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As the reign of Queen Victoria continues towards the turn of the century the name of London means different things to different people. It is the capital of a world empire, a centre of international trade, and its role as global centre is symbolically emphasised when the Greenwich Meridian is laid down in 1884.1
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Andersson, P.K. (2013). Victorian London and Its Streets. In: Streetlife in Late Victorian London. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137320902_2
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