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== Geography == | == Geography == | ||
London was located in the south-east of [[England]]. North-west of London was [[Oxford]] and to the north-east was the county of [[Essex]]. South of London was [[Brighton]], to the south-west was [[Southampton]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Spyfall (TV story)}}) | London was located in the south-east of [[England]]. North-west of London was [[Oxford]] and to the north-east was the county of [[Essex]]. South of London was [[Brighton]], to the south-west was [[Southampton]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Spyfall (TV story)}}) | ||
[[File:London 1666.jpg|thumb|left|A map of London in [[1666]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Visitation (TV story)}})]] | |||
In [[1666]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Visitation (TV story)}}) the [[City of London]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Matrix (novel)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Lie of the Land (TV story)}}) appeared to make up the majority of London as a whole. The urban sprawl of the city was surrounded to the north-east and north-west by what appeared to be open countryside. The only bridge across the [[River Thames]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Visitation (TV story)}}) between the City and [[Southwark]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Lie of the Land (TV story)}}) appeared to be [[London Bridge]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Visitation (TV story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Lie of the Land (TV story)}}) which had existed since at least the [[15th century]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Tale (audio story)}}) Most of the medieval city of London was destroyed in the [[Great Fire of London]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A History of Humankind (novel)}}) | |||
By the [[19th century]], regions of London included the [[East End]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Pit (novel)|The Pit]]'') and the [[West End]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jago in Love (audio story)|Jago in Love]]'', ''[[The Hourglass Killers (audio story)|The Hourglass Killers]]'') | By the [[19th century]], regions of London included the [[East End]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Pit (novel)|The Pit]]'') and the [[West End]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jago in Love (audio story)|Jago in Love]]'', ''[[The Hourglass Killers (audio story)|The Hourglass Killers]]'') | ||
