London Suburbs

Question 1

1820

Answer 1

Horse drawn buses/trams = wealthy lived in Bloomsbury

N edge of London at this time

Overcrowded slums

Question 2

1836

Answer 2

London + Greenwich railway

Around stations e.g. Surbiton/existing villages absorbed e.g. Hammersmith

Question 3

1863

Answer 3

London Underground

= Islington, Paddington, Shoreditch, Southwark, Lambeth

Question 4

1901-1914

Answer 4

First electric tram in Shepherd’s Bush

1914 = council estates e.g. Totterdown estate, Lambeth (1300 houses)
Rent + commuting

Question 5

1920s

Answer 5

Metropolitan railway = NW suburbs “metro land”

Wembley, Harrow, Hendon

1919 Housing and Town Planning Act + Building Societies = :) housing = middle classes

Question 6

1919-1939

Answer 6

Greenfield = urban sprawl

Pop X1.5, land x2

1930s trolley bus = Becontree
1932 promotion of railway

Question 7

After WW2

Answer 7

Green belt

Redevelopment

Infilling

Question 8

Becontree

Answer 8

World’s largest council housing scheme 1920s

• 1919 Housing + Town planning Act = subsidies•
• 1920s/30s Building Societies = low interest loans = :) house building•

Interwar - rehoused from E London slums

Cheapest London housing

Question 9

Hendon

Answer 9

Part of NW suburbs “metroland”

Private housing estates = middle classes with affordable mortgage deals

Price range exceeds £1 million