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The History of London with Dr Ian Stone
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 1 ส.ค. 2016
I am a Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College London who teaches undergraduate courses in the history of London. I publish my research in academic and non-academic titles. This channel allows me to bring my research to an even wider audience.
Bermondsey Leather Trail
Bermondsey, in south London, was once the largest leather producing district in Britain. In this video, I walk around Bermondsey looking for traces of this former industry. The walk forms part of a project to tell the history of the leather trade in the United Kingdom. If you have any photos, documents, or memories that might be useful for that project, then please do get in touch in the comments below.
If you are interested in the history of London, you might like my blog: ianstone.london/blog/
If you are interested in the history of London, you might like my blog: ianstone.london/blog/
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Query: Did India benefit from British Rule? Answer: Yes. Query: Is there anything these sob sisters who go around bemoaning the past and apologizing for it can do about the past? Answer: Not one damned thing.
This is great
The epopea if my ancestor King Alfread the Great merits a better presentation by a historian knowing his champ of research rather than a verbal rendition of a text written- I suppose- by Artificial Telligence.
Loved this, thank you. My 3 x grea3t grandfather was a leather cap maker in Bermondsey. I've walked around the area but didn't catch all those sites. Will walk your route sometime soon.
Thank you. Do you have any photos or other items from his time?
@thehistoryoflondon I'm afraid not. I just have census info and a name, John Bennett. He was born in Poland ( Prussia when he was born). Presumably an anglicised name. Family legend that he was if Jewish descent though no-one else - his wife nor descendants were.
Could well have been. Lots of Jews worked in the leather trade in Bermondsey.
That was brilliant, dude. Thank you.
Thank you.
So much unnecessary mouth noises
Thanks for the feedback.
The cutty sark you showed is actually not the real ship but a rebuilt model from bew material, as the original was almost entirely burned during a fire around 15 years ago. I live in greenwich
Where is a good place to find these old maps? Love looking at them.
Go to the Layers of London website. They have them all there and you can play around with them, layering them on top of one and another.
Beautiful end shot, can you buy prints like this?
I think so yes. Greenwich Market would be a good place to start.
Very enjoyable to watch, I have learnt some things. I have lived here 16y and I am fascinated by the rich history of Greenwich/Blackheath
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.
The French in Spain killed hundreds of thousands of Spaniards, and absolutely plundered the country. Had they come here, they would have done the same to us. Nelson made sure they did not come here. Most British people alive today owe there existence at least in part to him. There have been empires coming and going for thousands of years, slavery for thousands of years and continues today (estimated 40 million slaves). The idea that we should be condemned for colonialism and slavery, the idea that we should have behaved better than everyone else, is white supremacist.
The walk that never was.
Wonderful talk. Tnx.
Thank you.
Thank you for this informative piece on my ancestor. I have often thought of him as I engage in radical political and protest action here in New Zealand..
Thank you. You certainly have an interesting ancestor.
Fabulous documentary. Thank you.
That’s very kind. Thank you.
!WOW, WOW, WOW THANKS!
Thank you
Blackheath Concert Hall, I remember Coolio played here in the late 90s and everyone wanted to go.
May he rest in peace.
Why is it that history channel comment sections are always filled with ignorant comments? 🤔 it drives me crazy. Learning our history _should_ help people better understand our present but it seems that is rarely the case. “Shame London is no longer a British City” Oh yeah? Has it moved? “We’ve got a lot of democrat-run cities in America where we could do with those spikes (to stick their heads on)” Right, because everyone knows the GoP is run by honest people who want better living standards for all people. 😑 What a bunch of tit wankers
extremely boring
How dare london have walls around it. How racist
There's far better like Hexham, Carlisle etc more historical walls etc ,no chances of getting mugged and stabbed ni chance of being ripped off due to the fun fact you're either an American or Canadian tourist and much easier to understand than that idiotic London mumblings
Anyone noticed that the economic centre is the old roman city? Evil resides at home
Thanks, great narration!
This was wonderful. Thank you Dr Ian Stone for these gems you produce. I'll count watching that as a quality investment of one hour of my life.
Fascinating. Thanks for sharing.
I'm reading "The shorter Pepys" (pronounced peeps), the diary of Naval clerk Samuel Pepys in 1600's London who rose to power, because of his hard work, honesty, and knowledge of naval needs. Covers the restoration of the monarchy, the last great London plague, the war with Holland, and the great London fire. No electricity, which of course no one noticed! Eleven volumes in all, this is one thick book, praised for it's excellent editing of the original. This is the most of London he knew. Amazing.
Pepys is an amazing resource. So much detail, as well as honesty and cheerfulness. I might do Pepys for my next video.
What a great episode!! So much interesting information
That’s very kind. Thank you
another hundred years, and it's gonna look like medieval times.. actually amazed how filthy and run down everything is..
There are certainly parts of London that need a spruce up.
how can someone *_sell_* a stone bridge??? That sounds utterly ridiculous....
It does doesn’t it? But it happened - stone after stone taken down, numbered, then shipped over and all put together again.
It's a shit hole now and a dangerous place to live. Most Britain's have moved out to the Countryside.
Possibly the best presented and certainly most fascinating presentation about London I have seen. Thank you.
Thank you very much indeed.
I am an American with a life long fascination with English history. I have never been to your fabled isle, but it is most certainly on my bucket list. Thank you for this most excellent video!
You should come - especially with the current exchange rate!
welcome
It's overrated honestly. There are better countries to visit.
All the jews were kicked out of England. Has anyone paid the reproations. Surely they deserve it
This was lovely a walk down memory lane, pointing out all the things I missed 30 years ago, when the Naval College was still Naval, but I was just a gormless kid. I would certainly get more out of a return trip now.
Thank you. Glad it helped you reminisce.
The British are not known for their history preservation.
London was refortified during the English Civil Wars with a much greater radius with many forts . From the Tower , star forts stood on the mound ( now a car park) at the crossroad next to the Royal London Hospital in the East , on the site of the British Museum in the North . Imperial War Museum site in the South at Lambeth all interconnected by raised banks . At Vauxhall with a bar across the River defending the South Bank . There is a map in the British Library and you may find one online . A much longer walk but easy to follow on existing roads . Oliver Cromwell allowed the Jewish community to thrive and gave land for a the Jewish Cemetery .
Indeed. The ditches were dug by Londoners themselves. Maybe I should do this route soon?
No walking to be seen !!!
I like the idea that early medieval kings would build walls not so much because walls were actually needed, but because they wanted to be seen as great rulers and building walls is just what great rulers do.
Why can I hear the spit in your mouth
Another book to add to the ever increasing pile.
I know what you mean. Especially at this time of year.
This was great. I love learning new stuff. Hopefully they teach this in schools still. A knowledge full mind makes better decisions in life.
Thank you.
I would LOVE to explore the map shown at 20:45-ish, if anyone has a link to where it might be found please? 🥰
You can explore it on the layers of London website - it’s the 1520 map of Tudor London. You can also buy paper copies for about £10. I put a link to an earlier comment. See above.
@@thehistoryoflondon thank you Dr Stone 😁
That was most enjoyable ... new sub. Wish i could do this in person. Your historical knowledge is well explained. Maybe you could walk with me? haha .. that would be nice! :) Cheers ! , Well deserved .
Are you in London?
@@thehistoryoflondon That would be on my bucket list. I'm an unfortunate Canuck stuck in God's country, (British Columbia coastal mountains,.. everything NEW and seamingly untouched, much unlike your historic city) Atlas, I am resigned to the knowledge of foregoing any overseas History adventures and enjoying, (getting my fill , so to speak) by other more mobile lovers of history ... such as You. Once again, Thank You so much for your efforts. This old miner's mind & thirst for physical historical evidence was sated.... for a day :)
Great video. I learned a lot from this short video.
Thank you.
I thought the wall was built to keep the South Londoners out?
Ha! As a south Londoner myself, I quite like the idea of us as the barbarians at the gate!
The names VonFluffer and I'm a fluffy pupper!
I walked around them a few years ago, I think I did quite well finding most of them.
There are some interpretation boards here and there but not enough material in my opinion.
@@thehistoryoflondon A free tourist map would be a good idea.
Wonderful! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you.
From the late middle ages onward, city walls were increasingly obsolete militarily due to gunpowder and especially artillery.
Of course, but in the Civil Wars and Thirty Years War, walls could still withstand artillery.
Thumb down for only being a compilation of photo's.