Harrow Some Interesting Villages North of London, With Waltham Abbey and Epping Forest Hainault Forest, Woolwich, and Other Eastern Suburbs of London Greenwich and Other South-eastern Suburbs of London Outlying London in North-east Surrey Croydon, Carshalton, Epsom, and Other Suburbs in North-west Surrey Wandsworth, Putney, Barnes, and Other Southern Suburbs Wimbledon, Merton, Mitcham, and Their Memories Riverside Survey From Mortlake to Richmond Richmond Town and Park, With Petersham, Ham House, and Kingston Riverside Middlesex From Fulham to Hampton Court