Historians in the 17th Century maintained that the city's name ... but it now applies to the county and Greater London. It maps the evolution of London’s bustling road network and menagerie ...

No word on whether Fiennes ever saw it, although she did write about visiting a college in Manchester that had a map collection. Wikimedia Commons During the late 17th century, Celia Fiennes ...

London in the 17th century looks very samey and very different from a 21st century perspective. Financial speculation, the rage of fashion, and a seething property market vie with civil war ...