Leigh’s ‘Panorama of the Thames’
This magnificent panorama was published by Samuel Leigh in 1829, titled ‘The Panorama of the Thames from London to Richmond, Exhibiting every Object on both Banks of the River, with…
Middlesex: the county that vanished?
The Oxford Companion to British History describes Middlesex as "one of the smallest, oldest and strangest of counties". Counties Counties (also called shires, hence Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire) have a long…