Tag: Dickens’s Dictionary of London

BOW STREET SOCIETY’S LONDON: RAILWAYS, May 2026

May 1, 2026

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T.G. Campbell

in Bow Street Society’s London, Railways, research, transport, underground

London in the nineteenth century, as now, had a variety of travel options. In this final part of my mini blog series focusing on travel in the metropolis, we’re going to be taking a look at the railway network. In 1896 / 1897 (the setting for my books), both the underground and overground railways were…
BOW STREET SOCIETY’S LONDON: TRAMS, April 2026

Apr 1, 2026

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by

T.G. Campbell

in Bow Street Society’s London, research, Trams, transport, victorian

We’re stepping back in time and returning to the nineteenth century once again to explore how Londoners travelled from A to B when private carriages and good old-fashioned walking weren’t an option. This month, we’re putting the magnifying glass on trams. Originally powered by steam, these vehicles later made the transition to literal horsepower in…