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	London article - London United Kingdom England Greater London conurbation Europe Moscow - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		London is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow).
		London has been one of the world's most important centres of commerce and politics for almost two millennia (although the capital of England was Winchester during most of the Dark Ages).
		The term "London" was used for hundreds of years to refer to the conurbation centred on the small City of London in the historic county of Middlesex.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/London (2313 words)

	Subterranean rivers of London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The subterranean or underground rivers of London are the tributaries of the River Thames that were built over during the growth of the metropolis of London.
		In recent years, with the restoration of the UK's waterways network gathering pace, parts of some London rivers have been restored to their previous above-ground state, and in some cases fish have been reintroduced.
		To quote from this article on the London Borough of Sutton website: "Today most of London’s Thames tributaries flow underground or are imprisoned in concrete.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Subterranean_rivers_of_London (318 words)

	London - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The name "London" refers to the large conurbation whose centre is the smaller City of London in the county of Middlesex, in England.
		The coordinates of the centre of London (traditionally considered to be Charing Cross, near Trafalgar Square) are approximately {{Coor dm NW513008}} The Romans marked the centre of Londinium with the London Stone in the City.
		London was one of the venues for the World Cup in 1966, and the European Football Championship in 1996, and hosted the final of both tournaments.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /london.htm (3537 words)

	Learn more about London in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		London is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and is among the largest conurbations of Europe.
		The term "London" was used for hundreds of years to refer to the conurbation centred on the small City of London.
		Other airports, such as London Gatwick Airport, London Luton Airport, and London Stansted Airport, as well as those at Manston and Southend, incorporate "London" in their name, but the towns of Gatwick, Luton and Stansted where they are situated lie in the Home Counties at some distance from London.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/lo/london.html (1664 words)

	London - FreeEncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Other airports, such as London Gatwick Airport, London Luton Airport (at Luton, United Kingdom[?]), and London Stansted Airport (at Essex, United Kingdom[?]), as well as those at Manston and Southend, incorporate "London" in their name, but they are situated in the Home Counties at some distance.
		On census day, 2001, London (the square mile and the 32 boroughs) had 7,172,000 inhabitants, making it one of the most populous cities in Europe and the second largest city in the European Union (after Paris).
		While Transport for London runs the Tube, also known as the Underground, the famous red double decker buses are now run by private companies, although it is a requirement that the buses are still painted (mostly) red.
	openproxy.ath.cx /lo/London.html (823 words)

	London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There are other definitions of "London" for special purposes, such as the area within the London postal district; the area within the telephone area code 020; the area accessible by public transport using a Transport for London Travelcard; the area delimited by the M25 orbital motorway; and the London commuter belt.
		In 1965 the London County Council was superseded by the Greater London Council (GLC).
		London's two Anglican bishops are the Bishop of London, whose see is London north of the Thames, and whose throne is in London's grandest church, the baroque St.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/London.htm (8551 words)

	Wikinfo \| London
		London is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and one of the largest cities in Europe.
		In its guises from the capital of Roman Britannia to the centre of British Empire and to contributing a quarter of the GDP to the world's fourth largest economy, London has been one of the world's most important centres of commerce and politics for 1500 years.
		The city is home to the London Psychogeographical Association and boasts five professional symphony orchestras; the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=London (980 words)

	Bambooweb: London
		The term "London" was used for hundreds of years to refer to the conurbation centred on the small City of London in the historic county of
		London boroughs and the City of London, which are responsible for running most services in their respective areas.
		London is home to 11 professional football clubs, which are named after the district in which they play (except for Arsenal, who play in Highbury).
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/l/o/London.html (2684 words)

	London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		London has been one of the world's most important centres of commerce and politics for several centuries.
		The GLA was established in 2000, and is a replacement body for the former Greater London Council (GLC) which was established in 1965 and abolished in 1986 after several high-profile clashes between the GLC (also then lead by Livingstone) and the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher.
		Other airports, such as London Gatwick Airport, London Luton Airport, and London Stansted Airport, as well as those at Manston and Southend, incorporate "London" in their name, but the towns where they are situated (Crawley, Luton and Stansted respectively) lie in the Home Counties at some distance from London.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/lo/London.htm (2275 words)

	London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		London and Londinium has been one of the world's most important centres of commerce and politics for almost two millennia.
		The elected Mayor of London is Ken Livingstone, who was expelled from the Labour Party after standing as an independent.
		London is also home to over major sporting venues including Lord's home of MCC (Middlesex County Cricket) and the Oval home Surrey's cricket club.
	usapedia.com /l/london.html (1242 words)

	Encyclopedia: Subterranean rivers of London
		The River Neckinger is a river that rose in Southwark and flowed through London to St Saviours Dock where it entered the River Thames.
		Oranges and Lemons is an English nursery rhyme which refers to the bells of several churches, all within or close to the City of London.
		The London Borough of Sutton is a London borough in outer southwest London.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Subterranean-rivers-of-London (775 words)

	Encyclopedia: Subterranean London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The London deep-level shelters are eight deep level air-raid shelters that were built under London Underground stations during World War II.
		Kingsway Subway entrance in Southampton Row The Kingsway Tramway Subway is a cut-and-cover tunnel in central London that was built by the London County Council.
		There are many tunnels under the River Thames in and near London, one of the most tunnelled cities in the world.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Subterranean-London (589 words)

	London 2012: London Begins to Believe the Impossible
		London, in contrast, is receiving so much publicity even Paris officials admit twice as much is being written about it than the other four bids put together.
		London's mayor Ken Livingstone was keen to emphasise that under his stewardship the city has completed a number of projects on time and on budget.
		If London can persuade the IOC it can deliver all the facilities it is promising than it has a potentially winning bid.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/11-19-2004-61881.asp (752 words)

	Going Underground - FT105 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I have been trying to catch up with the London subterraneans for the past ten years, on and off - it might be closer to 12; they are a race of people - human, but barely human, by all accounts - who inhabit the vast and fabulous kingdom that lies beneath the streets of London.
		Perhaps even the temperature-stable sewers of London would be too cold for alligators to survive a winter, factual or legendary, to survive (the same might well apply to the US, but we'll let that pass).
		The Subterraneans seems a deceptively playful kind of London legend: the sort which narrators repeat with disparaging amusement, but which cries out to be believed.
	www.forteantimes.com /articles/105_underg.shtml (689 words)

	London's Subterranean River Fleet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Thames tributaries in London are hidden from sight today, but the rivers still flow as strongly as they did in the days of King Henry VIII.
		The longest and most important of London's subterranean rivers is the river Fleet.
		Most of the prisons of medieval London were in or near the Fleet valley: the 'Cold Bath Fields Prison and New-Bridewell' in Clerkenwell, Newgate Gaol (near today's Old Bailey and which featured public executions up until 1868), the Fleet and Ludgate prisons almost touching each other, and then the old Bridewell Prison in Blackfriars.
	safariexamples.informit.com /0130320722/author/fleet.html (1641 words)

	From omnibus to ecobus, 1851-1875, 4th page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The first successful attempt at tunnelling beneath London was a tunnel built under the Thames from Rotherhithe on the south side to Wapping on the north.
		The East London Railway company bought the tunnel for £200 000 in 1865, and by 1869 had converted it into a rail tunnel.
		Subterranean fortresses were also built during the 1930s to accommodate government officials during times of war.
	www.ltmuseum.co.uk /learning/online_resources/ecobus_omnibus/pg/1851c.htm (943 words)

	London Books
		London is so much more than what you can see on the surface.
		London, ending with the Black Death; 2) Red Contrasts the Great Fire of 1666 with the Blitz of 1944, and tells
		Pubs represent a history of London life that stretches across the centuries from the taverns that served Chaucer
	www.derelictlondon.com /id792.htm (1228 words)

	Subterranean London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The metropolis of London has been occupied for many centuries, and has acquired a number of subterranean landmarks.
		The London sewerage system (designed by Joseph Bazalgette)
		London, like most other major cities, has extensive underground infrastructure for electricity distribution, natural gas supply, water supply, sewerage and telecommunications, including the BT copper local loops and optical fibre from numerous suppliers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Subterranean_London (96 words)

	The Great Stink A novel set in the sewers of Victorian London by Clare Clark
		It is 1855 and William May has returned to London from the battlefields of the Crimea war, devastated by the horrors he has suffered at the front line.
		Back home in London with his wife and young son, disoriented by the chaos and clamour of the relentless burgeoning city, May tries to rebuild his shattered life.
		But this subterranean world hides its own terrible secrets and when a violent murder is committed, a parallel world unfolds beneath London's streets that will bring William ever closer to the edge of his own destruction.
	www.thegreatstink.com (321 words)

	taint.org: FROM: UNIVERSAL STAKES LOTTERY IRELAND. REF NUMBER: 014/060/532 BATCH NUMBER: 762901-PCD03
		So many tunnels, bunkers, sewers, stations and vaults have been dug beneath the capital that the famous clay on which London is built must now resemble a Swiss cheese.
		But at one time it was also claimed to be the mysterious "Paddock", the Government's subterranean control room in the early 1940s.
		The engineers building the Jubilee Line Extension reputedly had to submit their proposed route under Parliament Square time and time again, never being told the reasons for its rejection, until by a process of elimination they found the one passage that (presumably) didn't send trains crashing into Blair's war room or MI5's interrogation cells.
	taint.org /2003/06/09/193754a_mail.html (716 words)

	Tell me about secret underground London. in The AnswerBank: People & Places
		He writes: 'One often hears about a secret subterranean London, whose existence is known only to a handful of people.
		There's another 'ghost station' at Wood Lane, West London; at Brompton Road (used as an anti-aircraft command centre); and at Aldwych, in the heart of London.
		Subterranean fortresses were also built during the 1930s to accommodate government officials during war.
	www.theanswerbank.co.uk /Article862.html (749 words)

	Encyclopedia article on Subterranean rivers of London [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The subterranean or underground rivers of London are the tributaries of the River Thames that were built over in the growth of the metropolis of London.
		Many London localities started their existence as small villages along these rivers, and their place names still reflect their origin.
		One possibility is that it was a medieval euphemism for the open sewers which ran along these streets.
	encyclozine.com /Subterranean_rivers_of_London (334 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: Subterranean City: Beneath the Streets of London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This is a very readable book on all that happens under London's streets and buildings.
		Trench and Hillman's London Under London used to be the only book on the world below the streets of London.
		But that had errors and is now very out of date: for example the construction of the Jubilee Line extension is a recnt developemnt not included in their book.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0948667699 (463 words)

	Hidden London biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The metropolis of London, England has many places that are of interest, but not generally known to the public or accessible by the public.
		There are separate articles on the Subterranean rivers of London and Subterranean London in general; this article exists to catalogue and describe the more peculiar and interesting places in above-ground London.
		The Temple of Mithras in the City of London
	hidden-london.biography.ms (82 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: London Under London: A Subterranean Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Lost Rivers of London: A Study of Their Effects Upon London and Londoners, and the Effects of London and Londoners on Them; Hardcover ~ Nicholas Barton
		Where existing research is poor, the authors become confused and disorientated (for example, in regard to telegraph conveyors).
		The book misses the opportunity to draw together apparently disparate issues and schemes into a single history of subterranean London.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0719552885 (669 words)

	Underground History - Disused Stations on London's Underground (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Since moving to live near London a few years ago, one of my interests has been the London Underground, one of the world's oldest and busiest underground railway networks.
		I'm not a train spotter by any means, but I find the history and background of London's subterranean railway fascinating.
		One of the things I find most interesting is the changing history of the railway, of which there is still much hidden evidence.
	underground-history.co.uk (170 words)

	Cryptic Subterranean: London Dhimmi Police
		I am a Londoner, i was born here and my father is a muslim.
		I drink (and up until a couple of months ago i smoked), and by way of a parting shot to those that think that bombing iraq rather than catching bin laden was a hot idea i rather think i'm inclinded to wave my dangly bits your faces.
		Apparently the author is asking for advice on whether or not to continue publicising the book.
	crypticsubterranean.blogspot.com /2005/07/london-dhimmi-police.html (2842 words)

	Railway Children
		Come and hear how the Underground created the London we know today almost as much as the other way around.
		The fresh angle taken by Christian in his popular book helps us to understand just how much effect the Tube has had on London — on the development of the city and its growth outwards; on London street scenery; and even on the make-up of its population.
		His lecture offers a wealth of fascinating detail on the history of the Underground such as the story of the Big Wheel built to attract passengers, the tale of abandoned stations and the mystery of why there are two separate stations at several places on the network.
	www.railwaychildren.org.uk /xmas_form.php?book=1 (368 words)

	Transport for London - The Subterranean Railway
		ONE of the UK’s leading transport commentators, journalist Christian Wolmar will be examining the development and social impact of the Underground over the last 150 years in a talk being held at the Museum of London.
		The talk will take place on September 13, (7pm - 9pm) and there will be signed copies of Christian’s book ‘The Subterranean Railway’ available.
		You can purchase tickets for Christian’s talk from the Museum of London, London Wall, EC2 (tel 020 7814 5777).
	www.londontransport.co.uk /tfl/metro/article.asp?id=602 (135 words)

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