Independently London
Our blog on London, its curiosities and its history, for independently-minded Londoners, and anyone else who might be independently interested in London.
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Chingford
Posted on 04 October, 2022
Chingford probably doesn’t mean what you think it means.
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Bromley
Posted on 23 July, 2022
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Brentford & Chiswick
Posted on 10 May, 2022
Brentford and Chiswick, both ancient Middlesex villages, each had their own local council, till they were merged in 1927.
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Edmonton
Posted on 08 April, 2022
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What Upper Edmonton needs
Posted on 08 April, 2022
Upper Edmonton is a vibrant, multicultural area in North London but, like most neighbourhoods, it has its problems, and they need to be addressed. This round of council elections is a good time to address them.
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Beddington and Wallington
Posted on 28 March, 2022
Once separate parishes, Beddington and Wallington were joined in a single municipal borough, until it was swallowed up Sutton in 1965.
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Trout Carshalton (recipe)
Posted on 20 March, 2022
Carshalton was once known for its trouts, its walnuts, its watercress beds and its lavender fields, which has inspired us to create a dish especially for it.
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Carshalton
Posted on 21 February, 2022
In William the Conqueror’s Domesday Book, Carshalton appears as just “Aultone”. The first bit of its name wasn’t added till the thirteenth century.
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Bexley
Posted on 23 January, 2022
There was a village at Bexley by the beginning of the ninth century, which isn’t too surprising as it’s just off a road that’s older than the Romans.
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Beckenham
Posted on 01 December, 2021
Once upon a time, Beckenham was a little village in rural Kent. That all changed when the railway arrived in 1857.