Talk:1769 English cricket season
Latest comment: 7 years ago by BlackJack in topic Metropolitan London
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Metropolitan London edit
To get to the gist of this John I'd get hold of a facsimilie of a London Street map c.1870. There is at least one available. You'll see that places we consider well into London were as late as 1870, extremely rural. The first effective London map survey is 1806 and that map is also available running right into Herts,Bucks and down to Surrey. The idea of Metropolitan London may not be quite what you think. Finchley for example was a long way out and rural. Harrow was also no more than a large market village. Plaistow was but a village seperated from the metropolis. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.169.1.211 (talk) 14:13, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
- Hello, Mark. Yes, thanks, this is another sentence that was added about ten years ago and needs to be revised or removed. Most of the sources when talking about the Artillery Ground say it was in Finsbury, rarely mentioning London except as the home club. I'm gradually working my way through these but, anything you spot, do please let me know. Have you thought about rejoining WP with a new userid as that will make communication easier? Thanks again. Oh, and all the best for 2017. Jack | talk page 15:17, 13 January 2017 (UTC)